Fix Community Comment Scanning

- YouTube updated the web page layout source code at some point, so this fixes the references to the location of the posts Addresses #1082
ThioJoe · Dec 24, 2023 · b11d65c · b11d65c
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -135,3 +135,4 @@ SpamPurgeConfig.ini
 # Ignore Resources Folders
 spam_lists/
 SpamPurge_Resources/
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Scripts/community_downloader.py b/Scripts/community_downloader.py
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ def fetch_recent_community_posts(channel_id):
 
     html = response.text
     data = json.loads(regex_search(html, YT_INITIAL_DATA_RE, default=''))
-    section = next(search_dict(data, 'itemSectionRenderer'), None)
-    rawPosts = list(search_dict(section, 'backstagePostRenderer'))
+    rendererSubsection = next(search_dict(data, 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer'), None)
+    itemSection = next(search_dict(rendererSubsection, 'itemSectionRenderer'), None)
+    rawPosts = list(search_dict(itemSection, 'backstagePostRenderer'))
 
     recentPostsListofDicts = [] # Use list to keep in order - Puts post ID and sample of text into dictionary keypair, strips newlines
     # Gets the Post IDs and sample of post text

diff --git a/YTSpammerPurge.py b/YTSpammerPurge.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 ### IMPORTANT:  I OFFER NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE FOR THIS SCRIPT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
 ###             I tested it on my own and implemented some failsafes as best as I could,
 ###             but there could always be some kind of bug. You should inspect the code yourself.
-version = "2.17.0"
+version = "2.17.1"
 configVersion = 32
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
 print("Importing Script Modules...")