Document supported proxy types in config.example.yml

Added note about supported proxy types in configuration.

.github/workflows/build-nightly-container.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

.github/workflows/build-stable-container.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         stable: [true]
         crystal:
-          - 1.12.2
-          - 1.13.3
           - 1.14.1
           - 1.15.1
           - 1.16.3
+          - 1.17.1
+          - 1.18.2
         include:
           - crystal: nightly
             stable: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
 
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Install Crystal
-        uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1.8.2
+        uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1.9.1
         with:
           crystal: ${{ matrix.crystal }}
 
       - name: Cache Shards
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             ./lib
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Use ARM64 Dockerfile if ARM64
         if: ${{ matrix.name == 'ARM64' }}
@@ -128,18 +128,18 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
 
       - name: Install Crystal
         id: lint_step_install_crystal
-        uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1.8.2
+        uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1.9.1
         with:
           crystal: latest
 
       - name: Cache Shards
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             ./lib

assets/css/default.css

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ body a.pure-button-primary,
 
 .pure-button-primary,
 .pure-button-secondary {
+  white-space: normal;
   border: 1px solid #a0a0a0;
   border-radius: 3px;
   margin: 0 .4em;
@@ -403,8 +404,9 @@ input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
 
 .video-card-row { margin: 15px 0; }
 
-p.channel-name { margin: 0; }
+p.channel-name { margin: 0; overflow-wrap: anywhere;}
 p.video-data   { margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; }
+.channel-profile > .channel-name { overflow-wrap: anywhere;}
 
 
 /*

assets/js/player.js

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ player.on('timeupdate', function () {
 
     // YouTube links
 
+    if (!video_data.live_now) {
         let elem_yt_watch = document.getElementById('link-yt-watch');
         if (elem_yt_watch) {
             let base_url_yt_watch = elem_yt_watch.getAttribute('data-base-url');
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ player.on('timeupdate', function () {
             let base_url_yt_embed = elem_yt_embed.getAttribute('data-base-url');
             elem_yt_embed.href = addCurrentTimeToURL(base_url_yt_embed);
         }
+    }
 
     // Invidious links
 

config/config.example.yml

@@ -40,20 +40,6 @@ db:
 ##
 #check_tables: false
 
-
-##
-## Path to an external signature resolver, used to emulate
-## the Youtube client's Javascript. If no such server is
-## available, some videos will not be playable.
-##
-## When this setting is commented out, no external
-## resolver will be used.
-##
-## Accepted values: a path to a UNIX socket or "<IP>:<Port>"
-## Default: <none>
-##
-#signature_server:
-
 ##
 ## Invidious companion is an external program
 ## for loading the video streams from YouTube servers.
@@ -237,8 +223,12 @@ https_only: false
 
 ##
 ## Configuration for using a HTTP proxy
-##
 ## If unset, then no HTTP proxy will be used.
+## Proxy type supported: HTTP, HTTPS
+## 
+## This is not used for loading the video streams from YouTube servers (circumvent YouTube restrictions)
+## Please instead configure the proxy in Invidious companion:
+## https://github.com/iv-org/invidious-companion/blob/master/config/config.example.toml
 ##
 #http_proxy:
 #  user:
@@ -259,19 +249,6 @@ https_only: false
 ##
 # use_innertube_for_captions: false
 
-##
-## Send Google session informations. This is useful when Invidious is blocked
-## by the message "This helps protect our community."
-## See https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4734.
-##
-## Warning: These strings gives much more identifiable information to Google!
-##
-## Accepted values: String
-## Default: <none>
-##
-# po_token: ""
-# visitor_data: ""
-
 # -----------------------------
 #  Logging
 # -----------------------------

docker-compose.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
         # statistics_enabled: false
         hmac_key: "CHANGE_ME!!"
     healthcheck:
-      test: wget -nv --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/trending || exit 1
+      test: wget -nv --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/stats || exit 1
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 2

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
-FROM crystallang/crystal:1.16.3-alpine AS builder
+# https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-3.5.2
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION='3.5.2'
+ARG OPENSSL_SHA256='c53a47e5e441c930c3928cf7bf6fb00e5d129b630e0aa873b08258656e7345ec'
+
+FROM crystallang/crystal:1.16.3-alpine AS dependabot-crystal
+
+# We compile openssl ourselves due to a memory leak in how crystal interacts
+# with openssl
+# Reference: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/1438#issuecomment-3087636228
+FROM dependabot-crystal AS openssl-builder
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl perl linux-headers
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
+ARG OPENSSL_SHA256
+RUN curl -Ls "https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" --output openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+RUN echo "${OPENSSL_SHA256}  openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c
+RUN tar -xzvf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+RUN cd openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} && ./Configure --openssldir=/etc/ssl && make -j$(nproc)
+
+FROM dependabot-crystal AS builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache sqlite-static yaml-static
+RUN apk del openssl-dev openssl-libs-static
 
 ARG release
 
@@ -21,18 +44,24 @@ COPY ./videojs-dependencies.yml ./videojs-dependencies.yml
 
 RUN crystal spec --warnings all \
     --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"    
+
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
+COPY --from=openssl-builder /openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} /openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
+
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/crystal if [[ "${release}" == 1 ]] ; then \
+        PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
         crystal build ./src/invidious.cr \
         --release \
         --static --warnings all \
         --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"; \
     else \
+        PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
         crystal build ./src/invidious.cr \
         --static --warnings all \
         --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"; \
     fi
 
-FROM alpine:3.21
+FROM alpine:3.23
 RUN apk add --no-cache rsvg-convert ttf-opensans tini tzdata
 WORKDIR /invidious
 RUN addgroup -g 1000 -S invidious && \

docker/Dockerfile.arm64

@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
-FROM alpine:3.21 AS builder
-RUN apk add --no-cache 'crystal=1.14.0-r0' shards sqlite-static yaml-static yaml-dev libxml2-static \
-       zlib-static openssl-libs-static openssl-dev musl-dev xz-static
+# https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-3.5.2
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION='3.5.2'
+ARG OPENSSL_SHA256='c53a47e5e441c930c3928cf7bf6fb00e5d129b630e0aa873b08258656e7345ec'
+
+FROM alpine:3.22 AS dependabot-alpine
+
+# We compile openssl ourselves due to a memory leak in how crystal interacts
+# with openssl
+# Reference: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/1438#issuecomment-3087636228
+FROM dependabot-alpine AS openssl-builder
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl perl linux-headers build-base
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
+ARG OPENSSL_SHA256
+RUN curl -Ls "https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" --output openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+RUN echo "${OPENSSL_SHA256}  openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c
+RUN tar -xzvf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+RUN cd openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} && ./Configure --openssldir=/etc/ssl && make -j$(nproc)
+
+FROM dependabot-alpine AS builder
+RUN apk add --no-cache 'crystal=1.16.3-r0' shards \
+        sqlite-static yaml-static yaml-dev \
+        pcre2-static gc-static \
+        libxml2-static zlib-static \
+        openssl-libs-static openssl-dev musl-dev xz-static
 
 ARG release
 
@@ -22,18 +47,23 @@ COPY ./videojs-dependencies.yml ./videojs-dependencies.yml
 RUN crystal spec --warnings all \
     --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"
 
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
+COPY --from=openssl-builder /openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} /openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
+
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/crystal if [[ "${release}" == 1 ]] ; then \
+        PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
         crystal build ./src/invidious.cr \
         --release \
         --static --warnings all \
         --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"; \
     else \
+        PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
         crystal build ./src/invidious.cr \
         --static --warnings all \
         --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"; \
     fi
 
-FROM alpine:3.21
+FROM alpine:3.22
 RUN apk add --no-cache rsvg-convert ttf-opensans tini tzdata
 WORKDIR /invidious
 RUN addgroup -g 1000 -S invidious && \

locales/en-US.json

@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@
     "Default": "Default",
     "Music": "Music",
     "Gaming": "Gaming",
+    "Livestreams": "Livestreams",
     "News": "News",
     "Movies": "Movies",
     "Download": "Download",
@@ -504,5 +505,6 @@
     "carousel_go_to": "Go to slide `x`",
     "timeline_parse_error_placeholder_heading": "Unable to parse item",
     "timeline_parse_error_placeholder_message": "Invidious encountered an error while trying to parse this item. For more information see below:",
-    "timeline_parse_error_show_technical_details": "Show technical details"
+    "timeline_parse_error_show_technical_details": "Show technical details",
+    "dmca_content": "This video cannot be downloaded on this instance due to a DMCA/copyright infringement letter sent to the instance administrator."
 }

shard.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: invidious
-version: 2.20250913.0
+version: 2.20250913.0-dev
 
 authors:
   - Invidious team <contact@invidious.io>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ development_dependencies:
 
 crystal: ">= 1.10.0, < 2.0.0"
 
-license: AGPLv3
+license: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 repository: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious
 homepage: https://invidious.io

spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello world

spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler_spec.cr

@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+# Due to the way that specs are handled this file cannot be run together with
+# everything else without causing a compile time error that'll be incredibly
+# annoying to resolve.
+#
+# TODO: Create different spec categories that can then be ran through make.
+#       An implementation of this can be seen with the tests for the Crystal compiler itself.
+#
+# For now run this with `crystal spec spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler_spec.cr -Drunning_by_self`
+
+{% skip_file if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") < 0 || !flag?(:running_by_self) %}
+
+require "http"
+require "spectator"
+require "../../../src/invidious/http_server/static_assets_handler.cr"
+
+private def get_static_assets_handler
+  return Invidious::HttpServer::StaticAssetsHandler.new "spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler", directory_listing: false
+end
+
+# Slightly modified version of `handle` function from
+#
+# https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/blob/3f369d2c721e9462d9f6126cb0bcd4c6992f0225/spec/std/http/server/handlers/static_file_handler_spec.cr#L5
+
+private def handle(request, handler : HTTP::Handler? = nil, decompress : Bool = false)
+  io = IO::Memory.new
+  response = HTTP::Server::Response.new(io)
+  context = HTTP::Server::Context.new(request, response)
+
+  if !handler
+    handler = get_static_assets_handler
+    get_static_assets_handler.call context
+  else
+    handler.call(context)
+  end
+
+  response.close
+  io.rewind
+
+  HTTP::Client::Response.from_io(io, decompress: decompress)
+end
+
+# Makes and yields a temporary file with the given prefix
+private def make_temporary_file(prefix, contents = nil, &)
+  tempfile = File.tempfile(prefix, "static_assets_handler_spec", dir: "spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler")
+  file_link = "/#{File.basename(tempfile.path)}"
+  yield tempfile, file_link
+ensure
+  tempfile.try &.delete
+end
+
+# Changes the contents of the temporary file after yield
+private def cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, initial, &)
+  temporary_file.rewind << initial
+  temporary_file.rewind.flush
+  yield
+  temporary_file.rewind << "something else"
+  temporary_file.rewind.flush
+end
+
+# Get relative file path to a file within the static_assets_handler folder
+macro get_file_path(basename)
+  "spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler/#{ {{basename}} }"
+end
+
+Spectator.describe StaticAssetsHandler do
+  it "Can serve a file" do
+    response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/test.txt")
+    expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+    expect(response.body).to eq(File.read(get_file_path("test.txt")))
+  end
+
+  it "Can serve cached file" do
+    make_temporary_file("cache_test") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+      cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "foo") do
+        expect(temporary_file.rewind.gets_to_end).to eq("foo")
+
+        # Should get cached by the first run
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.body).to eq("foo")
+      end
+
+      # Temporary file is updated after `cycle_temporary_file_contents` is called
+      # but if the file is successfully cached then we'll only get the original
+      # contents.
+      response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+      expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.body).to eq("foo")
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "Adds cache headers" do
+    response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/test.txt")
+    expect(response.headers["cache_control"]).to eq("max-age=2629800")
+  end
+
+  context "Can handle range requests" do
+    it "Can serve range request" do
+      headers = HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=0-2"}
+      response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/test.txt", headers)
+
+      expect(response.status_code).to eq(206)
+      expect(response.headers["Content-Range"]?).to eq "bytes 0-2/11"
+      expect(response.body).to eq "Hel"
+    end
+
+    it "Will cache entire file even if doing partial requests" do
+      make_temporary_file("range_cache") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "Hello world") do
+          handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=0-2"})
+        end
+
+        # Second request shouldn't have changed
+        headers = HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=3-8"}
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(206)
+        expect(response.body).to eq "lo wor"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "Is able to support compression" do
+    def decompressed(string : String)
+      decompressed = Compress::Gzip::Reader.open(IO::Memory.new(string)) do |gzip|
+        gzip.gets_to_end
+      end
+
+      return expect(decompressed)
+    end
+
+    it "For full file requests" do
+      handler = HTTP::CompressHandler.new
+      handler.next = get_static_assets_handler()
+
+      make_temporary_file("check decompression handler") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "Hello world") do
+          response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+          expect(response.headers["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+          decompressed(response.body).to eq("Hello world")
+        end
+
+        # Are cached requests working?
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+        expect(response.headers["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+        decompressed(response.body).to eq("Hello world")
+
+        # Able to retrieve non gzipped file?
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link), handler: handler
+        expect(response.body).to eq("Hello world")
+        expect(response.headers).to_not have_key("Content-Encoding")
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Inspired by the equivalent tests from upstream
+    it "For partial file requests" do
+      handler = HTTP::CompressHandler.new
+      handler.next = get_static_assets_handler()
+
+      make_temporary_file("check_decompression_handler_on_partial_requests") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "Hello world this is a very long string") do
+          range_response_results = {
+            "10-20/38" => "d this is a",
+            "0-0/38"   => "H",
+            "5-9/38"   => " worl",
+          }
+
+          range_request_header_value = {"10-20", "5-9", "0-0"}.join(',')
+          range_response_header_value = range_response_results.keys
+
+          response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=#{range_request_header_value}", "Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+          expect(response.headers["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+
+          # Decompress response
+          response = HTTP::Client::Response.new(
+            status: response.status,
+            headers: response.headers,
+            body_io: Compress::Gzip::Reader.new(IO::Memory.new(response.body)),
+          )
+
+          count = 0
+          MIME::Multipart.parse(response) do |headers, part|
+            part_range = headers["Content-Range"][6..]
+            expect(part_range).to be_within(range_response_header_value)
+            expect(part.gets_to_end).to eq(range_response_results[part_range])
+            count += 1
+          end
+
+          expect(count).to eq(3)
+        end
+
+        # Is the file cached?
+        temporary_file << "Something else"
+        temporary_file.flush.rewind
+
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+        decompressed(response.body).to eq("Hello world this is a very long string")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "Will not cache additional files if the cache limit is reached" do
+    5.times do |times|
+      data = "a" * 1_000_000
+
+      make_temporary_file("test cache size limit #{times}") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, data) do
+          response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+          expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+          expect(response.body).to eq(data)
+        end
+
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.body).to eq(data)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Cache should be 5 mb so no more files will be cached.
+    make_temporary_file("test cache size limit uncached") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+      cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "a") do
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.body).to eq("a")
+      end
+
+      response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+      expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.body).to_not eq("a")
+    end
+  end
+
+  after_each { Invidious::HttpServer::StaticAssetsHandler.clear_cache }
+end

spec/invidious/videos/regular_videos_extract_spec.cr

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ Spectator.describe "parse_video_info" do
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["title"]).to eq("$1 vs $250,000,000 Private Island!")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author"]).to eq("MrBeast")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["ucid"]).to eq("UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA")
-    expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["view_count"]).to eq("230617484")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["short_view_count"]).to eq("230M")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author_verified"]).to eq("true")
 
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ Spectator.describe "parse_video_info" do
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["title"]).to eq("Chris Rea - The Road To Hell 1989 Full Version")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author"]).to eq("NEA ZIXNH")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["ucid"]).to eq("UCYMEOGcvav3gCgImK2J07CQ")
-    expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["view_count"]).to eq("53298661")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["short_view_count"]).to eq("53M")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author_verified"]).to eq("false")
 

spec/invidious/videos/scheduled_live_extract_spec.cr

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Spectator.describe "parse_video_info" do
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["id"]).to eq("j7jPzzjbVuk")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author"]).to eq("Democracy Now!")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["ucid"]).to eq("UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw")
-    expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["view_count"]).to eq("7576")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["short_view_count"]).to eq("7.5K")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author_verified"]).to eq("true")
 

src/ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+{% if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") >= 0 %}
+  # Strip StaticFileHandler from the binary
+  #
+  # This allows us to compile on 1.17.0 as the compiler won't try to
+  # semantically check the outdated upstream code.
+  class Kemal::Config
+    private def setup_static_file_handler
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Nullify `Kemal::StaticFileHandler`
+  #
+  # Needed until the next release of Kemal after 1.7
+  class Kemal::StaticFileHandler < HTTP::StaticFileHandler
+    def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
+    end
+  end
+
+  {% skip_file %}
+{% end %}
+
 # Since systems have a limit on number of open files (`ulimit -a`),
 # we serve them from memory to avoid 'Too many open files' without needing
 # to modify ulimit.

src/invidious.cr

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ HTTP_CHUNK_SIZE            = 10485760 # ~10MB
 CURRENT_BRANCH  = {{ "#{`git branch | sed -n '/* /s///p'`.strip}" }}
 CURRENT_COMMIT  = {{ "#{`git rev-list HEAD --max-count=1 --abbrev-commit`.strip}" }}
 CURRENT_VERSION = {{ "#{`git log -1 --format=%ci | awk '{print $1}' | sed s/-/./g`.strip}" }}
+CURRENT_TAG     = {{ "#{`git tag --points-at HEAD`.strip}" }}
 
 # This is used to determine the `?v=` on the end of file URLs (for cache busting). We
 # only need to expire modified assets, so we can use this to find the last commit that changes
@@ -170,15 +171,6 @@ Invidious::Database.check_integrity(CONFIG)
   {% puts "\nDone checking player dependencies, now compiling Invidious...\n" %}
 {% end %}
 
-# Misc
-
-DECRYPT_FUNCTION =
-  if sig_helper_address = CONFIG.signature_server.presence
-    IV::DecryptFunction.new(sig_helper_address)
-  else
-    nil
-  end
-
 # Start jobs
 
 if CONFIG.channel_threads > 0
@@ -231,19 +223,25 @@ error 500 do |env, exception|
   error_template(500, exception)
 end
 
-static_headers do |env|
-  env.response.headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=2629800")
-end
-
 # Init Kemal
 
-public_folder "assets"
-
 Kemal.config.powered_by_header = false
 add_handler FilteredCompressHandler.new
 add_handler APIHandler.new
 add_handler AuthHandler.new
 add_handler DenyFrame.new
+
+{% if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") >= 0 %}
+  Kemal.config.serve_static = false
+  add_handler Invidious::HttpServer::StaticAssetsHandler.new("assets", directory_listing: false)
+{% else %}
+  public_folder "assets"
+
+  static_headers do |env|
+    env.response.headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=2629800")
+  end
+{% end %}
+
 add_context_storage_type(Array(String))
 add_context_storage_type(Preferences)
 add_context_storage_type(Invidious::User)
@@ -258,6 +256,8 @@ Kemal.config.app_name = "Invidious"
 {% end %}
 
 Kemal.run do |config|
+  config.server.not_nil!.max_request_line_size = 16384
+
   if socket_binding = CONFIG.socket_binding
     File.delete?(socket_binding.path)
     # Create a socket and set its desired permissions

src/invidious/channels/community.cr

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def extract_channel_community(items, *, ucid, locale, format, thin_mode, is_sing
                   case attachment.as_h
                   when .has_key?("videoRenderer")
                     parse_item(attachment)
-                      .as(SearchVideo)
+                      .as(SearchVideo | ProblematicTimelineItem)
                       .to_json(locale, json)
                   when .has_key?("backstageImageRenderer")
                     json.object do

src/invidious/config.cr

@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ class Config
   @[YAML::Field(converter: Preferences::FamilyConverter)]
   property force_resolve : Socket::Family = Socket::Family::UNSPEC
 
-  # External signature solver server socket (either a path to a UNIX domain socket or "<IP>:<Port>")
-  property signature_server : String? = nil
-
   # Port to listen for connections (overridden by command line argument)
   property port : Int32 = 3000
   # Host to bind (overridden by command line argument)
@@ -170,11 +167,6 @@ class Config
   # Use Innertube's transcripts API instead of timedtext for closed captions
   property use_innertube_for_captions : Bool = false
 
-  # visitor data ID for Google session
-  property visitor_data : String? = nil
-  # poToken for passing bot attestation
-  property po_token : String? = nil
-
   # Invidious companion
   property invidious_companion : Array(CompanionConfig) = [] of CompanionConfig
 
@@ -262,11 +254,7 @@ class Config
     {% end %}
 
     if config.invidious_companion.present?
-      # invidious_companion and signature_server can't work together
-      if config.signature_server
-        puts "Config: You can not run inv_sig_helper and invidious_companion at the same time."
-        exit(1)
-      elsif config.invidious_companion_key.empty?
+      if config.invidious_companion_key.empty?
         puts "Config: Please configure a key if you are using invidious companion."
         exit(1)
       elsif config.invidious_companion_key == "CHANGE_ME!!"
@@ -284,10 +272,8 @@ class Config
           companion.builtin_proxy = true
         end
       end
-    elsif config.signature_server
-      puts("WARNING: inv-sig-helper is deprecated. Please switch to Invidious companion: https://docs.invidious.io/companion-installation/")
     else
-      puts("WARNING: Invidious companion is required to view and playback videos. For more information see https://docs.invidious.io/companion-installation/")
+      puts("WARNING: Invidious companion is required to view and playback videos. For more information see https://docs.invidious.io/installation/")
     end
 
     # HMAC_key is mandatory

src/invidious/frontend/misc.cr

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ module Invidious::Frontend::Misc
   extend self
 
   def redirect_url(env : HTTP::Server::Context)
-    prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
 
-    if prefs.automatic_instance_redirect
+    if preferences.automatic_instance_redirect
       current_page = env.get?("current_page").as(String)
       return "/redirect?referer=#{current_page}"
     else

src/invidious/frontend/watch_page.cr

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ module Invidious::Frontend::WatchPage
       return "<p id=\"download\">#{translate(locale, "Download is disabled")}</p>"
     end
 
+    if CONFIG.dmca_content.includes?(video.id)
+      return "<p id=\"download\">#{translate(locale, "dmca_content")}</p>"
+    end
+
     url = "/download"
     if (CONFIG.invidious_companion.present?)
       invidious_companion = CONFIG.invidious_companion.sample

src/invidious/helpers/crystal_class_overrides.cr

@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@
 # IPv6 addresses.
 #
 class TCPSocket
-  def initialize(host, port, dns_timeout = nil, connect_timeout = nil, blocking = false, family = Socket::Family::UNSPEC)
+  {% if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.18.0-dev") >= 0 %}
+    def initialize(host : String, port, dns_timeout = nil, connect_timeout = nil, blocking = false, family = Socket::Family::UNSPEC)
+      Addrinfo.tcp(host, port, timeout: dns_timeout, family: family) do |addrinfo|
+        super(family: addrinfo.family, type: addrinfo.type, protocol: addrinfo.protocol)
+        Socket.set_blocking(self.fd, blocking)
+        connect(addrinfo, timeout: connect_timeout) do |error|
+          close
+          error
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  {% else %}
+    def initialize(host : String, port, dns_timeout = nil, connect_timeout = nil, blocking = false, family = Socket::Family::UNSPEC)
       Addrinfo.tcp(host, port, timeout: dns_timeout, family: family) do |addrinfo|
         super(addrinfo.family, addrinfo.type, addrinfo.protocol, blocking)
         connect(addrinfo, timeout: connect_timeout) do |error|
@@ -12,6 +24,7 @@ class TCPSocket
         end
       end
     end
+  {% end %}
 end
 
 # :ditto:

src/invidious/helpers/sig_helper.cr

@@ -1,349 +0,0 @@
-require "uri"
-require "socket"
-require "socket/tcp_socket"
-require "socket/unix_socket"
-
-{% if flag?(:advanced_debug) %}
-  require "io/hexdump"
-{% end %}
-
-private alias NetworkEndian = IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian
-
-module Invidious::SigHelper
-  enum UpdateStatus
-    Updated
-    UpdateNotRequired
-    Error
-  end
-
-  # -------------------
-  #  Payload types
-  # -------------------
-
-  abstract struct Payload
-  end
-
-  struct StringPayload < Payload
-    getter string : String
-
-    def initialize(str : String)
-      raise Exception.new("SigHelper: String can't be empty") if str.empty?
-      @string = str
-    end
-
-    def self.from_bytes(slice : Bytes)
-      size = IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian.decode(UInt16, slice)
-      if size == 0 # Error code
-        raise Exception.new("SigHelper: Server encountered an error")
-      end
-
-      if (slice.bytesize - 2) != size
-        raise Exception.new("SigHelper: String size mismatch")
-      end
-
-      if str = String.new(slice[2..])
-        return self.new(str)
-      else
-        raise Exception.new("SigHelper: Can't read string from socket")
-      end
-    end
-
-    def to_io(io)
-      # `.to_u16` raises if there is an overflow during the conversion
-      io.write_bytes(@string.bytesize.to_u16, NetworkEndian)
-      io.write(@string.to_slice)
-    end
-  end
-
-  private enum Opcode
-    FORCE_UPDATE            = 0
-    DECRYPT_N_SIGNATURE     = 1
-    DECRYPT_SIGNATURE       = 2
-    GET_SIGNATURE_TIMESTAMP = 3
-    GET_PLAYER_STATUS       = 4
-    PLAYER_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP = 5
-  end
-
-  private record Request,
-    opcode : Opcode,
-    payload : Payload?
-
-  # ----------------------
-  #  High-level functions
-  # ----------------------
-
-  class Client
-    @mux : Multiplexor
-
-    def initialize(uri_or_path)
-      @mux = Multiplexor.new(uri_or_path)
-    end
-
-    # Forces the server to re-fetch the YouTube player, and extract the necessary
-    # components from it (nsig function code, sig function code, signature timestamp).
-    def force_update : UpdateStatus
-      request = Request.new(Opcode::FORCE_UPDATE, nil)
-
-      value = send_request(request) do |bytes|
-        IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian.decode(UInt16, bytes)
-      end
-
-      case value
-      when 0x0000 then return UpdateStatus::Error
-      when 0xFFFF then return UpdateStatus::UpdateNotRequired
-      when 0xF44F then return UpdateStatus::Updated
-      else
-        code = value.nil? ? "nil" : value.to_s(base: 16)
-        raise Exception.new("SigHelper: Invalid status code received #{code}")
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Decrypt a provided n signature using the server's current nsig function
-    # code, and return the result (or an error).
-    def decrypt_n_param(n : String) : String?
-      request = Request.new(Opcode::DECRYPT_N_SIGNATURE, StringPayload.new(n))
-
-      n_dec = self.send_request(request) do |bytes|
-        StringPayload.from_bytes(bytes).string
-      end
-
-      return n_dec
-    end
-
-    # Decrypt a provided s signature using the server's current sig function
-    # code, and return the result (or an error).
-    def decrypt_sig(sig : String) : String?
-      request = Request.new(Opcode::DECRYPT_SIGNATURE, StringPayload.new(sig))
-
-      sig_dec = self.send_request(request) do |bytes|
-        StringPayload.from_bytes(bytes).string
-      end
-
-      return sig_dec
-    end
-
-    # Return the signature timestamp from the server's current player
-    def get_signature_timestamp : UInt64?
-      request = Request.new(Opcode::GET_SIGNATURE_TIMESTAMP, nil)
-
-      return self.send_request(request) do |bytes|
-        IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian.decode(UInt64, bytes)
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Return the current player's version
-    def get_player : UInt32?
-      request = Request.new(Opcode::GET_PLAYER_STATUS, nil)
-
-      return self.send_request(request) do |bytes|
-        has_player = (bytes[0] == 0xFF)
-        player_version = IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian.decode(UInt32, bytes[1..4])
-        has_player ? player_version : nil
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Return when the player was last updated
-    def get_player_timestamp : UInt64?
-      request = Request.new(Opcode::PLAYER_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP, nil)
-
-      return self.send_request(request) do |bytes|
-        IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian.decode(UInt64, bytes)
-      end
-    end
-
-    private def send_request(request : Request, &)
-      channel = @mux.send(request)
-      slice = channel.receive
-      return yield slice
-    rescue ex
-      LOGGER.debug("SigHelper: Error when sending a request")
-      LOGGER.trace(ex.inspect_with_backtrace)
-      return nil
-    end
-  end
-
-  # ---------------------
-  #  Low level functions
-  # ---------------------
-
-  class Multiplexor
-    alias TransactionID = UInt32
-    record Transaction, channel = ::Channel(Bytes).new
-
-    @prng = Random.new
-    @mutex = Mutex.new
-    @queue = {} of TransactionID => Transaction
-
-    @conn : Connection
-    @uri_or_path : String
-
-    def initialize(@uri_or_path)
-      @conn = Connection.new(uri_or_path)
-      listen
-    end
-
-    def listen : Nil
-      raise "Socket is closed" if @conn.closed?
-
-      LOGGER.debug("SigHelper: Multiplexor listening")
-
-      spawn do
-        loop do
-          begin
-            receive_data
-          rescue ex
-            LOGGER.info("SigHelper: Connection to helper died with '#{ex.message}' trying to reconnect...")
-            # We close the socket because for some reason is not closed.
-            @conn.close
-            loop do
-              begin
-                @conn = Connection.new(@uri_or_path)
-                LOGGER.info("SigHelper: Reconnected to SigHelper!")
-              rescue ex
-                LOGGER.debug("SigHelper: Reconnection to helper unsuccessful with error '#{ex.message}'. Retrying")
-                sleep 500.milliseconds
-                next
-              end
-              break if !@conn.closed?
-            end
-          end
-          Fiber.yield
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def send(request : Request)
-      transaction = Transaction.new
-      transaction_id = @prng.rand(TransactionID)
-
-      # Add transaction to queue
-      @mutex.synchronize do
-        # On a 32-bits random integer, this should never happen. Though, just in case, ...
-        if @queue[transaction_id]?
-          raise Exception.new("SigHelper: Duplicate transaction ID! You got a shiny pokemon!")
-        end
-
-        @queue[transaction_id] = transaction
-      end
-
-      write_packet(transaction_id, request)
-
-      return transaction.channel
-    end
-
-    def receive_data
-      transaction_id, slice = read_packet
-
-      @mutex.synchronize do
-        if transaction = @queue.delete(transaction_id)
-          # Remove transaction from queue and send data to the channel
-          transaction.channel.send(slice)
-          LOGGER.trace("SigHelper: Transaction unqueued and data sent to channel")
-        else
-          raise Exception.new("SigHelper: Received transaction was not in queue")
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Read a single packet from the socket
-    private def read_packet : {TransactionID, Bytes}
-      # Header
-      transaction_id = @conn.read_bytes(UInt32, NetworkEndian)
-      length = @conn.read_bytes(UInt32, NetworkEndian)
-
-      LOGGER.trace("SigHelper: Recv transaction 0x#{transaction_id.to_s(base: 16)} / length #{length}")
-
-      if length > 67_000
-        raise Exception.new("SigHelper: Packet longer than expected (#{length})")
-      end
-
-      # Payload
-      slice = Bytes.new(length)
-      @conn.read(slice) if length > 0
-
-      LOGGER.trace("SigHelper: payload = #{slice}")
-      LOGGER.trace("SigHelper: Recv transaction 0x#{transaction_id.to_s(base: 16)} - Done")
-
-      return transaction_id, slice
-    end
-
-    # Write a single packet to the socket
-    private def write_packet(transaction_id : TransactionID, request : Request)
-      LOGGER.trace("SigHelper: Send transaction 0x#{transaction_id.to_s(base: 16)} / opcode #{request.opcode}")
-
-      io = IO::Memory.new(1024)
-      io.write_bytes(request.opcode.to_u8, NetworkEndian)
-      io.write_bytes(transaction_id, NetworkEndian)
-
-      if payload = request.payload
-        payload.to_io(io)
-      end
-
-      @conn.send(io)
-      @conn.flush
-
-      LOGGER.trace("SigHelper: Send transaction 0x#{transaction_id.to_s(base: 16)} - Done")
-    end
-  end
-
-  class Connection
-    @socket : UNIXSocket | TCPSocket
-
-    {% if flag?(:advanced_debug) %}
-      @io : IO::Hexdump
-    {% end %}
-
-    def initialize(host_or_path : String)
-      case host_or_path
-      when .starts_with?('/')
-        # Make sure that the file exists
-        if File.exists?(host_or_path)
-          @socket = UNIXSocket.new(host_or_path)
-        else
-          raise Exception.new("SigHelper: '#{host_or_path}' no such file")
-        end
-      when .starts_with?("tcp://")
-        uri = URI.parse(host_or_path)
-        @socket = TCPSocket.new(uri.host.not_nil!, uri.port.not_nil!)
-      else
-        uri = URI.parse("tcp://#{host_or_path}")
-        @socket = TCPSocket.new(uri.host.not_nil!, uri.port.not_nil!)
-      end
-      LOGGER.info("SigHelper: Using helper at '#{host_or_path}'")
-
-      {% if flag?(:advanced_debug) %}
-        @io = IO::Hexdump.new(@socket, output: STDERR, read: true, write: true)
-      {% end %}
-
-      @socket.sync = false
-      @socket.blocking = false
-    end
-
-    def closed? : Bool
-      return @socket.closed?
-    end
-
-    def close : Nil
-      @socket.close if !@socket.closed?
-    end
-
-    def flush(*args, **options)
-      @socket.flush(*args, **options)
-    end
-
-    def send(*args, **options)
-      @socket.send(*args, **options)
-    end
-
-    # Wrap IO functions, with added debug tooling if needed
-    {% for function in %w(read read_bytes write write_bytes) %}
-      def {{function.id}}(*args, **options)
-        {% if flag?(:advanced_debug) %}
-          @io.{{function.id}}(*args, **options)
-        {% else %}
-          @socket.{{function.id}}(*args, **options)
-        {% end %}
-      end
-    {% end %}
-  end
-end

src/invidious/helpers/signatures.cr

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-require "http/params"
-require "./sig_helper"
-
-class Invidious::DecryptFunction
-  @last_update : Time = Time.utc - 42.days
-
-  def initialize(uri_or_path)
-    @client = SigHelper::Client.new(uri_or_path)
-    self.check_update
-  end
-
-  def check_update
-    # If we have updated in the last 5 minutes, do nothing
-    return if (Time.utc - @last_update) < 5.minutes
-
-    # Get the amount of time elapsed since when the player was updated, in the
-    # event where multiple invidious processes are run in parallel.
-    update_time_elapsed = (@client.get_player_timestamp || 301).seconds
-
-    if update_time_elapsed > 5.minutes
-      LOGGER.debug("Signature: Player might be outdated, updating")
-      @client.force_update
-      @last_update = Time.utc
-    end
-  end
-
-  def decrypt_nsig(n : String) : String?
-    self.check_update
-    return @client.decrypt_n_param(n)
-  rescue ex
-    LOGGER.debug(ex.message || "Signature: Unknown error")
-    LOGGER.trace(ex.inspect_with_backtrace)
-    return nil
-  end
-
-  def decrypt_signature(str : String) : String?
-    self.check_update
-    return @client.decrypt_sig(str)
-  rescue ex
-    LOGGER.debug(ex.message || "Signature: Unknown error")
-    LOGGER.trace(ex.inspect_with_backtrace)
-    return nil
-  end
-
-  def get_sts : UInt64?
-    self.check_update
-    return @client.get_signature_timestamp
-  rescue ex
-    LOGGER.debug(ex.message || "Signature: Unknown error")
-    LOGGER.trace(ex.inspect_with_backtrace)
-    return nil
-  end
-end

src/invidious/http_server/static_assets_handler.cr

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{% skip_file if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") < 0 %}
+
+module Invidious::HttpServer
+  class StaticAssetsHandler < HTTP::StaticFileHandler
+    # In addition to storing the actual data of a file, it also implements the required
+    # getters needed for the object to imitate a `File::Stat` within `StaticFileHandler`.
+    #
+    # Since the `File::Stat` is created once in `#call` and then passed around to the
+    # rest of the class's methods, imitating the object allows us to only lookup
+    # the cache hash once for every request.
+    #
+    private record CachedFile, data : Bytes, size : Int64, modification_time : Time do
+      def directory?
+        false
+      end
+
+      def file?
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+    CACHE_LIMIT = 5_000_000 # 5MB
+    @@current_cache_size = 0
+    @@cached_files = {} of Path => CachedFile
+
+    # Returns metadata for the requested file
+    #
+    # If the requested file is cached, a `CachedFile` is returned instead of a `File::Stat`.
+    # This represents the metadata info of a cached file and implements all the methods of `File::Stat` that
+    # is used by the `StaticAssetsHandler`.
+    #
+    # The `CachedFile` also stores the raw bytes of the cached file, and this method serves as the place where
+    # the cached file is retrieved if it exists. Though the data will only be read in `#serve_file`
+    private def file_info(expanded_path : Path)
+      file_path = @public_dir.join(expanded_path.to_kind(Path::Kind.native))
+      {@@cached_files[file_path]? || File.info?(file_path), file_path}
+    end
+
+    # Add "Cache-Control" header to the response
+    private def add_cache_headers(response_headers : HTTP::Headers, last_modified : Time) : Nil
+      super; response_headers["Cache-Control"] = "max-age=2629800"
+    end
+
+    # Serves and caches the file at the given path.
+    #
+    # This is an override of `serve_file` to allow serving a file from memory, and to cache it
+    # it as needed.
+    private def serve_file(context : HTTP::Server::Context, file_info, file_path : Path, original_file_path : Path, last_modified : Time)
+      context.response.content_type = MIME.from_filename(original_file_path.to_s, "application/octet-stream")
+
+      range_header = context.request.headers["Range"]?
+
+      # If the file is cached we can just directly serve it
+      if file_info.is_a? CachedFile
+        return dispatch_serve(context, file_info.data, file_info, range_header)
+      end
+
+      # Otherwise we'll need to read from disk and cache it
+      retrieve_bytes_from = IO::Memory.new
+      File.open(file_path) do |file|
+        # We cannot cache partial data so we'll rewind and read from the start
+        if range_header
+          dispatch_serve(context, file, file_info, range_header)
+          IO.copy(file.rewind, retrieve_bytes_from)
+        else
+          context.response.output = IO::MultiWriter.new(context.response.output, retrieve_bytes_from, sync_close: true)
+          dispatch_serve(context, file, file_info, range_header)
+        end
+      end
+
+      return flush_io_to_cache(retrieve_bytes_from, file_path, file_info)
+    end
+
+    # Writes file data to the cache
+    private def flush_io_to_cache(io, file_path, file_info)
+      if (@@current_cache_size += file_info.size) <= CACHE_LIMIT
+        @@cached_files[file_path] = CachedFile.new(io.to_slice, file_info.size, file_info.modification_time)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Either send the file in full, or just fragments of it depending on the request
+    private def dispatch_serve(context, file, file_info, range_header)
+      if range_header
+        # an IO is needed for `serve_file_range`
+        file = file.is_a?(Bytes) ? IO::Memory.new(file, writeable: false) : file
+        serve_file_range(context, file, range_header, file_info)
+      else
+        context.response.headers["Accept-Ranges"] = "bytes"
+        serve_file_full(context, file, file_info)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # If we're serving the full file right away then there's no need for an IO at all.
+    private def serve_file_full(context : HTTP::Server::Context, file : Bytes, file_info)
+      context.response.status = :ok
+      context.response.content_length = file_info.size
+      context.response.write file
+    end
+
+    # Serves segments of a file based on the `Range header`
+    #
+    # An override of `serve_file_range` to allow using a generic IO rather than a `File`.
+    # Literally the same code as what we inherited but just with the `file` argument's type
+    # being set to `IO` rather than `File`
+    #
+    # Can be removed once https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/15817 is fixed.
+    private def serve_file_range(context : HTTP::Server::Context, file : IO, range_header : String, file_info)
+      # Paste in the body of inherited serve_file_range
+      {{@type.superclass.methods.select(&.name.==("serve_file_range"))[0].body}}
+    end
+
+    # Clear cached files.
+    #
+    # This is only used in the specs to clear the cache before each handler test
+    def self.clear_cache
+      @@current_cache_size = 0
+      return @@cached_files.clear
+    end
+  end
+end

src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr

@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ module Invidious::JSONify::APIv1
 
                 json.field "lengthSeconds", rv["length_seconds"]?.try &.to_i
                 json.field "viewCountText", rv["short_view_count"]?
-                json.field "viewCount", rv["view_count"]?.try &.empty? ? nil : rv["view_count"].to_i64
                 json.field "published", rv["published"]?
                 if rv["published"]?.try &.presence
                   json.field "publishedText", translate(locale, "`x` ago", recode_date(Time.parse_rfc3339(rv["published"].to_s), locale))

src/invidious/routes/channels.cr

@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
     id = env.params.url["id"]
     ucid = env.params.query["ucid"]?
 
-    prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
 
-    locale = prefs.locale
+    locale = preferences.locale
 
-    thin_mode = env.params.query["thin_mode"]? || prefs.thin_mode
+    thin_mode = env.params.query["thin_mode"]? || preferences.thin_mode
     thin_mode = thin_mode == "true"
 
     nojs = env.params.query["nojs"]?

src/invidious/routes/companion.cr

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Invidious::Routes::Companion
-  # /companion
+  # GET /companion
   def self.get_companion(env)
     url = env.request.path
     if env.request.query
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Companion
     end
   end
 
+  # POST /companion
+  def self.post_companion(env)
+    url = env.request.path
+    if env.request.query
+      url += "?#{env.request.query}"
+    end
+
+    begin
+      COMPANION_POOL.client do |wrapper|
+        wrapper.client.post(url, env.request.headers, env.request.body) do |resp|
+          return self.proxy_companion(env, resp)
+        end
+      end
+    rescue ex
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.options_companion(env)
     url = env.request.path
     if env.request.query

src/invidious/routes/embed.cr

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Embed
   end
 
   def self.show(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    locale = preferences.locale
     id = env.params.url["id"]
 
     plid = env.params.query["list"]?.try &.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/, "")
@@ -45,8 +46,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Embed
       env.params.query.delete("playlist")
     end
 
-    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
-
     if id.includes?("%20") || id.includes?("+") || env.params.query.to_s.includes?("%20") || env.params.query.to_s.includes?("+")
       id = env.params.url["id"].gsub("%20", "").delete("+")
 

src/invidious/routes/feeds.cr

@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Feeds
   end
 
   def self.trending(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    locale = preferences.locale
 
     trending_type = env.params.query["type"]?
     trending_type ||= "Default"
 
     region = env.params.query["region"]?
-    region ||= env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).region
+    region ||= preferences.region
 
     begin
       trending, plid = fetch_trending(trending_type, region, locale)

src/invidious/routes/login.cr

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Login
 
             begin
               validate_request(tokens[0], answer, env.request, HMAC_KEY, locale)
+            rescue ex : InfoException
+              return error_template(400, InfoException.new("Erroneous CAPTCHA"))
             rescue ex
               return error_template(400, ex)
             end

src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr

@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Playlists
   end
 
   def self.add_playlist_items_page(env)
-    prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
-    locale = prefs.locale
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    locale = preferences.locale
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]? || prefs.region
+    region = env.params.query["region"]? || preferences.region
 
     user = env.get? "user"
     sid = env.get? "sid"

src/invidious/routes/preferences.cr

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 module Invidious::Routes::PreferencesRoute
   def self.show(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    locale = preferences.locale
 
     referer = get_referer(env)
 
-    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
-
     templated "user/preferences"
   end
 

src/invidious/routes/search.cr

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Search
   end
 
   def self.search(env)
-    prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
-    locale = prefs.locale
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    locale = preferences.locale
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]? || prefs.region
+    region = env.params.query["region"]? || preferences.region
 
     query = Invidious::Search::Query.new(env.params.query, :regular, region)
 

src/invidious/routes/watch.cr

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 module Invidious::Routes::Watch
   def self.handle(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+    locale = preferences.locale
     region = env.params.query["region"]?
 
     if env.params.query.to_s.includes?("%20") || env.params.query.to_s.includes?("+")
@@ -38,8 +39,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Watch
     nojs ||= "0"
     nojs = nojs == "1"
 
-    preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
-
     user = env.get?("user").try &.as(User)
     if user
       subscriptions = user.subscriptions

src/invidious/routing.cr

@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ module Invidious::Routing
   def register_companion_routes
     if CONFIG.invidious_companion.present?
       get "/companion/*", Routes::Companion, :get_companion
+      post "/companion/*", Routes::Companion, :post_companion
       options "/companion/*", Routes::Companion, :options_companion
     end
   end

src/invidious/trending.cr

@@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ def fetch_trending(trending_type, region, locale)
 
   plid = nil
 
+  browse_id = ""
+
   case trending_type.try &.downcase
-  when "music"
-    params = "4gINGgt5dG1hX2NoYXJ0cw%3D%3D"
   when "gaming"
-    params = "4gIcGhpnYW1pbmdfY29ycHVzX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcg%3D%3D"
-  when "movies"
-    params = "4gIKGgh0cmFpbGVycw%3D%3D"
-  else # Default
-    params = ""
+    browse_id = "UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg"
+    params = "Egh0cmVuZGluZw%3D%3D"
+  when "livestreams"
+    browse_id = "UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig"
+    params = "EgdsaXZldGFikgEDCKEK"
+  else
+    # Livestreams is the default one as Youtube removed
+    # the aggregated trending page
+    # https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/5397#issuecomment-3218928458
+    browse_id = "UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig"
+    params = "EgdsaXZldGFikgEDCKEK"
   end
 
   client_config = YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig.new(region: region)
-  initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse("FEtrending", params: params, client_config: client_config)
+  initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(browse_id, params: params, client_config: client_config)
 
   items, _ = extract_items(initial_data)
 

src/invidious/videos.cr

@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ end
 def fetch_video(id, region)
   info = extract_video_info(video_id: id)
 
+  if info.nil?
+    raise InfoException.new("Invidious companion is not available. \
+    Video playback cannot continue. \
+    If you are the administrator of this instance, install Invidious companion \
+    following the installation instructions \
+    <a href=\"https://docs.invidious.io/installation/\">https://docs.invidious.io/installation/</a>")
+  end
+
   if reason = info["reason"]?
     if reason == "Video unavailable"
       raise NotFoundException.new(reason.as_s || "")

src/invidious/videos/parser.cr

@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
 
   ucid = channel_info.try { |ci| HelperExtractors.get_browse_id(ci) }
 
-  # "4,088,033 views", only available on compact renderer
-  # and when video is not a livestream
-  view_count = related.dig?("viewCountText", "simpleText")
-    .try &.as_s.gsub(/\D/, "")
-
   short_view_count = related.try do |r|
     HelperExtractors.get_short_view_count(r).to_s
   end
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
     "author"           => author || JSON::Any.new(""),
     "ucid"             => JSON::Any.new(ucid || ""),
     "length_seconds"   => JSON::Any.new(length || "0"),
-    "view_count"       => JSON::Any.new(view_count || "0"),
     "short_view_count" => JSON::Any.new(short_view_count || "0"),
     "author_verified"  => JSON::Any.new(author_verified),
     "published"        => JSON::Any.new(published || ""),
@@ -59,11 +53,12 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
 end
 
 def extract_video_info(video_id : String)
-  # Init client config for the API
-  client_config = YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig.new
-
   # Fetch data from the player endpoint
-  player_response = YoutubeAPI.player(video_id: video_id, params: "2AMB", client_config: client_config)
+  player_response = YoutubeAPI.player(video_id: video_id)
+
+  if player_response.nil?
+    return nil
+  end
 
   playability_status = player_response.dig?("playabilityStatus", "status").try &.as_s
 
@@ -111,37 +106,6 @@ def extract_video_info(video_id : String)
   params = parse_video_info(video_id, player_response)
   params["reason"] = JSON::Any.new(reason) if reason
 
-  if !CONFIG.invidious_companion.present?
-    if player_response.dig?("streamingData", "adaptiveFormats", 0, "url").nil?
-      LOGGER.warn("Missing URLs for adaptive formats, falling back to other YT clients.")
-      players_fallback = {YoutubeAPI::ClientType::TvSimply, YoutubeAPI::ClientType::WebMobile}
-
-      players_fallback.each do |player_fallback|
-        client_config.client_type = player_fallback
-
-        next if !(player_fallback_response = try_fetch_streaming_data(video_id, client_config))
-
-        adaptive_formats = player_fallback_response.dig?("streamingData", "adaptiveFormats")
-        if adaptive_formats && (adaptive_formats.dig?(0, "url") || adaptive_formats.dig?(0, "signatureCipher"))
-          streaming_data = player_response["streamingData"].as_h
-          streaming_data["adaptiveFormats"] = adaptive_formats
-          player_response["streamingData"] = JSON::Any.new(streaming_data)
-          break
-        end
-      rescue InfoException
-        next LOGGER.warn("Failed to fetch streams with #{player_fallback}")
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Seems like video page can still render even without playable streams.
-    # its better than nothing.
-    #
-    # # Were we able to find playable video streams?
-    # if player_response.dig?("streamingData", "adaptiveFormats", 0, "url").nil?
-    #   # No :(
-    # end
-  end
-
   {"captions", "playabilityStatus", "playerConfig", "storyboards"}.each do |f|
     params[f] = player_response[f] if player_response[f]?
   end
@@ -169,7 +133,7 @@ end
 
 def try_fetch_streaming_data(id : String, client_config : YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
   LOGGER.debug("try_fetch_streaming_data: [#{id}] Using #{client_config.client_type} client.")
-  response = YoutubeAPI.player(video_id: id, params: "2AMB", client_config: client_config)
+  response = YoutubeAPI.player(video_id: id)
 
   playability_status = response["playabilityStatus"]["status"]
   LOGGER.debug("try_fetch_streaming_data: [#{id}] Got playabilityStatus == #{playability_status}.")
@@ -481,26 +445,15 @@ end
 
 private def convert_url(fmt)
   if cfr = fmt["signatureCipher"]?.try { |json| HTTP::Params.parse(json.as_s) }
-    sp = cfr["sp"]
     url = URI.parse(cfr["url"])
     params = url.query_params
 
     LOGGER.debug("convert_url: Decoding '#{cfr}'")
-
-    unsig = DECRYPT_FUNCTION.try &.decrypt_signature(cfr["s"])
-    params[sp] = unsig if unsig
   else
     url = URI.parse(fmt["url"].as_s)
     params = url.query_params
   end
 
-  n = DECRYPT_FUNCTION.try &.decrypt_nsig(params["n"])
-  params["n"] = n if n
-
-  if token = CONFIG.po_token
-    params["pot"] = token
-  end
-
   url.query_params = params
   LOGGER.trace("convert_url: new url is '#{url}'")
 

src/invidious/views/components/channel_info.ecr

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <div class="pure-u-1-2 flex-left flexible">
         <div class="channel-profile">
             <img src="/ggpht<%= channel_profile_pic %>" alt="" />
-            <span><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
+            <span class="channel-name"><%= author %></span><% if !channel.verified.nil? && channel.verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %>
         </div>
     </div>
 

src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+<%
+    invidious_companion_check_id = invidious_companion_encrypt(video.id) if invidious_companion
+%>
 <video style="outline:none;width:100%;background-color:#000" playsinline poster="<%= thumbnail %>"
     id="player" class="on-video_player video-js player-style-<%= params.player_style %>"
     preload="<% if params.preload %>auto<% else %>none<% end %>"
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@
                 src_url  = "/latest_version?id=#{video.id}&itag=#{fmt["itag"]}"
                 src_url += "&local=true" if params.local
                 src_url = invidious_companion.public_url.to_s + src_url + 
-                            "&check=#{invidious_companion_encrypt(video.id)}" if (invidious_companion)
+                            "&check=#{invidious_companion_check_id}" if (invidious_companion)
 
                 bitrate = fmt["bitrate"]
                 mimetype = HTML.escape(fmt["mimeType"].as_s)
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@
             <% if params.quality == "dash"
                src_url = "/api/manifest/dash/id/" + video.id + "?local=true&unique_res=1"
                src_url = invidious_companion.public_url.to_s + src_url +
-                            "&check=#{invidious_companion_encrypt(video.id)}" if (invidious_companion)
+                            "&check=#{invidious_companion_check_id}" if (invidious_companion)
             %>
                 <source src="<%= src_url %>" type='application/dash+xml' label="dash">
             <% end %>
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@
                 src_url  = "/latest_version?id=#{video.id}&itag=#{fmt["itag"]}"
                 src_url += "&local=true" if params.local
                 src_url = invidious_companion.public_url.to_s + src_url +
-                            "&check=#{invidious_companion_encrypt(video.id)}" if (invidious_companion)
+                            "&check=#{invidious_companion_check_id}" if (invidious_companion)
 
                 quality = fmt["quality"]
                 mimetype = HTML.escape(fmt["mimeType"].as_s)
@@ -68,15 +71,17 @@
         <% preferred_captions.each do |caption|
             api_captions_url = "/api/v1/captions/"
             api_captions_url = invidious_companion.public_url.to_s + api_captions_url if (invidious_companion)
+            api_captions_check_id = "&check=#{invidious_companion_check_id}"
         %>
-            <track kind="captions" src="<%= api_captions_url %><%= video.id %>?label=<%= caption.name %>" label="<%= caption.name %>">
+            <track kind="captions" src="<%= api_captions_url %><%= video.id %>?label=<%= caption.name %><%= api_captions_check_id %>" label="<%= caption.name %>">
         <% end %>
 
         <% captions.each do |caption|
             api_captions_url = "/api/v1/captions/"
             api_captions_url = invidious_companion.public_url.to_s + api_captions_url if (invidious_companion)
+            api_captions_check_id = "&check=#{invidious_companion_check_id}"
         %>
-            <track kind="captions" src="<%= api_captions_url %><%= video.id %>?label=<%= caption.name %>" label="<%= caption.name %>">
+            <track kind="captions" src="<%= api_captions_url %><%= video.id %>?label=<%= caption.name %><%= api_captions_check_id %>" label="<%= caption.name %>">
         <% end %>
     <% end %>
 </video>

src/invidious/views/embed.ecr

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="<%= env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale %>">
+<html lang="<%= preferences.locale %>">
 
 <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">

src/invidious/views/feeds/trending.ecr

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="pure-u-1-3">
         <div class="pure-g" style="text-align:right">
-            <% {"Default", "Music", "Gaming", "Movies"}.each do |option| %>
+            <% {"Livestreams", "Gaming"}.each do |option| %>
                 <div class="pure-u-1 pure-md-1-3">
                     <% if trending_type == option %>
                         <b><%= translate(locale, option) %></b>

src/invidious/views/post.ecr

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "params" => {
         "comments": ["youtube"]
     },
-    "preferences" => prefs,
+    "preferences" => preferences,
     "base_url" => "/api/v1/post/#{URI.encode_www_form(id)}/comments",
     "ucid" => ucid
 }.to_pretty_json

src/invidious/views/template.ecr

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <%
-  locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-  dark_mode = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).dark_mode
+  preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
+  locale = preferences.locale
+  dark_mode = preferences.dark_mode
 %>
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="<%= locale %>">
@@ -149,7 +150,24 @@
                             <i class="icon ion-ios-wallet"></i>
                             <a href="https://invidious.io/donate/"><%= translate(locale, "footer_donate_page") %></a>
                         </span>
-                        <span><%= translate(locale, "Current version: ") %> <%= CURRENT_VERSION %>-<%= CURRENT_COMMIT %> @ <%= CURRENT_BRANCH %></span>
+                        <span>
+                            <%= translate(locale, "Current version: ") %>
+                            <% if CONFIG.modified_source_code_url %>
+                                <a href="<%= CONFIG.modified_source_code_url %>/commit/<%= CURRENT_COMMIT %>"><%= CURRENT_VERSION %>-<%= CURRENT_COMMIT %></a>
+                            <% else %>
+                                <a href="https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/commit/<%= CURRENT_COMMIT %>"><%= CURRENT_VERSION %>-<%= CURRENT_COMMIT %></a>
+                            <% end %>
+                            @ <%= CURRENT_BRANCH %>
+                            <% if CURRENT_TAG != "" %>
+                            (                                
+                                <% if CONFIG.modified_source_code_url %>
+                                    <a href="<%= CONFIG.modified_source_code_url %>/releases/tag/<%= CURRENT_TAG %>"><%= CURRENT_TAG %></a>
+                                <% else %>
+                                    <a href="https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases/tag/<%= CURRENT_TAG %>"><%= CURRENT_TAG %></a>
+                                <% end %>
+                            )
+                            <% end %>
+                        </span>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </footer>

src/invidious/views/watch.ecr

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
     "vr" => video.vr?,
     "projection_type" => video.projection_type,
     "local_disabled" => CONFIG.disabled?("local"),
-    "support_reddit" => true
+    "support_reddit" => true,
+    "live_now" => video.live_now
 }.to_pretty_json
 %>
 </script>
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
                         <% if !video.author_thumbnail.empty? %>
                             <img src="/ggpht<%= URI.parse(video.author_thumbnail).request_target %>" alt="" />
                         <% end %>
-                        <span id="channel-name"><%= author %><% if !video.author_verified.nil? && video.author_verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></span>
+                        <span id="channel-name" class="channel-name"><%= author %><% if !video.author_verified.nil? && video.author_verified %>&nbsp;<i class="icon ion ion-md-checkmark-circle"></i><% end %></span>
                     </div>
                 </a>
             </div>
@@ -354,9 +355,8 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
 
                                 <div class="pure-u-10-24" style="text-align:right">
                                     <b class="width:100%"><%=
-                                        views = rv["view_count"]?.try &.to_i?
-                                        views ||= rv["view_count_short"]?.try { |x| short_text_to_number(x) }
-                                        translate_count(locale, "generic_views_count", views || 0, NumberFormatting::Short)
+                                        views = short_text_to_number(rv["short_view_count"]? || "0")
+                                        translate_count(locale, "generic_views_count", views, NumberFormatting::Short)
                                     %></b>
                                 </div>
                             </h5>

src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr

@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ private module Parsers
         if content_container = special_category_container["horizontalListRenderer"]?
         elsif content_container = special_category_container["expandedShelfContentsRenderer"]?
         elsif content_container = special_category_container["verticalListRenderer"]?
+        elsif content_container = special_category_container["gridRenderer"]?
         else
           # Anything else, such as `horizontalMovieListRenderer` is currently unsupported.
           return

src/invidious/yt_backend/youtube_api.cr

@@ -199,10 +199,6 @@ module YoutubeAPI
   # conf_1 = ClientConfig.new(region: "NO")
   # YoutubeAPI::search("Kollektivet", params: "", client_config: conf_1)
   #
-  # # Use the Android client to request video streams URLs
-  # conf_2 = ClientConfig.new(client_type: ClientType::Android)
-  # YoutubeAPI::player(video_id: "dQw4w9WgXcQ", client_config: conf_2)
-  #
   #
   struct ClientConfig
     # Type of client to emulate.
@@ -335,10 +331,6 @@ module YoutubeAPI
       client_context["client"]["platform"] = platform
     end
 
-    if CONFIG.visitor_data.is_a?(String)
-      client_context["client"]["visitorData"] = CONFIG.visitor_data.as(String)
-    end
-
     return client_context
   end
 
@@ -455,61 +447,23 @@ module YoutubeAPI
   end
 
   ####################################################################
-  # player(video_id, params, client_config?)
+  # player(video_id)
   #
-  # Requests the youtubei/v1/player endpoint with the required headers
-  # and POST data in order to get a JSON reply.
+  # Requests the youtubei/v1/player Invidious Companion endpoint with
+  # the requested video ID.
   #
-  # The requested data is a video ID (`v=` parameter), with some
-  # additional parameters, formatted as a base64 string.
+  # The requested data is a video ID (`v=` parameter).
   #
-  # An optional ClientConfig parameter can be passed, too (see
-  # `struct ClientConfig` above for more details).
-  #
-  def player(
-    video_id : String,
-    *, # Force the following parameters to be passed by name
-    params : String,
-    client_config : ClientConfig | Nil = nil,
-  )
-    # Playback context, separate because it can be different between clients
-    playback_ctx = {
-      "html5Preference" => "HTML5_PREF_WANTS",
-      "referer"         => "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{video_id}",
-    } of String => String | Int64
-
-    if {"WEB", "TVHTML5"}.any? { |s| client_config.name.starts_with? s }
-      if sts = DECRYPT_FUNCTION.try &.get_sts
-        playback_ctx["signatureTimestamp"] = sts.to_i64
-      end
-    end
-
-    # JSON Request data, required by the API
+  def player(video_id : String)
+    # JSON Request data, required by Invidious Companion
     data = {
-      "contentCheckOk" => true,
       "videoId" => video_id,
-      "context"        => self.make_context(client_config, video_id),
-      "racyCheckOk"    => true,
-      "user"           => {
-        "lockedSafetyMode" => false,
-      },
-      "playbackContext" => {
-        "contentPlaybackContext" => playback_ctx,
-      },
-      "serviceIntegrityDimensions" => {
-        "poToken" => CONFIG.po_token,
-      },
     }
 
-    # Append the additional parameters if those were provided
-    if params != ""
-      data["params"] = params
-    end
-
     if CONFIG.invidious_companion.present?
       return self._post_invidious_companion("/youtubei/v1/player", data)
     else
-      return self._post_json("/youtubei/v1/player", data, client_config)
+      return nil
     end
   end
 
@@ -635,10 +589,6 @@ module YoutubeAPI
       headers["User-Agent"] = user_agent
     end
 
-    if CONFIG.visitor_data.is_a?(String)
-      headers["X-Goog-Visitor-Id"] = CONFIG.visitor_data.as(String)
-    end
-
     # Logging
     LOGGER.debug("YoutubeAPI: Using endpoint: \"#{endpoint}\"")
     LOGGER.trace("YoutubeAPI: ClientConfig: #{client_config}")