YouTubeExtractor
A helper to extract the streaming URL from a YouTube video using RxJava and Retrofit
This library was originally found here in a project by flipstudio. It has since been modified and cleaned up a bit to make it more user friendly.
Gradle Dependency
Add this in your root build.gradle file ( not your module build.gradle file):
allprojects {
repositories {
...
maven {
url "https://jitpack.io"
}
}
}
Then, add the library to your project build.gradle
dependencies {
compile 'com.github.Commit451:YouTubeExtractor:latest.version.here'
}
Usage
Under the hood, this library uses Retrofit to fetch the video metadata as an RxJava Single. If you are familiar with the Retrofit public API, this library will be a breeze for you.
//create one of these and reuse it for performance reasons YouTubeExtractor extractor = YouTubeExtractor.create();
extractor.extract("9d8wWcJLnFI")
.subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
.observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
.subscribe(new SingleObserver<YouTubeExtractionResult>() {
@Override
public void onSubscribe(Disposable d) {
//You should store this disposable and dispose when appropriate
}
@Override
public void onSuccess(YouTubeExtractionResult value) {
bindVideoResult(value);
}
@Override
public void onError(Throwable e) {
MainActivity.this.onError(e);
}
}
);
Note: the above example also requires RxAndroid for AndroidSchedulers
As you can with Retrofit+RxJava, you can also extract the result right away:
// this will extract the result on the current thread. Don't use this on the main thread! YouTubeExtractionResult result = extractor.extract(GRID_VIDEO_ID)
.blockingGet();
Video Playback
As stated before, this library was only created to extract video stream Urls from YouTube. I recommend using the ExoMedia library to play the video streams to the user. See the sample app for this library for an example.
License
Copyright 2017 Commit 451 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.