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-rw-r--r--src/invidious/helpers/youtube_api.cr42
-rw-r--r--src/invidious/search.cr7
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/youtube_api.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/youtube_api.cr
index 84e0c38f..dc3a7eb5 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/youtube_api.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/youtube_api.cr
@@ -30,9 +30,49 @@ def request_youtube_api_browse(continuation)
"continuation": continuation,
}
+ 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": {
+ "client": {
+ "hl": "en",
+ "gl": region || "US", # Can't be empty!
+ "clientName": "WEB",
+ "clientVersion": HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERS,
+ },
+ },
+ "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(
- "/youtubei/v1/browse?key=#{HARDCODED_API_KEY}",
+ "#{endpoint}?key=#{HARDCODED_API_KEY}",
headers: HTTP::Headers{"content-type" => "application/json; charset=UTF-8"},
body: data.to_json
)
diff --git a/src/invidious/search.cr b/src/invidious/search.cr
index 7c9c389e..662173a0 100644
--- a/src/invidious/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/search.cr
@@ -263,14 +263,9 @@ end
def search(query, search_params = produce_search_params(content_type: "all"), region = nil)
return 0, [] of SearchItem if query.empty?
- body = YT_POOL.client(region, &.get("/results?search_query=#{URI.encode_www_form(query)}&sp=#{search_params}&hl=en").body)
- return 0, [] of SearchItem if body.empty?
-
- initial_data = extract_initial_data(body)
+ initial_data = request_youtube_api_search(query, search_params, region)
items = extract_items(initial_data)
- # initial_data["estimatedResults"]?.try &.as_s.to_i64
-
return items.size, items
end