Playlist metadata with 100+ videos

[talmobi]

Currently getting playlist metadata of a playlist id is capped at 100 videos even if the playlist has more than 100 videos in it. This is because ytInitialData only includes the first 100 videos in the playlist.

This issue is to track/discuss if or how this library should handle this case.

related issue: #44

[xakiru]

I think it's 200 now, or atleast that's what I get from checking this var ytInitialData.contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults.playlist.playlist

[undaBen]

I am using the version 2.8.0 and it still capping at 100

[KriskotooBG]

I believe that this would be a very good addition, as most playlists I'm working with have more than 100 items in them. Maybe some kind of paging/limiting system might be good , for example you can set a limit of 200 items, or more, or count in pages, example page one, page two etc.

[talmobi]

@KriskotooBG I agree it would be a powerful feature. But I would like to point out that this package isn't intended to be a high-throughput crawler -- you will be bound by youtube's internal throttling at the very least.

The main focus of this package is for simple "get the info you would see as a user visiting/searching YouTube in a browser".

It's also a bit complex to do as there are a few different ways of doing it. And I don't have the time to spend thinking about this right now or developing it. So I am hesitant of adding this.

However on the README there is a "Similar" section that mentions https://www.npmjs.com/package/ytsr that should, if I recall correctly, support this feature.