properly categorize each url

src/crawler_utils.js

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ const CONSTS = require('./consts');
  */
 exports.handleMaster = async (page, requestQueue, input, request) => {
     const { searchBox, toggleFilterMenu, filterBtnsXp } = CONSTS.SELECTORS.SEARCH;
-    const { search } = request.userData;
+    const { search, label } = request.userData;
 
-    if (search) {
+    if (search && label === 'MASTER') {
         // we are searching
         log.debug('waiting for input box...');
         const searchBxElem = await page.waitForSelector(searchBox, { visible: true });
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ exports.handleMaster = async (page, requestQueue, input, request) => {
 
     const maxRequested = (input.maxResults && input.maxResults > 0) ? +input.maxResults : 99999;
 
-    await utils.loadVideosUrls(requestQueue, page, maxRequested, !!search);
+    await utils.loadVideosUrls(requestQueue, page, maxRequested, ['MASTER', 'SEARCH'].includes(label));
 
     log.info('infinite scroll done...');
 };
@@ -158,7 +158,14 @@ exports.handleDetail = async (page, request) => {
 };
 
 exports.hndlPptGoto = async ({ page, request }) => {
-    await puppeteer.blockRequests(page);
+    await puppeteer.blockRequests(page, {
+        extraUrlPatterns: [
+            'google-analytics',
+            'doubleclick.net',
+            'googletagmanager',
+            '/log_event',
+        ],
+    });
     return page.goto(request.url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
 };
 

src/main.js

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Apify.main(async () => {
         }
 
         switch (request.userData.label) {
+            case 'CHANNEL':
+            case 'SEARCH':
             case 'MASTER': {
                 await crawler.handleMaster(page, requestQueue, input, request);
                 break;
@@ -65,10 +67,18 @@ Apify.main(async () => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-cond-assign
         while (req = await parseUrls.fetchNextRequest()) {
             // need to parse for requestsFromUrl first then categorize by path
+            const label = utils.categorizeUrl(req.url);
+            const pUrl = new URL(req.url);
+
+            if (label === 'CHANNEL' && !pUrl.pathname.includes('/videos')) {
+                pUrl.pathname = `${pUrl.pathname.split('/').filter((s) => s).join('/')}/videos`;
+                req.url = pUrl.toString();
+            }
+
             await requestQueue.addRequest({
                 url: req.url,
                 userData: {
-                    label: req.url.includes('/watch') ? 'DETAIL' : 'MASTER',
+                    label,
                 },
             });
         }

src/utility.js

@@ -84,6 +84,34 @@ exports.getDataFromSelector = async (page, slctr, attrib) => {
     return page.evaluate((el, key) => el[key], slctrElem, attrib);
 };
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} url
+ */
+exports.categorizeUrl = (url) => {
+    try {
+        const pUrl = new URL(url, 'https://www.youtube.com');
+
+        if (!pUrl.hostname.includes('youtube.com')) {
+            throw new Error('Invalid youtube url');
+        }
+
+        let label = 'MASTER';
+
+        if (pUrl.searchParams.get('v')) {
+            label = 'DETAIL';
+        } else if (pUrl.searchParams.get('search_query')) {
+            label = 'SEARCH';
+        } else if (pUrl.pathname.includes('/channel/') || pUrl.pathname.includes('/user/') || pUrl.pathname.includes('/c/')) {
+            label = 'CHANNEL';
+        }
+
+        return label;
+    } catch (e) {
+        log.exception(e, 'categorizeUrl', { url });
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
 exports.unformatNumbers = (numStr) => {
     const numberMatch = numStr.replace(/[^0-9,.]/ig, '');
     if (numberMatch) {

test/utility_spec.js

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const moment = require('moment');
 
 const utils = require('../src/utility');
 
-
 describe('getRandBetween', () => {
     const numTestCycles = 1000;
     const includeList = [3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
@@ -54,6 +53,18 @@ describe('getRandClickPos', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('categorizeUrl', () => {
+    it('should categorize different start urls', () => {
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('')).to.equal('MASTER');
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('/watch?v=394u19u')).to.equal('DETAIL');
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('https://youtube.com/watch?v=394u19u')).to.equal('DETAIL');
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('/channel/asdrtsert/videos')).to.equal('CHANNEL');
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('https://www.youtube.com/user/asdrtsert/videos')).to.equal('CHANNEL');
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('https://www.youtube.com/c/asdrtsert')).to.equal('CHANNEL');
+        expect(utils.categorizeUrl('https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hello')).to.equal('SEARCH');
+    });
+});
+
 describe('getCutoffDate', () => {
     it('should return the correct duration for given date string', () => {
         const timeNow = moment();
@@ -106,7 +117,6 @@ describe('isDateInputValid', () => {
         assert(isValid('60') === false, '60 is invalid');
         assert(isValid('36 # ago') === false, '36 # ago is invalid');
         assert(isValid('120 minutes ago ##') === false, '120 minutes ago ## is invalid');
-
     });
 });