feat: add experimental support to hide channels from the popular page

src/invidious/config.cr

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct ConfigPreferences
   property show_nick : Bool = true
   property save_player_pos : Bool = false
   property enable_dearrow : Bool = false
+  @[YAML::Field(ignore: true)]
+  property hidden_channels : Array(String)? = nil
 
   def to_tuple
     {% begin %}

src/invidious/routes/feeds.cr

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Feeds
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
 
     if CONFIG.popular_enabled
+      preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
       templated "feeds/popular"
     else
       message = translate(locale, "The Popular feed has been disabled by the administrator.")

src/invidious/routes/preferences.cr

@@ -144,6 +144,30 @@ module Invidious::Routes::PreferencesRoute
     notifications_only ||= "off"
     notifications_only = notifications_only == "on"
 
+    hidden_channels = env.params.body["hidden_channels"]?.try &.as(String)
+    if hidden_channels
+      hidden_channels = hidden_channels.split("\n")
+
+      delete = [] of Int32
+      hidden_channels.each_with_index do |ucid, idx|
+        u = ucid.rstrip("\r")
+
+        if (u == "") || (u == "\r")
+          delete << idx
+          next
+        end
+
+        # 24 is the length of channel UCIDs
+        if u.size != 24
+          raise InfoException.new("Channel ID has to be 25 characters long!")
+        else
+          hidden_channels[idx] = u
+        end
+      end
+
+      delete.reverse_each { |i| hidden_channels.delete_at(i) }
+    end
+
     # Convert to JSON and back again to take advantage of converters used for compatibility
     preferences = Preferences.from_json({
       annotations:                 annotations,
@@ -180,6 +204,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::PreferencesRoute
       vr_mode:                     vr_mode,
       show_nick:                   show_nick,
       save_player_pos:             save_player_pos,
+      hidden_channels:             hidden_channels,
     }.to_json)
 
     if user = env.get? "user"

src/invidious/user/preferences.cr

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct Preferences
   property extend_desc : Bool = CONFIG.default_user_preferences.extend_desc
   property volume : Int32 = CONFIG.default_user_preferences.volume
   property save_player_pos : Bool = CONFIG.default_user_preferences.save_player_pos
+  property hidden_channels : Array(String)? = nil
 
   module BoolToString
     def self.to_json(value : String, json : JSON::Builder)

src/invidious/views/feeds/popular.ecr

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 
 <div class="pure-g">
 <% popular_videos.each do |item| %>
+    <%
+        if hidden_channels = preferences.hidden_channels
+           next if hidden_channels.any? { |ucid| ucid == item.ucid }
+        end
+    %>
     <%= rendered "components/item" %>
 <% end %>
 </div>

src/invidious/views/user/preferences.ecr

@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@
                 <input name="automatic_instance_redirect" id="automatic_instance_redirect" type="checkbox" <% if preferences.automatic_instance_redirect %>checked<% end %>>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="pure-control-group">
+                <label for="hidden_channels"><%= translate(locale, "preferences_hidden_channels") %></label>
+                <% hidden_channels = preferences.hidden_channels %>
+                <textarea name="hidden_channels" id="hidden_channels" class="hidden-channels"><%= hidden_channels[0...].join("\n") if hidden_channels %></textarea>
+                <label for="hidden_channels"><%= translate(locale, "preferences_hidden_channels_label") %></label>
+            </div>
+
             <% if env.get? "user" %>
                 <legend><%= translate(locale, "preferences_category_subscription") %></legend>