chaos87 / backtube-ytmusic-api

Backtube's Youtube Music Search API.

BackTube

BackTube is a streaming app for music lovers who can create and follow playlists of their favorite songs from Youtube or Bandcamp.

There are 4 different repositories:

• UI
• Backend API
• Stream API
• Youtube Music Search API (this repository)

Installation

Install dependencies using pip.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Start the server

python wsgi.py

Example of API call using cURL

curl \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -X POST \
  -d '{"query": "nirvana"}' \
  http://localhost:5000/search/yt

Endpoints

• [POST] /setup/yt: To be used if you want to provide authenticated headers with your queries.
• [POST] /search/yt: The Youtube Music Search endpoint (see the example above).

Dependencies

• Youtube Music API
• Flask
• Pandas
• Flask CORS
• Fuzzywuzzy

Contributing

Please open an issue prior to submitting a pull request, so that we can discuss whether it makes sense to be implemented or not. Feature ideas or bug reports are more than welcome!

License

MIT