# # 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" #################################################################### # make_youtube_api_context(region) # # Return, as a Hash, the "context" data required to request the # youtube API endpoints. # def make_youtube_api_context(region : String | Nil) : Hash return { "client" => { "hl" => "en", "gl" => region || "US", # Can't be empty! "clientName" => "WEB", "clientVersion" => HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERS, } } end #################################################################### # request_youtube_api_browse(continuation) # request_youtube_api_browse(browse_id, params) # # Requests the youtubei/vi/browse endpoint with the required headers # to get JSON in en-US (english US). # # The requested data can either be: # # - A continuation token (ctoken). Depending on this token's # contents, the returned data can be comments, playlist videos, # search results, channel community tab, ... # # - A playlist ID (parameters MUST be an empty string) # def request_youtube_api_browse(continuation : String) # JSON Request data, required by the API data = { "context" => make_youtube_api_context("US"), "continuation" => continuation, } return _youtube_api_post_json("/youtubei/v1/browse", data) end def request_youtube_api_browse(browse_id : String, params : String) # JSON Request data, required by the API data = { "browseId" => browse_id, "context" => make_youtube_api_context("US"), } # Append the additionnal parameters if those were provided # (this is required for channel info, playlist and community, e.g) if params != "" data["params"] = params end return _youtube_api_post_json("/youtubei/v1/browse", data) end #################################################################### # request_youtube_api_search(search_query, params, region) # # Requests the youtubei/vi/search endpoint with the required headers # to get JSON in en-US (english US). # # The requested data is a search string, with some additional # paramters, formatted as a base64 string. # def request_youtube_api_search(search_query : String, params : String, region = nil) # JSON Request data, required by the API data = { "query" => URI.encode_www_form(search_query), "context" => make_youtube_api_context(region), "params" => params, } return _youtube_api_post_json("/youtubei/v1/search", data) end #################################################################### # _youtube_api_post_json(endpoint, data) # # Internal function that does the actual request to youtube servers # and handles errors. # # The requested data is an endpoint (URL without the domain part) # and the data as a Hash object. # def _youtube_api_post_json(endpoint, data) # Send the POST request and parse result response = YT_POOL.client &.post( "#{endpoint}?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:
\"#{message}\"") end return initial_data end