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