YoutubeSearchApi.Net

A lightweight & simple .NET library to extract data from Youtube. The purpose of this project is to make it easier for developers to extract data from YouTube or any sources.

Supported Sites

Youtube
Youtube Music

Installation

NuGet

YoutubeSearchApi.Net

Quick Start

Youtube Search

using YoutubeSearchApi.Net.Models.Youtube;
using YoutubeSearchApi.Net.Services;

public static async Task AsyncMain()
{
    using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
    {
        YoutubeSearchClient client = new YoutubeSearchClient(httpClient);

        var responseObject = await client.SearchAsync("black suit");

        foreach (YoutubeVideo video in responseObject.Results)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(video.ToString());
            Console.WriteLine("");
        }
    }
}

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    AsyncMain().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
}

Youtube Music Search

using YoutubeSearchApi.Net.Models.Youtube;
using YoutubeSearchApi.Net.Services;

public static async Task AsyncMain()
{
    using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
    {
        YoutubeMusicSearchClient client = new YoutubeMusicSearchClient(httpClient);

        var responseObject = await client.SearchAsync("simple ringtone");

        foreach (YoutubeVideo video in responseObject.Results)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(video.ToString());
            Console.WriteLine("");
        }
    }
}

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    AsyncMain().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
}

Full examples at Demo project

Using Service Collection

services.AddHttpClient<YoutubeSearchClient>();
services.AddHttpClient<YoutubeMusicSearchClient>();


// MyController.cs

private readonly YoutubeSearchClient ytClient;
private readonly YoutubeMusicSearchClient ytmClient;

public MyController(YoutubeSearchClient ytClient, YoutubeMusicSearchClient ytmClient)
{
    this.ytClient = ytClient;
    this.ytmClient = ytmClient;
}