Installation

Before writing code, make sure you have a JavaScript runtime and a project. A runtime is the program that executes your TypeScript or JavaScript.

What you need

just-yt needs the standard fetch, URL, and Response APIs. Node.js 18 or newer, Bun, Deno, and modern edge runtimes provide them. The examples use TypeScript, but the package also works from modern JavaScript.

If you are starting from an empty folder, create a package file first:

bun init

pnpm init

npm init -y

Install the package

Choose the package manager your project already uses. You only need one of these commands.

bun add just-yt

pnpm add just-yt

npm install just-yt

The package includes its own TypeScript declarations. Do not install a separate @types/just-yt package.

Confirm the import

Create a small file and ask TypeScript to resolve the import:

import { YouTube } from 'just-yt';

const yt = new YouTube();
console.log(yt);
await yt.close();

If your editor recognizes YouTube, installation is complete. If it does not, check that the terminal command ran in the same folder as your package.json and restart the editor’s TypeScript service.

You do not need an API key, environment variable, or Google Cloud account. Continue to your first request.