Youtube Saver

Send youtube video id and title to local server

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-05-03
By: tomer953
Users: 102
Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2021-05-01)
Creation date: 2021-05-01
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 36.44K

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Extension summary

This addon adds a simple download icon in every youtube video thumbnail, when clicked, a get request will be send to your local running server in port 8080.

this allows you to process stuff on your local machine.

ie using express.js:

app.get('/save', (req, res) => { console.log('got video', req.query.id, decodeURIComponent(req.query.title)) // your code res.send('done'); })

Extension safety

Risk impact

Youtube Saver requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Youtube Saver may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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