YouTube Video Preview and Ratings Keyless

Instant video previews in popup player by hovering or clicking video thumbs. Video ratings and resolution data shown on the thumbs. Gets video information without using a YouTube API key, which can be banned or limited.

These are versions of this script where the code was updated. Show all versions.

  • v20230327 2023-03-27

    - Support shorts thumbnails
    - Throttle Return YouTube Dislike requests
  • v20221201 2022-12-01

    - Use Return YouTube Dislike API for ratings
  • v20211209 2021-12-09

    Fix thumbnail URL parsing problem
  • v20211206 2021-12-07
  • v20210723 2021-07-23

    Let's give it one more try with a new video info endpoint.
  • v20210721 2021-07-21
  • v20210618 2021-06-18

    Fix get_video_info request again
  • v20210519 2021-05-20

    Fix get_video_info request
  • v20210316 2021-03-16

    Fix some regressions
  • v20210315 2021-03-16

    - Fixed broken player button
    - Fixed broken likes display
    - Thumbs up/down now only appears if you've liked/disliked the video
  • v20210107 2021-01-07
  • v20200520 2020-05-20 ""
  • v20200519 2020-05-20 Fixed pausing main video on thumbnail mouseover
  • v20200301 2020-03-01
  • v20200229 2020-02-29