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[YouTube] Refactor player clients, add support for poTokens, extract visitor data from the service and more #1272
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[YouTube] Move to their own file and update clients' constants
AudricV 3691fc2
[YouTube] Add an interface and a class to fetch and provide poTokens
AudricV 1df0267
[YouTube] Make client and origin HTTP headers methods package-private
AudricV 9d2b840
[YouTube] Add utility class to handle player requests fetching
AudricV 3878696
[YouTube] Add support for poTokens, refactor player clients' fetching
AudricV 38e2b67
[YouTube] Remove unused methods and constants in YoutubeParsingHelper
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[YouTube] Update DASH manifest creation clients' handling
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[YouTube] Add utility data class to store client and device info
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[YouTube] Do not send a visitorData for every InnerTube request
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[YouTube] Add ability to get a visitorData from InnerTube
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[YouTube] Add IOS and ANDROID client IDs in ClientsConstants
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[YouTube] Add ability to use the guide endpoint to get a visitorData
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[YouTube] Get visitorData for player requests if not provided and do …
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[YouTube] Add signatureTimestamp argument to TVHTML5 client requests
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[YouTube] Move InnertubeClientRequestInfo creations in class' methods
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[YouTube] Add ability to get TVHTML5 user agent used
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[YouTube] Fix usage of WEB client headers for all HTML5 URLs in DASH …
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extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/ClientsConstants.java
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package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube; | ||
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final class ClientsConstants { | ||
private ClientsConstants() { | ||
} | ||
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// Common client fields | ||
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static final String DESKTOP_CLIENT_PLATFORM = "DESKTOP"; | ||
static final String MOBILE_CLIENT_PLATFORM = "MOBILE"; | ||
static final String WATCH_CLIENT_SCREEN = "WATCH"; | ||
static final String EMBED_CLIENT_SCREEN = "EMBED"; | ||
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// WEB (YouTube desktop) client fields | ||
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static final String WEB_CLIENT_ID = "1"; | ||
static final String WEB_CLIENT_NAME = "WEB"; | ||
/** | ||
* The client version for InnerTube requests with the {@code WEB} client, used as the last | ||
* fallback if the extraction of the real one failed. | ||
*/ | ||
static final String WEB_HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERSION = "2.20250122.04.00"; | ||
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// WEB_REMIX (YouTube Music) client fields | ||
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static final String WEB_REMIX_CLIENT_ID = "67"; | ||
static final String WEB_REMIX_CLIENT_NAME = "WEB_REMIX"; | ||
static final String WEB_REMIX_HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERSION = "1.20250122.01.00"; | ||
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// TVHTML5 (YouTube on TVs and consoles using HTML5) client fields | ||
static final String TVHTML5_CLIENT_ID = "7"; | ||
static final String TVHTML5_CLIENT_NAME = "TVHTML5"; | ||
static final String TVHTML5_CLIENT_VERSION = "7.20250122.15.00"; | ||
static final String TVHTML5_CLIENT_PLATFORM = "GAME_CONSOLE"; | ||
static final String TVHTML5_DEVICE_MAKE = "Sony"; | ||
static final String TVHTML5_DEVICE_MODEL_AND_OS_NAME = "PlayStation 4"; | ||
// CHECKSTYLE:OFF | ||
static final String TVHTML5_USER_AGENT = | ||
"Mozilla/5.0 (PlayStation; PlayStation 4/12.00) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.4 Safari/605.1.15"; | ||
// CHECKSTYLE:ON | ||
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// WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER (YouTube embeds) | ||
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static final String WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_ID = "56"; | ||
static final String WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_NAME = "WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER"; | ||
static final String WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_VERSION = "1.20250121.00.00"; | ||
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// IOS (iOS YouTube app) client fields | ||
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static final String IOS_CLIENT_ID = "5"; | ||
static final String IOS_CLIENT_NAME = "IOS"; | ||
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/** | ||
* The hardcoded client version of the iOS app used for InnerTube requests with this client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* It can be extracted by getting the latest release version of the app on | ||
* <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/youtube-watch-listen-stream/id544007664/">the App | ||
* Store page of the YouTube app</a>, in the {@code What’s New} section. | ||
* </p> | ||
*/ | ||
static final String IOS_CLIENT_VERSION = "20.03.02"; | ||
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/** | ||
* The device machine id for the iPhone 15 Pro Max, used to get 60fps with the {@code iOS} | ||
* client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* See <a href="https://gist.github.com/adamawolf/3048717">this GitHub Gist</a> for more | ||
* information. | ||
* </p> | ||
*/ | ||
static final String IOS_DEVICE_MODEL = "iPhone16,2"; | ||
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/** | ||
* The iOS version to be used in JSON POST requests, the one of an iPhone 15 Pro Max running | ||
* iOS 18.2.1 with the hardcoded version of the iOS app (for the {@code "osVersion"} field). | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* The value of this field seems to use the following structure: | ||
* "iOS major version.minor version.patch version.build version", where | ||
* "patch version" is equal to 0 if it isn't set | ||
* The build version corresponding to the iOS version used can be found on | ||
* <a href="https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Firmware/iPhone/18.x#iPhone_15_Pro_Max"> | ||
* https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Firmware/iPhone/18.x#iPhone_15_Pro_Max</a> | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* @see #IOS_USER_AGENT_VERSION | ||
*/ | ||
static final String IOS_OS_VERSION = "18.2.1.22C161"; | ||
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/** | ||
* The iOS version to be used in the HTTP user agent for requests. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* This should be the same of as {@link #IOS_OS_VERSION}. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* @see #IOS_OS_VERSION | ||
*/ | ||
static final String IOS_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "18_2_1"; | ||
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// ANDROID (Android YouTube app) client fields | ||
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static final String ANDROID_CLIENT_ID = "3"; | ||
static final String ANDROID_CLIENT_NAME = "ANDROID"; | ||
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/** | ||
* The hardcoded client version of the Android app used for InnerTube requests with this | ||
* client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* It can be extracted by getting the latest release version of the app in an APK repository | ||
* such as <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/">APKMirror</a>. | ||
* </p> | ||
*/ | ||
static final String ANDROID_CLIENT_VERSION = "19.28.35"; | ||
} |
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package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube; | ||
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import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.ANDROID_CLIENT_ID; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.ANDROID_CLIENT_NAME; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.ANDROID_CLIENT_VERSION; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.DESKTOP_CLIENT_PLATFORM; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.EMBED_CLIENT_SCREEN; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.IOS_CLIENT_ID; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.IOS_CLIENT_NAME; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.IOS_CLIENT_VERSION; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.IOS_DEVICE_MODEL; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.IOS_OS_VERSION; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.MOBILE_CLIENT_PLATFORM; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.TVHTML5_CLIENT_ID; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.TVHTML5_CLIENT_NAME; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.TVHTML5_CLIENT_PLATFORM; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.TVHTML5_CLIENT_VERSION; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.TVHTML5_DEVICE_MAKE; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.TVHTML5_DEVICE_MODEL_AND_OS_NAME; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WATCH_CLIENT_SCREEN; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WEB_CLIENT_ID; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WEB_CLIENT_NAME; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_ID; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_NAME; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WEB_HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERSION; | ||
import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.ClientsConstants.WEB_REMIX_HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERSION; | ||
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import javax.annotation.Nonnull; | ||
import javax.annotation.Nullable; | ||
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// TODO: add docs | ||
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public final class InnertubeClientRequestInfo { | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public ClientInfo clientInfo; | ||
@Nonnull | ||
public DeviceInfo deviceInfo; | ||
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public static final class ClientInfo { | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public String clientName; | ||
@Nonnull | ||
public String clientVersion; | ||
@Nonnull | ||
public String clientScreen; | ||
@Nullable | ||
public String clientId; | ||
@Nullable | ||
public String visitorData; | ||
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private ClientInfo(@Nonnull final String clientName, | ||
@Nonnull final String clientVersion, | ||
@Nonnull final String clientScreen, | ||
@Nullable final String clientId, | ||
@Nullable final String visitorData) { | ||
this.clientName = clientName; | ||
this.clientVersion = clientVersion; | ||
this.clientScreen = clientScreen; | ||
this.clientId = clientId; | ||
this.visitorData = visitorData; | ||
} | ||
} | ||
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public static final class DeviceInfo { | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public String platform; | ||
@Nullable | ||
public String deviceMake; | ||
@Nullable | ||
public String deviceModel; | ||
@Nullable | ||
public String osName; | ||
@Nullable | ||
public String osVersion; | ||
public int androidSdkVersion; | ||
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private DeviceInfo(@Nonnull final String platform, | ||
@Nullable final String deviceMake, | ||
@Nullable final String deviceModel, | ||
@Nullable final String osName, | ||
@Nullable final String osVersion, | ||
final int androidSdkVersion) { | ||
this.platform = platform; | ||
this.deviceMake = deviceMake; | ||
this.deviceModel = deviceModel; | ||
this.osName = osName; | ||
this.osVersion = osVersion; | ||
this.androidSdkVersion = androidSdkVersion; | ||
} | ||
} | ||
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private InnertubeClientRequestInfo(@Nonnull final ClientInfo clientInfo, | ||
@Nonnull final DeviceInfo deviceInfo) { | ||
this.clientInfo = clientInfo; | ||
this.deviceInfo = deviceInfo; | ||
} | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public static InnertubeClientRequestInfo ofWebClient() { | ||
return new InnertubeClientRequestInfo( | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ClientInfo( | ||
WEB_CLIENT_NAME, WEB_HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERSION, WATCH_CLIENT_SCREEN, | ||
WEB_CLIENT_ID, null), | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.DeviceInfo(DESKTOP_CLIENT_PLATFORM, null, null, | ||
null, null, -1)); | ||
} | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public static InnertubeClientRequestInfo ofWebEmbeddedPlayerClient() { | ||
return new InnertubeClientRequestInfo( | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ClientInfo(WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_NAME, | ||
WEB_REMIX_HARDCODED_CLIENT_VERSION, EMBED_CLIENT_SCREEN, | ||
WEB_EMBEDDED_CLIENT_ID, null), | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.DeviceInfo(DESKTOP_CLIENT_PLATFORM, null, null, | ||
null, null, -1)); | ||
} | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public static InnertubeClientRequestInfo ofTvHtml5Client() { | ||
return new InnertubeClientRequestInfo( | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ClientInfo(TVHTML5_CLIENT_NAME, | ||
TVHTML5_CLIENT_VERSION, WATCH_CLIENT_SCREEN, TVHTML5_CLIENT_ID, null), | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.DeviceInfo(TVHTML5_CLIENT_PLATFORM, | ||
TVHTML5_DEVICE_MAKE, TVHTML5_DEVICE_MODEL_AND_OS_NAME, | ||
TVHTML5_DEVICE_MODEL_AND_OS_NAME, "", -1)); | ||
} | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public static InnertubeClientRequestInfo ofAndroidClient() { | ||
return new InnertubeClientRequestInfo( | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ClientInfo(ANDROID_CLIENT_NAME, | ||
ANDROID_CLIENT_VERSION, WATCH_CLIENT_SCREEN, ANDROID_CLIENT_ID, null), | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.DeviceInfo(MOBILE_CLIENT_PLATFORM, null, null, | ||
"Android", "15", 35)); | ||
} | ||
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@Nonnull | ||
public static InnertubeClientRequestInfo ofIosClient() { | ||
return new InnertubeClientRequestInfo( | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ClientInfo(IOS_CLIENT_NAME, IOS_CLIENT_VERSION, | ||
WATCH_CLIENT_SCREEN, IOS_CLIENT_ID, null), | ||
new InnertubeClientRequestInfo.DeviceInfo(MOBILE_CLIENT_PLATFORM, "Apple", | ||
IOS_DEVICE_MODEL, "iOS", IOS_OS_VERSION, -1)); | ||
} | ||
} |
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extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/PoTokenProvider.java
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package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube; | ||
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import javax.annotation.Nullable; | ||
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/** | ||
* Interface to provide {@code poToken}s to YouTube player requests. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* On some major clients, YouTube requires that the integrity of the device passes some checks to | ||
* allow playback. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* These checks involve running codes to verify the integrity and using their result to generate | ||
* one or multiple {@code poToken}(s) (which stands for proof of origin token(s)). | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* These tokens may have a role in triggering the sign in requirement. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* If an implementation does not want to return a {@code poToken} for a specific client, it <b>must | ||
* return {@code null}</b>. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* <b>Implementations of this interface are expected to be thread-safe, as they may be accessed by | ||
* multiple threads.</b> | ||
* </p> | ||
*/ | ||
public interface PoTokenProvider { | ||
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/** | ||
* Get a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the desktop website, a.k.a. the WEB InnerTube client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* To be generated and valid, {@code poToken}s from this client must be generated using Google's | ||
* BotGuard machine, which requires a JavaScript engine with a good DOM implementation. They | ||
* must be added to adaptive/DASH streaming URLs with the {@code pot} parameter. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* Note that YouTube desktop website generates two {@code poToken}s: | ||
* - one for the player requests {@code poToken}s, using the videoId as the minter value; | ||
* - one for the streaming URLs, using a visitor data for logged-out users as the minter value. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* @return a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the WEB InnerTube client | ||
*/ | ||
@Nullable | ||
PoTokenResult getWebClientPoToken(String videoId); | ||
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/** | ||
* Get a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the web embeds, a.k.a. the WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER | ||
* InnerTube client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* To be generated and valid, {@code poToken}s from this client must be generated using Google's | ||
* BotGuard machine, which requires a JavaScript engine with a good DOM implementation. They | ||
* should be added to adaptive/DASH streaming URLs with the {@code pot} parameter. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* As of writing, like the YouTube desktop website previously did, it generates only one | ||
* {@code poToken}, sent in player requests and streaming URLs, using a visitor data for | ||
* logged-out users. {@code poToken}s do not seem to be mandatory for now on this client. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* @return a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER InnerTube client | ||
*/ | ||
@Nullable | ||
PoTokenResult getWebEmbedClientPoToken(String videoId); | ||
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/** | ||
* Get a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the Android app, a.k.a. the ANDROID InnerTube client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* Implementation details are not known, the app uses DroidGuard, a downloaded native virtual | ||
* machine ran by Google Play Services for which its code is updated pretty frequently. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* As of writing, DroidGuard seem to check for the Android app signature and package ID, as | ||
* non-rooted YouTube patched with reVanced doesn't work without spoofing another InnerTube | ||
* client while the rooted version works without any client spoofing. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* There should be only one {@code poToken} needed for the player requests, it shouldn't be | ||
* required for regular adaptive URLs (i.e. not server adaptive bitrate (SABR) URLs). HLS | ||
* formats returned (only for premieres and running and post-live livestreams) in the client's | ||
* HLS manifest URL should work without {@code poToken}s. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* @return a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the ANDROID InnerTube client | ||
*/ | ||
@Nullable | ||
PoTokenResult getAndroidClientPoToken(String videoId); | ||
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/** | ||
* Get a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the iOS app, a.k.a. the IOS InnerTube client. | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* Implementation details are not known, the app seem to use something called iosGuard which | ||
* should be similar to Android's DroidGuard. It may rely on Apple's attestation APIs. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* <p> | ||
* As of writing, there should be only one {@code poToken} needed for the player requests, it | ||
* shouldn't be required for regular adaptive URLs (i.e. not server adaptive bitrate (SABR) | ||
* URLs). HLS formats returned in the client's HLS manifest URL should also work without a | ||
* {@code poToken}. | ||
* </p> | ||
* | ||
* @return a {@link PoTokenResult} specific to the IOS InnerTube client | ||
*/ | ||
@Nullable | ||
PoTokenResult getIosClientPoToken(String videoId); | ||
} |
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Could we want to create a potoken with some other data other than the videoId?
https://github.com/LuanRT/BgUtils/blob/main/examples/node/innertube-challenge-fetcher-example.ts
Over here, for example, the
pot
url parameter is based on a 'session' PoToken based on the visitorData, while the the one sent to the player request is based on the videoId?In that case, why does
PoTokenResult
need to have avisitorData
?Is having 2 different PoTokens the behavior on YouTube, or is what this PR does correct?
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YouTube desktop website uses indeed two poTokens: one minted with a visitorData, one with a videoId.
The visitorData must be the same for player requests and for the visitorData poToken, used in streaming URLs.
On embeds, that's currently not the case: it uses the old behavior of sending a visitorData poToken for player and streaming URLs requests.
As the extractor doesn't support login with a Google account, you only need to create poTokens from two properties: a visitorData and a videoId (for logged-in users, as written in BgUtils repo, it uses account's dataSyncId).
So maybe we should generate the visitorData at NPE and then pass it to the interface, which will be used by implementations. This also prevents clients to reuse the same visitorData poToken, which is good for privacy but not really for speed and resources consumption.