[solution included] Youtube channels with /c/ChannelName URL format not handled

[karimmorta]

Hi,

I tried to use the package with this type of URL : https://www.youtube.com/c/SoundofArman/
But I get Unable to find a id in https://www.youtube.com/c/SoundofArman

After research I saw it's possible to have the channel ID from the HTML source of a youtube channel page so I implemented this in my app (removed some parts of my code for clarity). I'm not a javascript expert so any feedback is appreciated :

var ytpl = require('ytpl');
const fs = require('fs');
const cheerio = require('cheerio');
const got = require('got');

exports.handler = async event => {
  var channelUrl = event.queryStringParameters.channel_url
  const validUrl = ytpl.validateURL(channelUrl)

  if (!validUrl) {
    var newChannelUrl = got(channelUrl).then(response => {
      const $ = cheerio.load(response.body);
      var link = $('link[title="RSS"]').prop('href');
      var url = new URL(link);
      var channelId = url.searchParams.get("channel_id");
      return channelId
    }
}

Would be nice to implement a similar solution in the package natively.

[TimeForANinja]

we have sth quite similar implemented to resolve users into channels
should be a fast adjustment 😉

your code looks fine
i am trying to keep ytdls dependencies low, thou
that's why i always hesitated to use sth like cheerio

[karimmorta]

Unfortunately that involves a Regex so I'm out sorry 😅

Not related, but one small detail, is it possible to add the description to the video in buildVideoObject ? I think it's an important information to display in a UI.

I'm willing to PR if needed :)

Cheers

[TimeForANinja]

for now i implemented the changes in the rework-branch
can be installed via npm or you wait until the end of the month when i'm planning to bring the rework to master

[TimeForANinja]

👍 done with the merge of rework