Simple Video Downloader 3.0.7 - Adding Facebook and Generic Video Parser

Introducing the Simple Video Downloader

The Video Downloader is a Chrome Extension that helps you save your favorite videos. It can be installed via Chrome Webstore:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ilcdiicigjaccgipndigcenjieedjohj/

Total Number of Current Users (growing!)

Install on Firefox or other browsers?

It should work, but not fully tested on Firefox via Chrome Extension Foxified

Install Unpacked Versions

Zipped releases: https://github.com/DoctorLai/VideoDownloadHelper/releases
Download the zip and then you can load unpacked version in Chrome (under development mode)

Changes v3.0.7

Pull Requests Merged: https://github.com/DoctorLai/VideoDownloadHelper/pull/7

show tested urls in log tab
add facebook video parser and unit tests
add generic video parser and unit tests: analysing the og:video:url or video tag in the HTML source.
further analyse the embedded urls: the video URLs containing /embed/ are most likely the HTML which needs further analysed.

Unit Tests

npm run test

All tests passed on Travis CI: https://travis-ci.com/DoctorLai/VideoDownloadHelper/builds/93096835

Build

npm run build which webpacks the ES6 class ParseVideo into \dist\*js

Screenshot

Roadmap

Use async/await to replace Promise/Then
Fix broken video parser due to video site changes.
Add more unit tests (increase code coverage)
Support vimeo and other video sites
Merge video segments (ts)

Task Requests

Task Request: Adding dailymotion Support (100% vote + 10 STEEM)

VIP Key Exclusive to Utopian

Please note, you can enter the VIP Key which allows you to call the server API in case the client video parser fails locally - this greatly unlocks video parser to many many other video sites.