Support YouTube using PageHeader on user channels not just auto-generated ones #4543

absidue · 2024-01-14T14:05:55Z

Support YouTube using PageHeader on user channels not just auto-generated ones

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This pull request fixes the TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'name') error messages that you may have seen poping up on the subscriptions page and on the channel pages. There are other places in FreeTube that make requests to the channel page, however I decided not to change anything there yet, as that would cause conflicts with #4340.

YouTube has an A/B test going on to use the PageHeader node on user channels, previously it was only used on system channels like @gaming. This pull request adds support for that to FreeTube.

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In src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js add visitor_data: 'CgtwUmJqXzhJdVFCSijM_oStBg%3D%3D', to the InnerTube.create call in the createInnertube function e.g. between line 46 and 47.

Test various user channels e.g. https://youtube.com/@YouTube and then also the system ones https://youtube.com/@gaming and https://youtube.com/@live to make sure that the new logic didn't break them (they are empty apart from the header, the banner being missing is expected too as they don't have one on YouTube).

--- a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ async function createInnertube(options = { withPlayer: false, location: undefine
 
   return await Innertube.create({
     retrieve_player: !!options.withPlayer,
+    visitor_data: 'CgtwUmJqXzhJdVFCSijM_oStBg%3D%3D',
     location: options.location,
     enable_safety_mode: !!options.safetyMode,
     client_type: options.clientType,

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OS: Windows
OS Version: 10
FreeTube version: 0.19.1

absidue · 2024-01-14T14:06:52Z

jsconfig.json

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
  "vueCompilerOptions": {
    "target": 2.7
+  },
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "strictNullChecks": true


This makes vscode actually show undefined and null in type definitions e.g. auto-complete and the popup that appears when you hover over functions.

PikachuEXE · 2024-01-30T00:39:27Z

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efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2024-01-30T04:18:47Z

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PikachuEXE · 2024-01-31T01:05:53Z

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https://github.com/PikachuEXE/FreeTube/actions/runs/7719513038
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absidue · 2024-01-31T17:03:23Z

@curather That's just a placebo, YouTube randomly returns the empty feed. This pull request has no change that affects the watch page, even the YouTube.js upgrade doesn't affect it.
Anyway that issue is off-topic for this pull request.

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…ated ones (#4543) * Support YouTube using PageHeader on user channels not just auto-generated ones * Bump YouTube.js to 9.0.2 as requested

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Bump youtubei.js from 8.2.0 to 9.0.2 #4636

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Fix extracting the subscriber count from channel PageHeader nodes #4804

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