src/youtube.nim

   1 import
   2   httpClient,
   3   json,
   4   strformat,
   5   uri
   6
   7 import
   8   config,
   9   types
  10
  11
  12 discard """
  13 Using Invidious API to retrieve the search results but playing the results directly from YouTube.
  14
  15 API reference:
  16 https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/API.md#get-apiv1search
  17 """
  18
  19 proc getSearchResults*(searchQuery: string): SearchResults =
  20   let queryParam = encodeUrl(searchQuery)
  21   let client = newHttpClient()
  22   let response = get(client, &"{invidiousInstance}/api/v1/search?q={queryParam}")
  23   let jsonData = parseJson($response.body)
  24   var searchResults: SearchResults = @[]
  25   for item in jsonData:
  26     if item["type"].getStr() == "video":
  27       searchResults.add((item["title"].getStr(), "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" & item["videoId"].getStr()))
  28     elif item["type"].getStr() == "playlist":
  29       searchResults.add((item["title"].getStr(), "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" & item["playlistId"].getStr()))
  30     # Not handling type = channel for now
  31   searchResults