Use '/youtubei/v1/search' endpoint for search queries

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Samantaz Fox 4 years ago
parent 43bd331e48
commit 26a7e1b049
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@ -30,9 +30,49 @@ def request_youtube_api_browse(continuation)
"continuation": 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 # Send the POST request and parse result
response = YT_POOL.client &.post( 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"}, headers: HTTP::Headers{"content-type" => "application/json; charset=UTF-8"},
body: data.to_json body: data.to_json
) )

@ -263,14 +263,9 @@ end
def search(query, search_params = produce_search_params(content_type: "all"), region = nil) def search(query, search_params = produce_search_params(content_type: "all"), region = nil)
return 0, [] of SearchItem if query.empty? 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) initial_data = request_youtube_api_search(query, search_params, region)
return 0, [] of SearchItem if body.empty?
initial_data = extract_initial_data(body)
items = extract_items(initial_data) items = extract_items(initial_data)
# initial_data["estimatedResults"]?.try &.as_s.to_i64
return items.size, items return items.size, items
end end

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