Use the youtubei API over the legacy one

src/invidious.cr

@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ get "/channel/:ucid" do |env|
     sort_options = {"last", "oldest", "newest"}
     sort_by ||= "last"
 
-    items, continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(channel.ucid, channel.author, channel.auto_generated, continuation, sort_by)
+    items, continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(channel.ucid, channel.author, continuation, sort_by)
     items.uniq! do |item|
       if item.responds_to?(:title)
         item.title
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ get "/channel/:ucid/playlists" do |env|
     next env.redirect "/channel/#{channel.ucid}"
   end
 
-  items, continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(channel.ucid, channel.author, channel.auto_generated, continuation, sort_by)
+  items, continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(channel.ucid, channel.author, continuation, sort_by)
   items = items.select { |item| item.is_a?(SearchPlaylist) }.map { |item| item.as(SearchPlaylist) }
   items.each { |item| item.author = "" }
 
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ end
       next error_json(500, ex)
     end
 
-    items, continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(channel.ucid, channel.author, channel.auto_generated, continuation, sort_by)
+    items, continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(channel.ucid, channel.author, continuation, sort_by)
 
     JSON.build do |json|
       json.object do

src/invidious/channels.cr

@@ -355,14 +355,19 @@ def fetch_channel(ucid, db, pull_all_videos = true, locale = nil)
   return channel
 end
 
-def fetch_channel_playlists(ucid, author, auto_generated, continuation, sort_by)
+def fetch_channel_playlists(ucid, author, continuation, sort_by)
-  if continuation || auto_generated
+  if continuation
-    url = produce_channel_playlists_url(ucid, continuation, sort_by, auto_generated)
+    response_json = request_youtube_api_browse(continuation)
+    result = JSON.parse(response_json.match(/"continuationItems": (?<items>\[.*\]),/m).try &.["items"] || "{}")
 
-    response = YT_POOL.client &.get(url)
+    return [] of SearchItem, nil if result.size == 0
 
-    continuation = response.body.match(/"continuation":"(?<continuation>[^"]+)"/).try &.["continuation"]?
+    items = [] of SearchItem
-    initial_data = JSON.parse(response.body).as_a.find(&.["response"]?).try &.as_h
+    result.as_a.select(&.as_h.has_key?("gridPlaylistRenderer")).each { |item|
+      extract_item(item, author, ucid).try { |t| items << t }
+    }
+
+    continuation = result.as_a.last["continuationItemRenderer"]?.try &.["continuationEndpoint"]["continuationCommand"]["token"].as_s
   else
     url = "/channel/#{ucid}/playlists?flow=list&view=1"
 
@@ -377,13 +382,12 @@ def fetch_channel_playlists(ucid, author, auto_generated, continuation, sort_by)
     end
 
     response = YT_POOL.client &.get(url)
-    continuation = response.body.match(/"continuation":"(?<continuation>[^"]+)"/).try &.["continuation"]?
     initial_data = extract_initial_data(response.body)
-  end
+    return [] of SearchItem, nil if !initial_data
 
-  return [] of SearchItem, nil if !initial_data
+    items = extract_items(initial_data, author, ucid)
-  items = extract_items(initial_data)
+    continuation = response.body.match(/"token":"(?<continuation>[^"]+)"/).try &.["continuation"]?
-  continuation = extract_channel_playlists_cursor(continuation, auto_generated) if continuation
+  end
 
   return items, continuation
 end