Youtube mapper

Create a graph from youtube videos by following end screen links. Helpful to easily visualize interactive video paths.

Installation

Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux in the release panel.

MacOS

On the first start, you will need to authorize the application to run :

Finder > Applications > right click on youtube mapper > Open

Development

Because the data comes from scraping, the application needs to be updated each time youtube change their internal API. Feel free to create issues and/or PR to report any errors or possible improvements.

Libraries used

• ytdl-core - Scrap youtube data
• dagre-d3 - Create the graph
• d3 - Show the graph in the app

Run the project

Once the project is installed with yarn install, you have to execute :

• yarn run f-watch to build and watch the front
• yarn run b-watch to build and watch the back
• yarn run b-start to launch the electron application

You can also launch the electron application with the build-in VSCode debugger with F5.

Build

• yarn run f-build to build the front
• yarn run b-build to build the back
• yarn run build-w to build the application with w/l/m for windows/linux/macOS