Add support for post page

assets/css/default.css

@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ p.video-data   { margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; }
  * Comments & community posts
  */
 
-#comments {
+.comments {
   max-width: 800px;
   margin: auto;
 }

assets/js/comments.js

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+var video_data = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('video_data').textContent);
+
+var spinnerHTML = '<h3 style="text-align:center"><div class="loading"><i class="icon ion-ios-refresh"></i></div></h3>';
+var spinnerHTMLwithHR = spinnerHTML + '<hr>';
+
+String.prototype.supplant = function (o) {
+    return this.replace(/{([^{}]*)}/g, function (a, b) {
+        var r = o[b];
+        return typeof r === 'string' || typeof r === 'number' ? r : a;
+    });
+};
+
+function toggle_comments(event) {
+    var target = event.target;
+    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
+    if (body.style.display === 'none') {
+        target.textContent = '[ − ]';
+        body.style.display = '';
+    } else {
+        target.textContent = '[ + ]';
+        body.style.display = 'none';
+    }
+}
+
+function hide_youtube_replies(event) {
+    var target = event.target;
+
+    var sub_text = target.getAttribute('data-inner-text');
+    var inner_text = target.getAttribute('data-sub-text');
+
+    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
+    body.style.display = 'none';
+
+    target.textContent = sub_text;
+    target.onclick = show_youtube_replies;
+    target.setAttribute('data-inner-text', inner_text);
+    target.setAttribute('data-sub-text', sub_text);
+}
+
+function show_youtube_replies(event) {
+    var target = event.target;
+
+    var sub_text = target.getAttribute('data-inner-text');
+    var inner_text = target.getAttribute('data-sub-text');
+
+    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
+    body.style.display = '';
+
+    target.textContent = sub_text;
+    target.onclick = hide_youtube_replies;
+    target.setAttribute('data-inner-text', inner_text);
+    target.setAttribute('data-sub-text', sub_text);
+}
+
+function get_youtube_comments() {
+    var comments = document.getElementById('comments');
+
+    var fallback = comments.innerHTML;
+    comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
+
+    var baseUrl = video_data.base_url || '/api/v1/comments/'+ video_data.id
+    var url = baseUrl +
+        '?format=html' +
+        '&hl=' + video_data.preferences.locale +
+        '&thin_mode=' + video_data.preferences.thin_mode;
+
+    if (video_data.ucid) {
+        url += '&ucid=' + video_data.ucid
+    }
+
+    var onNon200 = function (xhr) { comments.innerHTML = fallback; };
+    if (video_data.params.comments[1] === 'youtube')
+        onNon200 = function (xhr) {};
+
+    helpers.xhr('GET', url, {retries: 5, entity_name: 'comments'}, {
+        on200: function (response) {
+            var commentInnerHtml = ' \
+            <div> \
+                <h3> \
+                    <a href="javascript:void(0)">[ − ]</a> \
+                    {commentsText}  \
+                </h3> \
+                <b> \
+                '
+                if (video_data.support_reddit) {
+                    commentInnerHtml += ' <a href="javascript:void(0)" data-comments="reddit"> \
+                        {redditComments} \
+                    </a> \
+                    '
+                }
+                commentInnerHtml += ' </b> \
+            </div> \
+            <div>{contentHtml}</div> \
+            <hr>'
+            commentInnerHtml = commentInnerHtml.supplant({
+                contentHtml: response.contentHtml,
+                redditComments: video_data.reddit_comments_text,
+                commentsText: video_data.comments_text.supplant({
+                    // toLocaleString correctly splits number with local thousands separator. e.g.:
+                    // '1,234,567.89' for user with English locale
+                    // '1 234 567,89' for user with Russian locale
+                    // '1.234.567,89' for user with Portuguese locale
+                    commentCount: response.commentCount.toLocaleString()
+                })
+            });
+            comments.innerHTML = commentInnerHtml;
+            comments.children[0].children[0].children[0].onclick = toggle_comments;
+            if (video_data.support_reddit) {
+                comments.children[0].children[1].children[0].onclick = swap_comments;
+            }
+        },
+        onNon200: onNon200, // declared above
+        onError: function (xhr) {
+            comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
+        },
+        onTimeout: function (xhr) {
+            comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function get_youtube_replies(target, load_more, load_replies) {
+    var continuation = target.getAttribute('data-continuation');
+
+    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode;
+    var fallback = body.innerHTML;
+    body.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
+    var baseUrl = video_data.base_url || '/api/v1/comments/'+ video_data.id
+    var url = baseUrl +
+        '?format=html' +
+        '&hl=' + video_data.preferences.locale +
+        '&thin_mode=' + video_data.preferences.thin_mode +
+        '&continuation=' + continuation;
+    
+    if (video_data.ucid) {
+        url += '&ucid=' + video_data.ucid
+    }
+    if (load_replies) url += '&action=action_get_comment_replies';
+
+    helpers.xhr('GET', url, {}, {
+        on200: function (response) {
+            if (load_more) {
+                body = body.parentNode.parentNode;
+                body.removeChild(body.lastElementChild);
+                body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', response.contentHtml);
+            } else {
+                body.removeChild(body.lastElementChild);
+
+                var p = document.createElement('p');
+                var a = document.createElement('a');
+                p.appendChild(a);
+
+                a.href = 'javascript:void(0)';
+                a.onclick = hide_youtube_replies;
+                a.setAttribute('data-sub-text', video_data.hide_replies_text);
+                a.setAttribute('data-inner-text', video_data.show_replies_text);
+                a.textContent = video_data.hide_replies_text;
+
+                var div = document.createElement('div');
+                div.innerHTML = response.contentHtml;
+
+                body.appendChild(p);
+                body.appendChild(div);
+            }
+        },
+        onNon200: function (xhr) {
+            body.innerHTML = fallback;
+        },
+        onTimeout: function (xhr) {
+            console.warn('Pulling comments failed');
+            body.innerHTML = fallback;
+        }
+    });
+}

assets/js/post.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+addEventListener('load', function (e) {
+    get_youtube_comments();
+});

assets/js/watch.js

@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 'use strict';
-var video_data = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('video_data').textContent);
-var spinnerHTML = '<h3 style="text-align:center"><div class="loading"><i class="icon ion-ios-refresh"></i></div></h3>';
-var spinnerHTMLwithHR = spinnerHTML + '<hr>';
-
-String.prototype.supplant = function (o) {
-    return this.replace(/{([^{}]*)}/g, function (a, b) {
-        var r = o[b];
-        return typeof r === 'string' || typeof r === 'number' ? r : a;
-    });
-};
 
 function toggle_parent(target) {
     var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
@@ -21,18 +11,6 @@ function toggle_parent(target) {
     }
 }
 
-function toggle_comments(event) {
-    var target = event.target;
-    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
-    if (body.style.display === 'none') {
-        target.textContent = '[ − ]';
-        body.style.display = '';
-    } else {
-        target.textContent = '[ + ]';
-        body.style.display = 'none';
-    }
-}
-
 function swap_comments(event) {
     var source = event.target.getAttribute('data-comments');
 
@@ -43,36 +21,6 @@ function swap_comments(event) {
     }
 }
 
-function hide_youtube_replies(event) {
-    var target = event.target;
-
-    var sub_text = target.getAttribute('data-inner-text');
-    var inner_text = target.getAttribute('data-sub-text');
-
-    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
-    body.style.display = 'none';
-
-    target.textContent = sub_text;
-    target.onclick = show_youtube_replies;
-    target.setAttribute('data-inner-text', inner_text);
-    target.setAttribute('data-sub-text', sub_text);
-}
-
-function show_youtube_replies(event) {
-    var target = event.target;
-
-    var sub_text = target.getAttribute('data-inner-text');
-    var inner_text = target.getAttribute('data-sub-text');
-
-    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
-    body.style.display = '';
-
-    target.textContent = sub_text;
-    target.onclick = hide_youtube_replies;
-    target.setAttribute('data-inner-text', inner_text);
-    target.setAttribute('data-sub-text', sub_text);
-}
-
 var continue_button = document.getElementById('continue');
 if (continue_button) {
     continue_button.onclick = continue_autoplay;
@@ -208,111 +156,6 @@ function get_reddit_comments() {
     });
 }
 
-function get_youtube_comments() {
-    var comments = document.getElementById('comments');
-
-    var fallback = comments.innerHTML;
-    comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-
-    var url = '/api/v1/comments/' + video_data.id +
-        '?format=html' +
-        '&hl=' + video_data.preferences.locale +
-        '&thin_mode=' + video_data.preferences.thin_mode;
-
-    var onNon200 = function (xhr) { comments.innerHTML = fallback; };
-    if (video_data.params.comments[1] === 'youtube')
-        onNon200 = function (xhr) {};
-
-    helpers.xhr('GET', url, {retries: 5, entity_name: 'comments'}, {
-        on200: function (response) {
-            comments.innerHTML = ' \
-            <div> \
-                <h3> \
-                    <a href="javascript:void(0)">[ − ]</a> \
-                    {commentsText}  \
-                </h3> \
-                <b> \
-                    <a href="javascript:void(0)" data-comments="reddit"> \
-                        {redditComments} \
-                    </a> \
-                </b> \
-            </div> \
-            <div>{contentHtml}</div> \
-            <hr>'.supplant({
-                contentHtml: response.contentHtml,
-                redditComments: video_data.reddit_comments_text,
-                commentsText: video_data.comments_text.supplant({
-                    // toLocaleString correctly splits number with local thousands separator. e.g.:
-                    // '1,234,567.89' for user with English locale
-                    // '1 234 567,89' for user with Russian locale
-                    // '1.234.567,89' for user with Portuguese locale
-                    commentCount: response.commentCount.toLocaleString()
-                })
-            });
-
-            comments.children[0].children[0].children[0].onclick = toggle_comments;
-            comments.children[0].children[1].children[0].onclick = swap_comments;
-        },
-        onNon200: onNon200, // declared above
-        onError: function (xhr) {
-            comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-        },
-        onTimeout: function (xhr) {
-            comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-function get_youtube_replies(target, load_more, load_replies) {
-    var continuation = target.getAttribute('data-continuation');
-
-    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode;
-    var fallback = body.innerHTML;
-    body.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-
-    var url = '/api/v1/comments/' + video_data.id +
-        '?format=html' +
-        '&hl=' + video_data.preferences.locale +
-        '&thin_mode=' + video_data.preferences.thin_mode +
-        '&continuation=' + continuation;
-    if (load_replies) url += '&action=action_get_comment_replies';
-
-    helpers.xhr('GET', url, {}, {
-        on200: function (response) {
-            if (load_more) {
-                body = body.parentNode.parentNode;
-                body.removeChild(body.lastElementChild);
-                body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', response.contentHtml);
-            } else {
-                body.removeChild(body.lastElementChild);
-
-                var p = document.createElement('p');
-                var a = document.createElement('a');
-                p.appendChild(a);
-
-                a.href = 'javascript:void(0)';
-                a.onclick = hide_youtube_replies;
-                a.setAttribute('data-sub-text', video_data.hide_replies_text);
-                a.setAttribute('data-inner-text', video_data.show_replies_text);
-                a.textContent = video_data.hide_replies_text;
-
-                var div = document.createElement('div');
-                div.innerHTML = response.contentHtml;
-
-                body.appendChild(p);
-                body.appendChild(div);
-            }
-        },
-        onNon200: function (xhr) {
-            body.innerHTML = fallback;
-        },
-        onTimeout: function (xhr) {
-            console.warn('Pulling comments failed');
-            body.innerHTML = fallback;
-        }
-    });
-}
-
 if (video_data.play_next) {
     player.on('ended', function () {
         var url = new URL('https://example.com/watch?v=' + video_data.next_video);

src/invidious/channels/community.cr

@@ -24,7 +24,35 @@ def fetch_channel_community(ucid, cursor, locale, format, thin_mode)
   return extract_channel_community(items, ucid: ucid, locale: locale, format: format, thin_mode: thin_mode)
 end
 
-def extract_channel_community(items, *, ucid, locale, format, thin_mode)
+def fetch_channel_community_post(ucid, postId, locale, format, thin_mode, params : String | Nil = nil)
+  if params.nil?
+    object = {
+      "2:string"    => "community",
+      "25:embedded" => {
+        "22:string" => postId.to_s,
+      },
+      "45:embedded" => {
+        "2:varint" => 1_i64,
+        "3:varint" => 1_i64,
+      },
+    }
+    params = object.try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
+      .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
+      .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
+      .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
+  end
+
+  initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(ucid, params: params)
+
+  items = [] of JSON::Any
+  extract_items(initial_data) do |item|
+    items << item
+  end
+
+  return extract_channel_community(items, ucid: ucid, locale: locale, format: format, thin_mode: thin_mode, is_single_post: true)
+end
+
+def extract_channel_community(items, *, ucid, locale, format, thin_mode, is_single_post : Bool = false)
   if message = items[0]["messageRenderer"]?
     error_message = (message["text"]["simpleText"]? ||
                      message["text"]["runs"]?.try &.[0]?.try &.["text"]?)
@@ -39,6 +67,9 @@ def extract_channel_community(items, *, ucid, locale, format, thin_mode)
   response = JSON.build do |json|
     json.object do
       json.field "authorId", ucid
+      if is_single_post
+        json.field "singlePost", true
+      end
       json.field "comments" do
         json.array do
           items.each do |post|
@@ -240,8 +271,10 @@ def extract_channel_community(items, *, ucid, locale, format, thin_mode)
           end
         end
       end
-      if cont = items.dig?(-1, "continuationItemRenderer", "continuationEndpoint", "continuationCommand", "token")
+      if !is_single_post
-        json.field "continuation", extract_channel_community_cursor(cont.as_s)
+        if cont = items.dig?(-1, "continuationItemRenderer", "continuationEndpoint", "continuationCommand", "token")
+          json.field "continuation", extract_channel_community_cursor(cont.as_s)
+        end
       end
     end
   end

src/invidious/comments/youtube.cr

@@ -13,6 +13,51 @@ module Invidious::Comments
 
     client_config = YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig.new(region: region)
     response = YoutubeAPI.next(continuation: ctoken, client_config: client_config)
+    return parse_youtube(id, response, format, locale, thin_mode, sort_by)
+  end
+
+  def fetch_community_post_comments(ucid, postId)
+    object = {
+      "2:string"    => "community",
+      "25:embedded" => {
+        "22:string" => postId,
+      },
+      "45:embedded" => {
+        "2:varint" => 1_i64,
+        "3:varint" => 1_i64,
+      },
+      "53:embedded" => {
+        "4:embedded" => {
+          "6:varint"  => 0_i64,
+          "27:varint" => 1_i64,
+          "29:string" => postId,
+          "30:string" => ucid,
+        },
+        "8:string" => "comments-section",
+      },
+    }
+
+    objectParsed = object.try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
+      .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
+      .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
+
+    object2 = {
+      "80226972:embedded" => {
+        "2:string" => ucid,
+        "3:string" => objectParsed,
+      },
+    }
+
+    continuation = object2.try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
+      .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
+      .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
+      .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
+
+    initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
+    return initial_data
+  end
+
+  def parse_youtube(id, response, format, locale, thin_mode, sort_by = "top", isPost = false)
     contents = nil
 
     if on_response_received_endpoints = response["onResponseReceivedEndpoints"]?
@@ -68,7 +113,11 @@ module Invidious::Comments
           json.field "commentCount", comment_count
         end
 
-        json.field "videoId", id
+        if isPost
+          json.field "postId", id
+        else
+          json.field "videoId", id
+        end
 
         json.field "comments" do
           json.array do

src/invidious/frontend/comments_youtube.cr

@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ module Invidious::Frontend::Comments
             </div>
           </div>
           END_HTML
+        elsif comments["authorId"]? && !comments["singlePost"]?
+          # for posts we should display a link to the post
+          replies_count_text = translate_count(locale,
+            "comments_view_x_replies",
+            child["replyCount"].as_i64 || 0,
+            NumberFormatting::Separator
+          )
+
+          replies_html = <<-END_HTML
+          <div class="pure-g">
+            <div class="pure-u-1-24"></div>
+            <div class="pure-u-23-24">
+              <p>
+                <a href="/post/#{child["commentId"]}?ucid=#{comments["authorId"]}">#{replies_count_text}</a>
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          END_HTML
         end
 
         if !thin_mode

src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr

@@ -343,6 +343,53 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Channels
     end
   end
 
+  def self.post(env)
+    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+
+    env.response.content_type = "application/json"
+
+    id = env.params.url["id"].to_s
+    ucid = env.params.query["ucid"]
+
+    thin_mode = env.params.query["thin_mode"]?
+    thin_mode = thin_mode == "true"
+
+    format = env.params.query["format"]?
+    format ||= "json"
+
+    begin
+      fetch_channel_community_post(ucid, id, locale, format, thin_mode)
+    rescue ex
+      return error_json(500, ex)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.post_comments(env)
+    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+
+    env.response.content_type = "application/json"
+
+    id = env.params.url["id"]
+
+    thin_mode = env.params.query["thin_mode"]?
+    thin_mode = thin_mode == "true"
+
+    format = env.params.query["format"]?
+    format ||= "json"
+
+    continuation = env.params.query["continuation"]?
+
+    case continuation
+    when nil, ""
+      ucid = env.params.query["ucid"]
+      comments = Comments.fetch_community_post_comments(ucid, id)
+    else
+      comments = YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
+    end
+    return Comments.parse_youtube(id, comments, format, locale, thin_mode, isPost: true)
+  end
+
   def self.channels(env)
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
     ucid = env.params.url["ucid"]

src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr

@@ -162,17 +162,23 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Misc
       resolved_url = YoutubeAPI.resolve_url(url.as(String))
       endpoint = resolved_url["endpoint"]
       pageType = endpoint.dig?("commandMetadata", "webCommandMetadata", "webPageType").try &.as_s || ""
-      if resolved_ucid = endpoint.dig?("watchEndpoint", "videoId")
+      if sub_endpoint = endpoint.dig?("watchEndpoint")
-      elsif resolved_ucid = endpoint.dig?("browseEndpoint", "browseId")
+        resolved_ucid = sub_endpoint.dig?("videoId")
+      elsif sub_endpoint = endpoint.dig?("browseEndpoint")
+        resolved_ucid = sub_endpoint.dig?("browseId")
       elsif pageType == "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN"
         return error_json(400, "Unknown url")
       end
+      if !sub_endpoint.nil?
+        params = sub_endpoint.dig?("params")
+      end
     rescue ex
       return error_json(500, ex)
     end
     JSON.build do |json|
       json.object do
         json.field "ucid", resolved_ucid.try &.as_s || ""
+        json.field "params", params.try &.as_s
         json.field "pageType", pageType
       end
     end

src/invidious/routes/channels.cr

@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
     end
     locale, user, subscriptions, continuation, ucid, channel = data
 
+    # redirect to post page
+    if lb = env.params.query["lb"]?
+      env.redirect "/post/#{lb}?ucid=#{ucid}"
+    end
+
     thin_mode = env.params.query["thin_mode"]? || env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).thin_mode
     thin_mode = thin_mode == "true"
 
@@ -187,6 +192,38 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
     templated "community"
   end
 
+  def self.post(env)
+    # /post/{postId}
+    id = env.params.url["id"]
+    ucid = env.params.query["ucid"]?
+
+    prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+
+    locale = prefs.locale
+    region = env.params.query["region"]? || prefs.region
+
+    thin_mode = env.params.query["thin_mode"]? || prefs.thin_mode
+    thin_mode = thin_mode == "true"
+
+    client_config = YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig.new(region: region)
+
+    if !ucid.nil?
+      ucid = ucid.to_s
+      post_response = fetch_channel_community_post(ucid, id, locale, "json", thin_mode)
+    else
+      # resolve the url to get the author's UCID
+      response = YoutubeAPI.resolve_url("https://www.youtube.com/post/#{id}")
+      return error_template(400, "Invalid post ID") if response["error"]?
+
+      ucid = response.dig("endpoint", "browseEndpoint", "browseId").as_s
+      params = response.dig("endpoint", "browseEndpoint", "params").as_s
+      post_response = fetch_channel_community_post(ucid, id, locale, "json", thin_mode, params: params)
+    end
+
+    post_response = JSON.parse(post_response)
+    templated "post"
+  end
+
   def self.channels(env)
     data = self.fetch_basic_information(env)
     return data if !data.is_a?(Tuple)

src/invidious/routing.cr

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ module Invidious::Routing
     get "/channel/:ucid/live", Routes::Channels, :live
     get "/user/:user/live", Routes::Channels, :live
     get "/c/:user/live", Routes::Channels, :live
+    get "/post/:id", Routes::Channels, :post
 
     {"", "/videos", "/shorts", "/streams", "/playlists", "/community", "/about"}.each do |path|
       # /c/LinusTechTips
@@ -240,6 +241,10 @@ module Invidious::Routing
         get "/api/v1/channels/:ucid/#{{{route}}}", {{namespace}}::Channels, :{{route}}
       {% end %}
 
+      # Posts
+      get "/api/v1/post/:id", {{namespace}}::Channels, :post
+      get "/api/v1/post/:id/comments", {{namespace}}::Channels, :post_comments
+
       # 301 redirects to new /api/v1/channels/community/:ucid and /:ucid/community
       get "/api/v1/channels/comments/:ucid", {{namespace}}::Channels, :channel_comments_redirect
       get "/api/v1/channels/:ucid/comments", {{namespace}}::Channels, :channel_comments_redirect
@@ -249,6 +254,7 @@ module Invidious::Routing
       get "/api/v1/search/suggestions", {{namespace}}::Search, :search_suggestions
       get "/api/v1/hashtag/:hashtag", {{namespace}}::Search, :hashtag
 
+
       # Authenticated
 
       # The notification APIs cannot be extracted yet! They require the *local* notifications constant defined in invidious.cr

src/invidious/views/community.ecr

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <p><%= error_message %></p>
     </div>
 <% else %>
-    <div class="h-box pure-g" id="comments">
+    <div class="h-box pure-g comments" id="comments">
         <%= IV::Frontend::Comments.template_youtube(items.not_nil!, locale, thin_mode) %>
     </div>
 <% end %>

src/invidious/views/post.ecr

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<% content_for "header" do %>
+<title>Invidious</title>
+<% end %>
+
+<div id="post" class="comments">
+    <%= IV::Frontend::Comments.template_youtube(post_response.not_nil!, locale, thin_mode) %>
+</div>
+<div id="comments" class="comments">
+</div>
+
+<script id="video_data" type="application/json">
+<%=
+{
+    "id" => id,
+    "youtube_comments_text" => HTML.escape(translate(locale, "View YouTube comments")),
+    "reddit_comments_text" => "",
+    "reddit_permalink_text" => "",
+    "comments_text" => HTML.escape(translate(locale, "View `x` comments", "{commentCount}")),
+    "hide_replies_text" => HTML.escape(translate(locale, "Hide replies")),
+    "show_replies_text" => HTML.escape(translate(locale, "Show replies")),
+    "params" => {
+        "comments": ["youtube"]
+    },
+    "preferences" => prefs,
+    "base_url" => "/api/v1/post/" + id + "/comments",
+    "ucid" => ucid
+}.to_pretty_json
+%>
+</script>
+<script src="/js/comments.js?v=<%= ASSET_COMMIT %>"></script>
+<script src="/js/post.js?v=<%= ASSET_COMMIT %>"></script>

src/invidious/views/watch.ecr

@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
     "premiere_timestamp" => video.premiere_timestamp.try &.to_unix,
     "vr" => video.is_vr,
     "projection_type" => video.projection_type,
-    "local_disabled" => CONFIG.disabled?("local")
+    "local_disabled" => CONFIG.disabled?("local"),
+    "support_reddit" => true
 }.to_pretty_json
 %>
 </script>
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
             <hr>
 
             <% end %>
-            <div id="comments">
+            <div id="comments" class="comments">
                 <% if nojs %>
                     <%= comment_html %>
                 <% else %>
@@ -352,4 +353,5 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
         </div>
     <% end %>
 </div>
+<script src="/js/comments.js?v=<%= ASSET_COMMIT %>"></script>
 <script src="/js/watch.js?v=<%= ASSET_COMMIT %>"></script>