viewstats-api

viewstats-api is an unofficial wrapper for the ViewStats API, designed to work with both Node.js and Deno. It provides easy-to-use methods to interact with ViewStats, retrieve channel data, and perform advanced searches.

Features

• Retrieve channel statistics, averages, and rankings
• Fetch featured videos and popular channels
• Advanced search capabilities for YouTube channels

Installation

Node.js

Install the package via npm:

npm install viewstats-api

Deno

Import the package from your repository URL:

import { ViewStatsAPI } from "https://github.com/Miguelo981/viewstats-api/raw/main/index.ts";

API Key

To use the viewstats-api, you'll need to obtain an API key. This can be done by inspecting the network requests in your browser.

Steps to get your API Key:

1. Open your browser and navigate to the ViewStats website.
2. Open the Developer Tools (usually by pressing F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I).
3. Go to the Network tab and perform any action that makes a request to the ViewStats API (e.g., searching for a channel).
4. Look for the request in the Network tab and select it.
5. Under the Headers section, find the Authorization header.
6. Copy the value of the Bearer token. This is your API key.

Usage

Basic Example

import { ViewStatsAPI } from "viewstats-api";

const apiToken = "your_api_token";
const api = new ViewStatsAPI(apiToken);

// Retrieve channel data by ID
const channel = await api.getChannel("mrbeast");

API Methods

Method	Description
getChannel(channelId: string): Promise<ChannelResponse>	Fetch channel details by channel ID.
getChannelStats(channelId: string, params: ChannelStatsParams): Promise<ChannelStatsResponse[]>	Retrieve detailed statistics for a channel, including views, subscribers, and video counts.
getChannelAverage(channelId: string): Promise<ChannelAverageResponse>	Get average stats such as views and estimated revenue over a period of time.
getChannelLongAndShort(channelId: string): Promise<ChannelLongAndShortResponse>	Retrieve long and short video statistics for a channel.
getChannelFeaturedVideo(channelId: string): Promise<ChannelFeaturedVideoResponse>	Fetch the featured video of a channel.
advancedChannelSearch(params: ChannelAdvancedSearchParams): Promise<ChannelAdvancedSearchResponse>	Perform an advanced search for channels based on specific criteria.
getRankingChannels(params: RankingChannelsParams): Promise<ChannelRankingResponse[]>	Fetch the rankings of channels based on subscribers or views.
getPopularChannels(length: number = 10): Promise<PopularChannelsResponse[]>	Retrieve a list of popular channels.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Feel free to open issues and pull requests on the GitHub repository.