invidious-experimenting/src/invidious/helpers/youtube_api.cr

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#
# This file contains youtube API wrappers
#
# Hard-coded constants required by the API
HARDCODED_API_KEY = "AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8"
HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERS = "2.20210330.08.00"
####################################################################
# request_youtube_api_browse(continuation)
#
# Requests the youtubei/vi/browse endpoint with the required headers
# to get JSON in en-US (english US).
#
# The requested data is a continuation token (ctoken). Depending on
# this token's contents, the returned data can be comments, playlist
# videos, search results, channel community tab, ...
#
def request_youtube_api_browse(continuation)
# JSON Request data, required by the API
data = {
"context": {
"client": {
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"hl": "en",
"gl": "US",
"clientName": "WEB",
"clientVersion": HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERS,
},
},
"continuation": continuation,
}
# Send the POST request and parse result
response = YT_POOL.client &.post(
"/youtubei/v1/browse?key=#{HARDCODED_API_KEY}",
headers: HTTP::Headers{"content-type" => "application/json; charset=UTF-8"},
body: data.to_json
)
initial_data = JSON.parse(response.body).as_h
# Error handling
if initial_data.has_key?("error")
code = initial_data["error"]["code"]
message = initial_data["error"]["message"].to_s.sub(/(\\n)+\^$/, "")
raise InfoException.new("Could not extract JSON. Youtube API returned \
error #{code} with message:<br>\"#{message}\"")
end
return initial_data
end