aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/youtube/yt_data_extract.py
blob: 95c68bc4f1a7f0f8734000bf75c83f396315e909 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
from youtube import util

import html
import json
import re
import urllib
from math import ceil

# videos (all of type str):

# id
# title
# url
# author
# author_url
# thumbnail
# description
# published
# duration
# likes
# dislikes
# views
# playlist_index

# playlists:

# id
# title
# url
# author
# author_url
# thumbnail
# description
# updated
# size
# first_video_id





def get_plain_text(node):
    try:
        return node['simpleText']
    except KeyError:
        return ''.join(text_run['text'] for text_run in node['runs'])

def format_text_runs(runs):
    if isinstance(runs, str):
        return runs
    result = ''
    for text_run in runs:
        if text_run.get("bold", False):
            result += "<b>" + html.escape(text_run["text"]) + "</b>"
        elif text_run.get('italics', False):
            result += "<i>" + html.escape(text_run["text"]) + "</i>"
        else:
            result += html.escape(text_run["text"])
    return result








def get_url(node):
    try:
        return node['runs'][0]['navigationEndpoint']['commandMetadata']['webCommandMetadata']['url']
    except KeyError:
        return node['navigationEndpoint']['commandMetadata']['webCommandMetadata']['url']


def get_text(node):
    if node == {}:
        return ''
    try:
        return node['simpleText']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    try:
        return node['runs'][0]['text']
    except IndexError: # empty text runs
        return ''
    except KeyError:
        print(node)
        raise

def get_formatted_text(node):
    try:
        return node['runs']
    except KeyError:
        return node['simpleText']

def get_badges(node):
    badges = []
    for badge_node in node:
        badge = badge_node['metadataBadgeRenderer']['label']
        badges.append(badge)
    return badges

def get_thumbnail(node):
    try:
        return node['thumbnails'][0]['url']     # polymer format
    except KeyError:
        return node['url']     # ajax format

dispatch = {

# polymer format    
    'title':                ('title',       get_text),
    'publishedTimeText':    ('published',   get_text),
    'videoId':              ('id',          lambda node: node),
    'descriptionSnippet':   ('description', get_formatted_text),
    'lengthText':           ('duration',    get_text),
    'thumbnail':            ('thumbnail',   get_thumbnail),
    'thumbnails':           ('thumbnail',   lambda node: node[0]['thumbnails'][0]['url']),

    'viewCountText':        ('views',       get_text),
    'numVideosText':        ('size',        lambda node: get_text(node).split(' ')[0]),     # the format is "324 videos"
    'videoCountText':       ('size',        get_text),
    'playlistId':           ('id',          lambda node: node),
    'descriptionText':      ('description', get_formatted_text),

    'subscriberCountText':  ('subscriber_count',    get_text),
    'channelId':            ('id',          lambda node: node),
    'badges':               ('badges',      get_badges),

# ajax format
    'view_count_text':  ('views',       get_text),
    'num_videos_text':  ('size',        lambda node: get_text(node).split(' ')[0]),
    'owner_text':       ('author',      get_text),
    'owner_endpoint':   ('author_url',  lambda node: node['url']),
    'description':      ('description', get_formatted_text),
    'index':            ('playlist_index', get_text),
    'short_byline':     ('author',      get_text),
    'length':           ('duration',    get_text),
    'video_id':         ('id',          lambda node: node),

}

def ajax_info(item_json):
    try:
        info = {}          
        for key, node in item_json.items():
            try:
                simple_key, function = dispatch[key]
            except KeyError:
                continue
            info[simple_key] = function(node)
        return info
    except KeyError:
        print(item_json)
        raise


youtube_url_re = re.compile(r'^(?:(?:(?:https?:)?//)?(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?(/.*)$')
def normalize_url(url):
    match = youtube_url_re.fullmatch(url)
    if match is None:
        raise Exception()

    return 'https://www.youtube.com' + match.group(1)

def prefix_urls(item):
    try:
        item['thumbnail'] = util.prefix_url(item['thumbnail'])
    except KeyError:
        pass

    try:
        item['author_url'] = util.prefix_url(item['author_url'])
    except KeyError:
        pass

def add_extra_html_info(item):
    if item['type'] == 'video':
        item['url'] = util.URL_ORIGIN + '/watch?v=' + item['id']

        video_info = {}
        for key in ('id', 'title', 'author', 'duration'):
            try:
                video_info[key] = item[key]
            except KeyError:
                video_info[key] = ''

        item['video_info'] = json.dumps(video_info)

    elif item['type'] == 'playlist':
        item['url'] = util.URL_ORIGIN + '/playlist?list=' + item['id']
    elif item['type'] == 'channel':
        item['url'] = util.URL_ORIGIN + "/channel/" + item['id']


def renderer_info(renderer, additional_info={}):
    type = list(renderer.keys())[0]
    renderer = renderer[type]
    info = {}
    if type == 'itemSectionRenderer':
        return renderer_info(renderer['contents'][0], additional_info)
    
    if type in ('movieRenderer', 'clarificationRenderer'):
        info['type'] = 'unsupported'
        return info

    info.update(additional_info)


    if type in ('compactVideoRenderer', 'videoRenderer', 'playlistVideoRenderer', 'gridVideoRenderer'):
        info['type'] = 'video'
    elif type in ('playlistRenderer', 'compactPlaylistRenderer', 'gridPlaylistRenderer',
                  'radioRenderer', 'compactRadioRenderer', 'gridRadioRenderer',
                  'showRenderer', 'compactShowRenderer', 'gridShowRenderer'):
        info['type'] = 'playlist'
    elif type == 'channelRenderer':
        info['type'] = 'channel'
    elif type == 'playlistHeaderRenderer':
        info['type'] = 'playlist_metadata'
    else:
        info['type'] = 'unsupported'
        return info

    try:
        if 'viewCountText' in renderer:     # prefer this one as it contains all the digits
            info['views'] = get_text(renderer['viewCountText'])
        elif 'shortViewCountText' in renderer:
            info['views'] = get_text(renderer['shortViewCountText'])

        if 'ownerText' in renderer:
            info['author'] = renderer['ownerText']['runs'][0]['text']
            info['author_url'] = normalize_url(renderer['ownerText']['runs'][0]['navigationEndpoint']['commandMetadata']['webCommandMetadata']['url'])
        try:
            overlays = renderer['thumbnailOverlays']
        except KeyError:
            pass
        else:
            for overlay in overlays:
                if 'thumbnailOverlayTimeStatusRenderer' in overlay:
                    info['duration'] = get_text(overlay['thumbnailOverlayTimeStatusRenderer']['text'])
                # show renderers don't have videoCountText
                elif 'thumbnailOverlayBottomPanelRenderer' in overlay:
                    info['size'] = get_text(overlay['thumbnailOverlayBottomPanelRenderer']['text'])

        # show renderers don't have playlistId, have to dig into the url to get it
        try:
            info['id'] = renderer['navigationEndpoint']['watchEndpoint']['playlistId']
        except KeyError:
            pass
        for key, node in renderer.items():
            if key in ('longBylineText', 'shortBylineText'):
                info['author'] = get_text(node)
                try:
                    info['author_url'] = normalize_url(get_url(node))
                except KeyError:
                    pass

            # show renderers don't have thumbnail key at top level, dig into thumbnailRenderer
            elif key == 'thumbnailRenderer' and 'showCustomThumbnailRenderer' in node:
                info['thumbnail'] = node['showCustomThumbnailRenderer']['thumbnail']['thumbnails'][0]['url']
            else:
                try:
                    simple_key, function = dispatch[key]
                except KeyError:
                    continue
                info[simple_key] = function(node)
        if info['type'] == 'video' and 'duration' not in info:
            info['duration'] = 'Live'

        return info
    except KeyError:
        print(renderer)
        raise


def parse_info_prepare_for_html(renderer, additional_info={}):
    item = renderer_info(renderer, additional_info)
    prefix_urls(item)
    add_extra_html_info(item)

    return item


def extract_channel_info(polymer_json, tab):
    info = {'errors': []}
    response = polymer_json[1]['response']
    try:
        microformat = response['microformat']['microformatDataRenderer']

    # channel doesn't exist or was terminated
    # example terminated channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnKJeK_r90jDdIuzHXC0Org
    except KeyError:
        if 'alerts' in response and len(response['alerts']) > 0:
            for alert in response['alerts']:
                info['errors'].append(alert['alertRenderer']['text']['simpleText'])
            return info
        elif 'errors' in response['responseContext']:
            for error in response['responseContext']['errors']['error']:
                if error['code'] == 'INVALID_VALUE' and error['location'] == 'browse_id':
                    info['errors'].append('This channel does not exist')
                    return info
        info['errors'].append('Failure getting microformat')
        return info


    info['current_tab'] = tab


    # stuff from microformat (info given by youtube for every page on channel)
    info['short_description'] = microformat['description']
    info['channel_name'] = microformat['title']
    info['avatar'] = microformat['thumbnail']['thumbnails'][0]['url']
    channel_url = microformat['urlCanonical'].rstrip('/')
    channel_id = channel_url[channel_url.rfind('/')+1:]
    info['channel_id'] = channel_id
    info['channel_url'] = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/' + channel_id

    info['items'] = []

    # empty channel
    if 'contents' not in response and 'continuationContents' not in response:
        return info


    # find the tab with content
    # example channel where tabs do not have definite index: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gQ8i3FD7YbhOgqUkeQEJg
    # TODO: maybe use the 'selected' attribute for this?
    if 'continuationContents' not in response:
        tab_renderer = None
        tab_content = None
        for tab_json in response['contents']['twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer']['tabs']:
            try:
                tab_renderer = tab_json['tabRenderer']
            except KeyError:
                tab_renderer = tab_json['expandableTabRenderer']
            try:
                tab_content = tab_renderer['content']
                break
            except KeyError:
                pass
        else:   # didn't break
            raise Exception("No tabs found with content")
        assert tab == tab_renderer['title'].lower()


    # extract tab-specific info
    if tab in ('videos', 'playlists', 'search'):    # find the list of items
        if 'continuationContents' in response:
            try:
                items = response['continuationContents']['gridContinuation']['items']
            except KeyError:
                items = response['continuationContents']['sectionListContinuation']['contents']     # for search
        else:
            contents = tab_content['sectionListRenderer']['contents']
            if 'itemSectionRenderer' in contents[0]:
                item_section = contents[0]['itemSectionRenderer']['contents'][0]
                try:
                    items = item_section['gridRenderer']['items']
                except KeyError:
                    if "messageRenderer" in item_section:
                        items = []
                    else:
                        raise Exception('gridRenderer missing but messageRenderer not found')
            else:
                items = contents    # for search

        additional_info = {'author': info['channel_name'], 'author_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/' + channel_id}
        info['items'] = [renderer_info(renderer, additional_info) for renderer in items]

    elif tab == 'about':
        channel_metadata = tab_content['sectionListRenderer']['contents'][0]['itemSectionRenderer']['contents'][0]['channelAboutFullMetadataRenderer']


        info['links'] = []
        for link_json in channel_metadata.get('primaryLinks', ()):
            url = link_json['navigationEndpoint']['urlEndpoint']['url']
            if url.startswith('/redirect'):     # youtube puts these on external links to do tracking
                query_string = url[url.find('?')+1: ]
                url = urllib.parse.parse_qs(query_string)['q'][0]

            text = get_plain_text(link_json['title'])

            info['links'].append( (text, url) )


        info['stats'] = []
        for stat_name in ('subscriberCountText', 'joinedDateText', 'viewCountText', 'country'):
            try:
                stat = channel_metadata[stat_name]
            except KeyError:
                continue
            info['stats'].append(get_plain_text(stat))

        if 'description' in channel_metadata:
            info['description'] = get_text(channel_metadata['description'])
        else:
            info['description'] = ''

    else:
        raise NotImplementedError('Unknown or unsupported channel tab: ' + tab)

    return info

def extract_search_info(polymer_json):
    info = {}
    info['estimated_results'] = int(polymer_json[1]['response']['estimatedResults'])
    info['estimated_pages'] = ceil(info['estimated_results']/20)

    # almost always is the first "section", but if there's an advertisement for a google product like Stadia or Home in the search results, then that becomes the first "section" and the search results are in the second. So just join all of them for resiliency
    results = []
    for section in polymer_json[1]['response']['contents']['twoColumnSearchResultsRenderer']['primaryContents']['sectionListRenderer']['contents']:
        results += section['itemSectionRenderer']['contents']

    info['items'] = []
    info['corrections'] = {'type': None}
    for renderer in results:
        type = list(renderer.keys())[0]
        if type == 'shelfRenderer':
            continue
        if type == 'didYouMeanRenderer':
            renderer = renderer[type]
            corrected_query_string = request.args.to_dict(flat=False)
            corrected_query_string['query'] = [renderer['correctedQueryEndpoint']['searchEndpoint']['query']]
            corrected_query_url = util.URL_ORIGIN + '/search?' + urllib.parse.urlencode(corrected_query_string, doseq=True)

            info['corrections'] = {
                'type': 'did_you_mean',
                'corrected_query': yt_data_extract.format_text_runs(renderer['correctedQuery']['runs']),
                'corrected_query_url': corrected_query_url,
            }
            continue
        if type == 'showingResultsForRenderer':
            renderer = renderer[type]
            no_autocorrect_query_string = request.args.to_dict(flat=False)
            no_autocorrect_query_string['autocorrect'] = ['0']
            no_autocorrect_query_url = util.URL_ORIGIN + '/search?' + urllib.parse.urlencode(no_autocorrect_query_string, doseq=True)

            info['corrections'] = {
                'type': 'showing_results_for',
                'corrected_query': yt_data_extract.format_text_runs(renderer['correctedQuery']['runs']),
                'original_query_url': no_autocorrect_query_url,
                'original_query': renderer['originalQuery']['simpleText'],
            }
            continue

        item_info = renderer_info(renderer)
        if item_info['type'] != 'unsupported':
            info['items'].append(item_info)


    return info