![Tube Archivist Companion](assets/tube-archivist-companion-banner.png?raw=true "Tube Archivist Companion Banner")

Browser Extension for Tube Archivist

tubearchivist-firefox tubearchivist-chrome
## Core Functionality 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. - Sync your cookies for yt-dlp. ## Screenshots ![popup screenshot](assets/tac-screenshot.png?raw=true "Tube Archivist Companion Popup") Popup to enter your connection details.

![video page](assets/screenshot-video.png?raw=true "Tube Archivist Companion Video Page") Button injected on video page to download the video or subscribe to the channel.

![search page](assets/tac-screenshot-search.jpg?raw=true "Tube Archivist Companion Search Page") Download button injected showing when hovering over the video title.

![channel page](assets/tac-screenshot-channel.jpg?raw=true "Tube Archivist Companion Channel Page") Channel button injected to subscribe or download whole channel, video download button showing when hovering over the video title.
## Install - Firefox: The addon is available on the [Extension store](https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/tubearchivist-companion/). - Chrome: The addon is available on the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tubearchivist-companion/jjnkmicfnfojkkgobdfeieblocadmcie). ## Update 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. - **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 (Settings -> Application -> Integrations section -> API token) 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. ## 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`. - 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. - 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. ## 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.