from youtube import proto, util, yt_data_extract from youtube.util import ( concat_or_none, strip_non_ascii ) from youtube import yt_app import settings import json import base64 import flask from flask import request # Here's what I know about the secret key (starting with ASJN_i) # *The secret key definitely contains the following information (or perhaps the information is stored at youtube's servers): # -Video id # -Offset # -Sort # *If the video id or sort in the ctoken contradicts the ASJN, the response is an error. The offset encoded outside the ASJN is ignored entirely. # *The ASJN is base64 encoded data, indicated by the fact that the character after "ASJN_i" is one of ("0", "1", "2", "3") # *The encoded data is not valid protobuf # *The encoded data (after the 5 or so bytes that are always the same) is indistinguishable from random data according to a battery of randomness tests # *The ASJN in the ctoken provided by a response changes in regular intervals of about a second or two. # *Old ASJN's continue to work, and start at the same comment even if new comments have been posted since # *The ASJN has no relation with any of the data in the response it came from def make_comment_ctoken(video_id, sort=0, offset=0, lc='', secret_key=''): video_id = proto.as_bytes(video_id) secret_key = proto.as_bytes(secret_key) page_info = proto.string(4, video_id) + proto.uint(6, sort) offset_information = proto.nested(4, page_info) + proto.uint(5, offset) if secret_key: offset_information = proto.string(1, secret_key) + offset_information page_params = proto.string(2, video_id) if lc: page_params += proto.string(6, proto.percent_b64encode(proto.string(15, lc))) result = proto.nested(2, page_params) + proto.uint(3, 6) + proto.nested(6, offset_information) return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(result).decode('ascii') def request_comments(ctoken, replies=False): url = 'https://m.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/next' url += '?key=AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8' data = json.dumps({ 'context': { 'client': { 'hl': 'en', 'gl': 'US', 'clientName': 'MWEB', 'clientVersion': '2.20210804.02.00', }, }, 'continuation': ctoken.replace('=', '%3D'), }) content = util.fetch_url( url, headers=util.mobile_xhr_headers + util.json_header, data=data, report_text='Retrieved comments', debug_name='request_comments') content = content.decode('utf-8') polymer_json = json.loads(content) return polymer_json def single_comment_ctoken(video_id, comment_id): page_params = proto.string(2, video_id) + proto.string( 6, proto.percent_b64encode(proto.string(15, comment_id))) result = proto.nested(2, page_params) + proto.uint(3, 6) return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(result).decode('ascii') def post_process_comments_info(comments_info): for comment in comments_info['comments']: comment['author'] = strip_non_ascii(comment['author']) comment['author_url'] = concat_or_none( '/', comment['author_url']) comment['author_avatar'] = concat_or_none( settings.img_prefix, comment['author_avatar']) comment['permalink'] = concat_or_none( util.URL_ORIGIN, '/watch?v=', comments_info['video_id'], '&lc=', comment['id'] ) reply_count = comment['reply_count'] comment['replies_url'] = None if comment['reply_ctoken']: # change max_replies field to 250 in ctoken ctoken = comment['reply_ctoken'] ctoken, err = proto.set_protobuf_value( ctoken, 'base64p', 6, 3, 9, value=200) if err: print('Error setting ctoken value:') print(err) comment['replies_url'] = None comment['replies_url'] = concat_or_none( util.URL_ORIGIN, '/comments?replies=1&ctoken=' + ctoken) if reply_count == 0: comment['view_replies_text'] = 'Reply' elif reply_count == 1: comment['view_replies_text'] = '1 reply' else: comment['view_replies_text'] = str(reply_count) + ' replies' if comment['approx_like_count'] == '1': comment['likes_text'] = '1 like' else: comment['likes_text'] = (str(comment['approx_like_count']) + ' likes') comments_info['include_avatars'] = settings.enable_comment_avatars if comments_info['ctoken']: ctoken = comments_info['ctoken'] if comments_info['is_replies']: replies_param = '&replies=1' # change max_replies field to 250 in ctoken new_ctoken, err = proto.set_protobuf_value( ctoken, 'base64p', 6, 3, 9, value=200) if err: print('Error setting ctoken value:') print(err) else: ctoken = new_ctoken else: replies_param = '' comments_info['more_comments_url'] = concat_or_none( util.URL_ORIGIN, '/comments?ctoken=', ctoken, replies_param) if comments_info['offset'] is None: comments_info['page_number'] = None else: comments_info['page_number'] = int(comments_info['offset']/20) + 1 if not comments_info['is_replies']: comments_info['sort_text'] = 'top' if comments_info['sort'] == 0 else 'newest' comments_info['video_url'] = concat_or_none( util.URL_ORIGIN, '/watch?v=', comments_info['video_id']) comments_info['video_thumbnail'] = concat_or_none( settings.img_prefix, 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/', comments_info['video_id'], '/hqdefault.jpg' ) def video_comments(video_id, sort=0, offset=0, lc='', secret_key=''): try: if settings.comments_mode: comments_info = {'error': None} other_sort_url = ( util.URL_ORIGIN + '/comments?ctoken=' + make_comment_ctoken(video_id, sort=1 - sort, lc=lc) ) other_sort_text = 'Sort by ' + ('newest' if sort == 0 else 'top') this_sort_url = (util.URL_ORIGIN + '/comments?ctoken=' + make_comment_ctoken(video_id, sort=sort, lc=lc)) comments_info['comment_links'] = [ (other_sort_text, other_sort_url), ('Direct link', this_sort_url) ] ctoken = make_comment_ctoken(video_id, sort, offset, lc) comments_info.update(yt_data_extract.extract_comments_info( request_comments(ctoken), ctoken=ctoken )) post_process_comments_info(comments_info) return comments_info else: return {} except util.FetchError as e: if e.code == '429' and settings.route_tor: comments_info['error'] = 'Error: YouTube blocked the request because the Tor exit node is overutilized.' if e.error_message: comments_info['error'] += '\n\n' + e.error_message comments_info['error'] += '\n\nExit node IP address: %s' % e.ip else: comments_info['error'] = 'YouTube blocked the request. IP address: %s' % e.ip except Exception as e: comments_info['error'] = 'YouTube blocked the request. IP address: %s' % e.ip if comments_info.get('error'): print('Error retrieving comments for ' + str(video_id) + ':\n' + comments_info['error']) return comments_info @yt_app.route('/comments') def get_comments_page(): ctoken = request.args.get('ctoken', '') replies = request.args.get('replies', '0') == '1' comments_info = yt_data_extract.extract_comments_info( request_comments(ctoken, replies), ctoken=ctoken ) post_process_comments_info(comments_info) if not replies: if comments_info['sort'] is None or comments_info['video_id'] is None: other_sort_url = None else: other_sort_url = ( util.URL_ORIGIN + '/comments?ctoken=' + make_comment_ctoken(comments_info['video_id'], sort=1-comments_info['sort']) ) other_sort_text = 'Sort by ' + ('newest' if comments_info['sort'] == 0 else 'top') comments_info['comment_links'] = [(other_sort_text, other_sort_url)] return flask.render_template( 'comments_page.html', comments_info=comments_info, slim=request.args.get('slim', False) )