claytonsulby/InvidiousKit

Swift library for fetching data from Invidious

InvidiousKit

Swift library for fetching data from Invidious

Installation

InvidiousKit does not require any external dependecies and is available via Swift Package Manager

// swift-tools-version:5.3

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
  name: "TestProject",
  dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/borcd/InvidiousKit.git", .branch("main"))
  ],
  targets: [
    .target(name: "TestProject", dependencies: ["InvidiousKit"])
  ]
)

Fetching data

First create an Invidious object instance

let invidious = Invidious(instance: "https://example.com", timeout: 20) //timeout in seconds, by default 15
//you can create an Invidious.Cascading instance which will cascade instances (if fetch on instance 1 fails, switch to instance 2 and try again...)
let invidious = Invidious.Cascading(instances: ["https://example.com", "https://example.net", "https://localhost"], sessionTimeout: 4)

Fetching videos (GET /api/v1/videos/:id, GET /api/v1/channels/videos/:ucid)

invidious.getVideo(id: "dQw4w9WgXcQ") { video, error in
    print(video?.author) //Official Rick Astley
}

invidious.getChannelVideos(id: "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw") { videos, error in
    print(videos?.first?.author) //Official Rick Astley
}

Feching channels (GET /api/v1/channels/:ucid)

invidious.getChannel(id: "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw") { channel, error in
    print(channel?.name) //Official Rick Astley
}

Fetching comments (GET /api/v1/comments/:id, GET /api/v1/channels/comments/:ucid)

invidious.getVideoComments(id: "dQw4w9WgXcQ") { count, comments, continuation, error in
    print(count!) //1575466
}

invidious.getChannelComments(id: "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw") { comments, continuation, error in
    print(comments?.first?.authorIsChannelOwner) //true
}

Fetching playlists (GET /api/v1/playlists/:plid, GET /api/v1/channels/playlists/:ucid)

invidious.getPlaylist(id: "PL8mG-RkN2uTyuEutQa79RZ0Q5u5gteUci") { playlist, error in
    print(playlist?.title) //Watch More Scrapyard Wars
}

invidious.getChannelPlaylists(id: "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw", sortedBy: .newest) { playlists, continuation, error in
    print(playlists?.count) //6
}

Fetching captions (GET /api/v1/captions/:id)

invidious.getCaptions(id: "1EEakkh4ZG4") { captions, error in
    print(captions?.count) //6
}

Fetching trending videos (GET /api/v1/trending)

invidious.getTrendingVideos(regionCode: "IE") { videos, error in
    print(videos?.count) //59
}

Fetching popular videos (GET /api/v1/popular)

invidious.getPopularVideos { videos, error in
    print(videos?.count) //40
}

Fetching search suggestions and results (GET /api/v1/search/suggestions, GET /api/v1/search)

invidious.getSearchSuggestions(searchQuery: "never") { query, suggestions, error in
    print(suggestions?.first?) //never gonna give you up
}

invidious.getSearchResults(searchQuery: "never gonna give you up", sortedBy: .relevance) { results, error in
    print((results?.first as? VideoPreview.SearchResult)?.author) //Official Rick Astley
}