This is a browser extension to bridge YouTube with [Tube Archivist](https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist), your self hosted YouTube media server.
- Add your Tube Archivist connection details in the addon popup.
- On YouTube video pages, inject a download button to download that video and a subscribe button to subscribe to that channel.
- On YouTube channel pages, inject a button to subscribe to the channel or download the complete channel. Regarding the channel subpages, this follows the same rules as adding to the queue over the form.
- Throughout most places, hover over the video title to reveal a download button for that video.
A browser extension to bridge YouTube with [Tube Archivist](https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist). This extension allows you to do the following:
- Add your Tube Archivist connection details in the addon popup
- Add a download button to the popup for YouTube links
- Add a subscribe button to subscribe to channels and playlists
- Firefox: The addon is available on the [Extension store](https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/tubearchivist-companion/).
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After a new release here on GitHub, you'll get updates automatically in your browser. Due to the verification process, for Firefox this usually takes 1-2 hours, for Chrome 2-3 days.
## Permissions
- **Access your data for www.youtube.com**: Needed to inject download and subscribe buttons directly into the page.
- **Storage**: Needed to store your connection details.
- **Access your data for www.youtube.com**: Needed for the addon to know your current page on YouTube to send the link to Tube Archivist.
- **Storage**: Needed to store your connection details, needed to store your last visited YouTube link within the browser.
- **Cookie**: Needed to read your cookies for youtube.com to access restricted videos.
## Setup
- **URL**: This is where your Tube Archivist instance is located. Can be a host name or an IP address. Add the port if needed at the end, e.g. `:8000`.
- **API key**: You can find your API key on the settings page of your Tube Archivist instance.
- **URL**: This is where your Tube Archivist instance is located. Can be a host name or a IP address, use a full URL with protocol, e.g. *http://*.
- **Port**: Network port of TA.
- **API key**: You can find your API key on the settings page of your Tube Archivist instance.
A green checkmark will appear next to the *Save* button if your connection is working.
## Options
- **Sync YouTube cookies**: Send your cookies to TubeArchivist to use for yt-dlp requests.
- **Autostart**: Autostart and prioritize videos send from this extension.
- **Sync YouTube cookies**: Send your cookies to TubeArchivist to use for yt-dlp requests.
## Test this extension
Before continuing loading the temporary extension here, make sure to deactivate/delete the main extension first.
Symlink/copy the correct manifest file for your browser to the expected location, e.g. `ln -s manifest-firefox.json manifest.json`.
Use the correct manifest file for your browser. Either rename the browser specific file to `manifest.json` before loading the addon or symlink it to the correct location, e.g. `ln -s manifest-firefox.json manifest.json`.
- Firefox
- Open `about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox`
- Click on *Load Temporary Add-on*
- Select the *manifest.json* file to load the addon.
- You can *inspect* background.js by lunching the debug tools from there.
- Select the *manifest.json* file to load the addon.
- Chrome / Chromium
- Open `chrome://extensions/`
- Toggle *Developer mode* on top right
- Click on *Load unpacked*
- Open the folder containing the *manifest.json* file.
- Click on *Service Worker* to open the dev tools at background.js.
## Compatibility
- Verify that you are running the [latest version](https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist/releases/latest) of Tube Archivist as the API is under development and will change.
- For testing this extension between releases, use the *unstable* builds of Tube Archivist, only for your testing environment.
## Roadmap
Join us on [Discord](https://www.tubearchivist.com/discord) and help us improve and extend this project. This is a list of planned features, in no particular order:
- [ ] Implement download/subscribe button for playlists
- [ ] Add download buttons to the `/shorts/` pages
- [X] Get download and subscribe status from TA to show on the injected buttons
- [X] Implement download button for videos on the YouTube homepage over inline preview
- [X] Implement download button for videos on playlist
- [X] Error handling for connection errors
- [X] Dynamically inject buttons with mutation observer
## Making changes to the JavaScript
The JavaScript does not require any build step; you just edit the files directly. However, there is config for eslint and prettier (a linter and formatter respectively); their use is recommended but not required. To use them, install `node`, run `npm i` from the root directory of this repository to install dependencies, then run `npm run lint` and `npm run format` to run eslint and prettier respectively.
- Verify that you are running the latest version of Tube Archivist as the API is under development and will change.
- For testing this extension between releases, use the *unstable* builds of Tube Archivist, only for your tesing environment.
## Updating Artwork
Google listing is *very* picky. Screenshots need to be exactly **1280x800** in resolution and need to be in *jpg* or *png* without alpha canal.
## Help needed
Join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/AFwz8nE7BK) and help us improve and extend this project.