channels: support the carouselHeaderRenderer channel header

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EazyHood 2026-08-02 11:47:32 -05:00
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require "../../../src/invidious/exceptions"
require "../../spec_helper"
Spectator.describe "extract_auto_generated_channel_header" do
it "parses the carouselHeaderRenderer shape" do
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw (Sports)
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"carouselHeaderRenderer": {
"contents": [
{
"carouselItemRenderer": {
"carouselItems": []
}
},
{
"topicChannelDetailsRenderer": {
"title": {"simpleText": "Sports"},
"avatar": {
"thumbnails": [
{"url": "//yt3.example/topic-avatar", "width": 88, "height": 88}
]
},
"subtitle": {"simpleText": "74.3M subscribers"}
}
}
]
}
}
}
JSON
header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw")
expect(header[:author]).to eq("Sports")
expect(header[:author_url]).to eq("https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw")
expect(header[:author_thumbnail]).to eq("//yt3.example/topic-avatar")
expect(header[:banner]).to be_nil
expect(header[:description_node]).to be_nil
expect(header[:tags]).to be_empty
expect(header[:is_family_friendly]).to be_true
end
it "finds the topic details regardless of their position in the carousel" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"carouselHeaderRenderer": {
"contents": [
{
"topicChannelDetailsRenderer": {
"title": {"simpleText": "Sports"},
"avatar": {"thumbnails": [{"url": "//yt3.example/first"}]}
}
},
{
"carouselItemRenderer": {"carouselItems": []}
}
]
}
}
}
JSON
header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw")
expect(header[:author]).to eq("Sports")
expect(header[:author_thumbnail]).to eq("//yt3.example/first")
end
it "falls back to the ucid when the carousel carries no topic details" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"carouselHeaderRenderer": {
"contents": [
{"carouselItemRenderer": {"carouselItems": []}}
]
}
}
}
JSON
header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw")
expect(header[:author]).to eq("UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw")
expect(header[:author_thumbnail]).to eq("")
end
it "parses the current pageHeaderRenderer shape" do
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg (Gaming)
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"pageHeaderRenderer": {
"pageTitle": "Gaming",
"content": {
"pageHeaderViewModel": {
"title": {
"dynamicTextViewModel": {
"text": {"content": "Gaming"}
}
},
"animatedImage": {
"contentPreviewImageViewModel": {
"image": {
"sources": [
{"url": "//yt3.example/avatar", "width": 48, "height": 48}
]
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
JSON
header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg")
expect(header[:author]).to eq("Gaming")
expect(header[:author_url]).to eq("https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg")
expect(header[:author_thumbnail]).to eq("//yt3.example/avatar")
end
it "preserves the legacy interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer shape" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer": {
"title": {"simpleText": "Legacy gaming"},
"boxArt": {"thumbnails": [{"url": "//yt3.example/legacy-avatar"}]},
"banner": {"thumbnails": [{"url": "//yt3.example/legacy-banner"}]},
"description": {"simpleText": "A legacy description"},
"badges": [
{"metadataBadgeRenderer": {"label": "Gaming"}}
]
}
},
"microformat": {
"microformatDataRenderer": {
"urlCanonical": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLegacy"
}
}
}
JSON
header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCLegacy")
expect(header[:author]).to eq("Legacy gaming")
expect(header[:author_url]).to eq("https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLegacy")
expect(header[:author_thumbnail]).to eq("//yt3.example/legacy-avatar")
expect(header[:banner]).to eq("//yt3.example/legacy-banner")
expect(header[:tags]).to eq(["Gaming"])
end
it "keeps an explicit familySafe: false" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"pageHeaderRenderer": {"pageTitle": "Gaming"}
},
"microformat": {
"microformatDataRenderer": {"familySafe": false}
}
}
JSON
header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg")
expect(header[:is_family_friendly]).to be_false
end
it "raises when the header shape is unknown" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"someFutureHeaderRenderer": {}
}
}
JSON
expect do
extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, "UCUnknown")
end.to raise_error(InfoException)
end
end
Spectator.describe "extract_topic_channel_details" do
it "returns nil when the payload carries no carousel header" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"pageHeaderRenderer": {"pageTitle": "Gaming"}
}
}
JSON
expect(extract_topic_channel_details(initdata)).to be_nil
end
it "returns nil when the carousel carries no topic details" do
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"carouselHeaderRenderer": {
"contents": [
{"carouselItemRenderer": {"carouselItems": []}}
]
}
}
}
JSON
expect(extract_topic_channel_details(initdata)).to be_nil
end
it "exposes the subscriber count carried by the subtitle" do
# `subscriberCountText` is part of the renderer but comes back null, so the
# count is only available as free text in the subtitle.
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw (Sports)
initdata = JSON.parse(<<-JSON).as_h
{
"header": {
"carouselHeaderRenderer": {
"contents": [
{"carouselItemRenderer": {"carouselItems": []}},
{
"topicChannelDetailsRenderer": {
"title": {"simpleText": "Sports"},
"avatar": {"thumbnails": [{"url": "//yt3.example/topic-avatar"}]},
"subscriberCountText": null,
"subtitle": {"simpleText": "74.3M subscribers"}
}
}
]
}
}
}
JSON
details = extract_topic_channel_details(initdata)
expect(details).not_to be_nil
sub_text = details.not_nil!.dig("subtitle", "simpleText").as_s
expect(sub_text).to eq("74.3M subscribers")
expect(short_text_to_number(sub_text.split(" ")[0])).to eq(74_300_000_i64)
end
end

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@ -19,6 +19,84 @@ record AboutChannel,
verified : Bool,
is_age_gated : Bool
# Topic channels keep the channel details inside one of the carousel entries.
# The position of that entry varies between channels, so it is looked up by key
# rather than by index.
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw
def extract_topic_channel_details(initdata : Hash(String, JSON::Any)) : JSON::Any?
contents = initdata.dig?("header", "carouselHeaderRenderer", "contents")
return nil if contents.nil?
contents.as_a
.find { |content| !content.dig?("topicChannelDetailsRenderer").nil? }
.try &.dig?("topicChannelDetailsRenderer")
end
# Auto-generated channels come with one of three header shapes. This is only
# reached when the payload has no `metadata` object, i.e. when the regular
# `channelMetadataRenderer` path is not available.
def extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata : Hash(String, JSON::Any), ucid : String)
banner = nil
description_node = nil
tags = [] of String
if header = initdata.dig?("header", "interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer")
author = header.dig("title", "simpleText").as_s
author_url = initdata.dig("microformat", "microformatDataRenderer", "urlCanonical").as_s
author_thumbnail = header.dig("boxArt", "thumbnails", 0, "url").as_s
banner = header.dig?("banner", "thumbnails").try &.[-1]?.try &.["url"].as_s?
description_base_node = header["description"]
# some channels have the description in a simpleText
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg/
description_node = description_base_node.dig?("simpleText") || description_base_node
tags = header.dig?("badges")
.try &.as_a.map(&.["metadataBadgeRenderer"]["label"].as_s) || [] of String
elsif header = initdata.dig?("header", "pageHeaderRenderer")
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg
view_model = header.dig?("content", "pageHeaderViewModel")
author = view_model.try &.dig?("title", "dynamicTextViewModel", "text", "content").try &.as_s
author ||= header.dig?("pageTitle").try &.as_s
author ||= ucid
author_url = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/#{ucid}"
author_thumbnail = view_model.try &.dig?("image", "decoratedAvatarViewModel", "avatar", "avatarViewModel", "image", "sources", 0, "url").try &.as_s
author_thumbnail ||= view_model.try &.dig?("animatedImage", "contentPreviewImageViewModel", "image", "sources", 0, "url").try &.as_s
author_thumbnail ||= ""
banner = view_model.try &.dig?("banner", "imageBannerViewModel", "image", "sources")
.try &.[-1]?.try &.["url"].as_s?
elsif initdata.dig?("header", "carouselHeaderRenderer")
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgdi0XIXXZ-qJOFPf4JSKw
# This shape carries neither a banner nor a description.
details = extract_topic_channel_details(initdata)
author = details.try &.dig?("title", "simpleText").try &.as_s || ucid
author_url = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/#{ucid}"
author_thumbnail = details.try &.dig?("avatar", "thumbnails", 0, "url").try &.as_s || ""
else
raise InfoException.new("Could not extract the header of channel #{ucid}")
end
# `microformat` is absent from these payloads, so a missing flag defaults to
# safe. An explicit `false` is still preserved.
family_safe = initdata.dig?("microformat", "microformatDataRenderer", "familySafe").try(&.as_bool)
{
author: author,
author_url: author_url,
author_thumbnail: author_thumbnail,
banner: banner,
description_node: description_node,
tags: tags,
is_family_friendly: family_safe.nil? ? true : family_safe,
}
end
def get_about_info(ucid, locale) : AboutChannel
begin
# Fetch channel information from channel home page
@ -64,21 +142,14 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale) : AboutChannel
auto_generated = false
else
if auto_generated
author = initdata["header"]["interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer"]["title"]["simpleText"].as_s
author_url = initdata["microformat"]["microformatDataRenderer"]["urlCanonical"].as_s
author_thumbnail = initdata["header"]["interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer"]["boxArt"]["thumbnails"][0]["url"].as_s
# Raises a KeyError on failure.
banners = initdata["header"]["interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer"]?.try &.["banner"]?.try &.["thumbnails"]?
banner = banners.try &.[-1]?.try &.["url"].as_s?
description_base_node = initdata["header"]["interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer"]["description"]
# some channels have the description in a simpleText
# ex: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg/
description_node = description_base_node.dig?("simpleText") || description_base_node
tags = initdata.dig?("header", "interactiveTabbedHeaderRenderer", "badges")
.try &.as_a.map(&.["metadataBadgeRenderer"]["label"].as_s) || [] of String
channel_header = extract_auto_generated_channel_header(initdata, ucid)
author = channel_header[:author]
author_url = channel_header[:author_url]
author_thumbnail = channel_header[:author_thumbnail]
banner = channel_header[:banner]
description_node = channel_header[:description_node]
tags = channel_header[:tags]
is_family_friendly = channel_header[:is_family_friendly]
else
author = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]["title"].as_s
author_url = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]["channelUrl"].as_s
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description_node = initdata["metadata"]["channelMetadataRenderer"]?.try &.["description"]?
tags = initdata.dig?("microformat", "microformatDataRenderer", "tags").try &.as_a.map(&.as_s) || [] of String
is_family_friendly = initdata["microformat"]["microformatDataRenderer"]["familySafe"].as_bool
end
is_family_friendly = initdata["microformat"]["microformatDataRenderer"]["familySafe"].as_bool
if tabs_json = initdata["contents"]["twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer"]["tabs"]?
# Get the name of the tabs available on this channel
tab_names = tabs_json.as_a.compact_map do |entry|
@ -182,6 +253,16 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale) : AboutChannel
break if sub_count != 0 && !pronouns.nil?
end
elsif (topic_details = extract_topic_channel_details(initdata))
# Topic channels carry the subscriber count as free text in the subtitle,
# ex: "74.3M subscribers". `subscriberCountText` is part of the same
# renderer but comes back null, so it is only used as a first choice.
sub_text = topic_details.dig?("subscriberCountText", "simpleText").try &.as_s
sub_text ||= topic_details.dig?("subtitle", "simpleText").try &.as_s
if sub_text && sub_text.includes?("subscriber")
sub_count = short_text_to_number(sub_text.split(" ")[0]).to_i32
end
end
AboutChannel.new(