Package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube

Class YoutubeChannelHelper

java.lang.Object

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeChannelHelper

public final class YoutubeChannelHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Shared functions for extracting YouTube channel pages and tabs.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader	A channel header response.
static class	YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelResponseData	Response data object for getChannelResponse(String, String, Localization, ContentCountry), after any redirection in the allowed redirects count (3).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject	getChannelAgeGateRenderer(com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject jsonResponse)
static YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader	getChannelHeader(com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject channelResponse)	Get a channel header it if exists.
static java.lang.String	getChannelId(YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader channelHeader, com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject jsonResponse, java.lang.String fallbackChannelId)	Get the ID of a channel from its response.
static java.lang.String	getChannelName(YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader channelHeader, com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject channelAgeGateRenderer, com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject jsonResponse)
static YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelResponseData	getChannelResponse(java.lang.String channelId, java.lang.String parameters, Localization localization, ContentCountry country)	Fetch a YouTube channel tab response, using the given channel ID and tab parameters.
static boolean	isChannelVerified(YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader channelHeader)	Check if a channel is verified by using its header.
static java.lang.String	resolveChannelId(java.lang.String idOrPath)	Take a YouTube channel ID or URL path, resolve it if necessary and return a channel ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

resolveChannelId

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String resolveChannelId(@Nonnull
                                                java.lang.String idOrPath)
                                         throws ExtractionException,
                                                java.io.IOException

Take a YouTube channel ID or URL path, resolve it if necessary and return a channel ID.

Parameters:

idOrPath - a YouTube channel ID or URL path

Returns:

a YouTube channel ID

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if a channel resolve request failed

ExtractionException - if a channel resolve request response could not be parsed or is invalid

getChannelResponse

@Nonnull
public static YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelResponseData getChannelResponse(@Nonnull
                                                                          java.lang.String channelId,
                                                                          @Nonnull
                                                                          java.lang.String parameters,
                                                                          @Nonnull
                                                                          Localization localization,
                                                                          @Nonnull
                                                                          ContentCountry country)
                                                                   throws ExtractionException,
                                                                          java.io.IOException

Fetch a YouTube channel tab response, using the given channel ID and tab parameters.

Redirections to other channels are supported to up to 3 redirects, which could happen for instance for localized channels or for auto-generated ones. For instance, there are three IDs of the auto-generated "Movies and Shows" channel, i.e. UCuJcl0Ju-gPDoksRjK1ya-w, UChBfWrfBXL9wS6tQtgjt_OQ and UCok7UTQQEP1Rsctxiv3gwSQ, and they all redirect to the UClgRkhTL3_hImCAmdLfDE4g one.

Parameters:

channelId - a valid YouTube channel ID

parameters - the parameters to specify the YouTube channel tab; if invalid ones are specified, YouTube should return the Home tab

localization - the Localization to use

country - the ContentCountry to use

Returns:

a channel response data

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if a channel request failed

ExtractionException - if a channel request response could not be parsed or is invalid

getChannelHeader

@Nullable
public static YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader getChannelHeader(@Nonnull
                                                                  com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject channelResponse)

Get a channel header it if exists.

Parameters:

channelResponse - a full channel JSON response

Returns:

a YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader or null if no supported header has been found

isChannelVerified

public static boolean isChannelVerified(@Nonnull
                                        YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader channelHeader)

Check if a channel is verified by using its header.

The header is mandatory, so the verified status of age-restricted channels with a channelAgeGateRenderer cannot be checked.

Parameters:

channelHeader - the YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader of a non age-restricted channel

Returns:

whether the channel is verified

getChannelId

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String getChannelId(@Nullable
                                            YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader channelHeader,
                                            @Nonnull
                                            com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject jsonResponse,
                                            @Nullable
                                            java.lang.String fallbackChannelId)
                                     throws ParsingException

Get the ID of a channel from its response.

For c4TabbedHeaderRenderer and carouselHeaderRenderer channel headers, the ID is get from the header.

For other headers or if it cannot be got, the ID from the channelMetadataRenderer in the channel response is used.

If the ID cannot still be get, the fallback channel ID, if provided, will be used.

Parameters:

channelHeader - the channel header

fallbackChannelId - the fallback channel ID, which can be null

Returns:

the ID of the channel

Throws:

ParsingException - if the channel ID cannot be got from the channel header, the channel response and the fallback channel ID

getChannelName

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String getChannelName(@Nullable
                                              YoutubeChannelHelper.ChannelHeader channelHeader,
                                              @Nullable
                                              com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject channelAgeGateRenderer,
                                              @Nonnull
                                              com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject jsonResponse)
                                       throws ParsingException

Throws:

ParsingException

getChannelAgeGateRenderer

@Nullable
public static com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject getChannelAgeGateRenderer(@Nonnull
                                                                      com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject jsonResponse)