Unofficial VK Play Live API

This library is unofficial API (for https://vkplay.live/) and uses undocumented features, so there is no guarantee that it will be fully functional after some time.

It can be used in JavaScript/TypeScript projects.

Everything here is reverse engineered:

• If I can do something in browser, then this MUST be available through an API
• If I can do something anonymously (without account) then I don't need some_sort of API key or another type of access

Features

• Get Video Player settings (P2P params, Live Chat info, Live Stream Info, Autoplay Options, Player Options, etc. example)
• Get Last Messages from Stream (see requesting/converting)
• Get Messages using WebSockets (TBD, right now authorisation not working properly here)
• TBD...

Installation

Right now library is not available in NPM, but will be in future after testing

So you can install it using local link to module:

# clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/Something-Went-Wrong-ORG/unofficial-vk-play-live-api.git
# go to js/ts library root
cd unofficial-vk-play-live-api
npm install
npm run build

Then link it to your project by adding new local dependency to your project package.json

{
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    ...
    "unofficial-vk-play-live-api": "file:../unofficial-vk-play-live-api"
  }
}

Documentation

You can find API documentation here: https://something-went-wrong-org.github.io/unofficial-vk-play-live-api/

Importing library

You can import the generated bundle to use the whole library generated by this starter:

import VKPLAPI from 'unofficial-vk-play-live-api';

Additionally, you can import the transpiled modules from dist/lib in case you have a modular library:

import something from 'unofficial-vk-play-live-api/dist/lib/something';

NPM scripts

• npm t: Run test suite
• npm start: Run npm run build in watch mode
• npm run test:watch: Run test suite in interactive watch mode
• npm run test:prod: Run linting and generate coverage
• npm run build: Generate bundles and typings, create docs
• npm run lint: Lints code
• npm run commit: Commit using conventional commit style (husky will tell you to use it if you haven't 😉)

Examples

Get Last Messages from Stream

// Import API
const VKPAPI = require('unofficial-vk-play-live-api');

try {
  // Create instance of Stream Manager
  const streamManager = VKPAPI.GetStreamManager('<channel_id>');
  // Get last messages from stream chat
  const messages = await streamManager.GetLastMessages(100);
} catch (error) {
  // Handle errors
  console.error(error);
}

Convert messages for your system

// Import API
const VKPAPI = require('unofficial-vk-play-live-api');

try {
  // Create instance of Stream Manager
  const streamManager = VKPAPI.GetStreamManager('<channel_id>');
  // Get last messages from stream chat
  const messages = await streamManager.GetLastMessages(100);

  // Convert messages
  const result = messages.data.map((message) => {
    const name = message.author.displayName;
    const time = message.createdAt * 1000;

    return {
      time,
      // Messages comes from VK Play Live as parts. you can convert it
      // to something that can be more useful for your app
      message: message.data
        .map((messagePart) => {
          switch (messagePart.type) {
            case 'text':
              return messagePart.content[0];
            case 'smile':
              return `<img src="${messagePart.smallUrl}" />`;
            case 'mention':
              return `<strong>@${messagePart.displayName}</strong>`;
            case 'link':
              return `<a href="${messagePart.url}">${messagePart.content[0]}</a>`;
            default:
              return '';
          }
        })
        .join(''),
      name,
      id: `${name}-${time}`
    };
  });
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Get Metadata or Player Options from Stream Manager (deprecated)

const VKPAPI = require('unofficial-vk-play-live-api');

try {
  // Create instance of Stream Manager
  const streamManager = VKPAPI.GetStreamManager('<channel_id>');
  // Get stream metadata
  const metadata = await streamManager.GetMetadata();
  // Get player options
  const playerOptions = await streamManager.GetPlayerOptions();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}