use WEB_CREATOR when po_token with WEB_EMBED as a fallback (#4928)

* use WEB_CREATOR when po_token with WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER as a fallback

* remove unrelated comment

Co-authored-by: syeopite <70992037+syeopite@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: syeopite <70992037+syeopite@users.noreply.github.com>

src/invidious/videos/parser.cr

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ end
 def extract_video_info(video_id : String)
   # Init client config for the API
   client_config = YoutubeAPI::ClientConfig.new
+  # Use the WEB_CREATOR when po_token is configured because it fully only works on this client
+  if CONFIG.po_token
+    client_config.client_type = YoutubeAPI::ClientType::WebCreator
+  end
 
   # Fetch data from the player endpoint
   player_response = YoutubeAPI.player(video_id: video_id, params: "2AMB", client_config: client_config)
@@ -102,6 +106,13 @@ def extract_video_info(video_id : String)
 
   new_player_response = nil
 
+  # Second try in case WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER doesn't work with po_token.
+  # Only trigger if reason found and po_token configured.
+  if reason && CONFIG.po_token
+    client_config.client_type = YoutubeAPI::ClientType::WebEmbeddedPlayer
+    new_player_response = try_fetch_streaming_data(video_id, client_config)
+  end
+
   # Don't use Android client if po_token is passed because po_token doesn't
   # work for Android client.
   if reason.nil? && CONFIG.po_token.nil?
@@ -114,10 +125,9 @@ def extract_video_info(video_id : String)
   end
 
   # Last hope
-  # Only trigger if reason found and po_token or didn't work wth Android client.
-  # TvHtml5ScreenEmbed now requires sig helper for it to work but po_token is not required
-  # if the IP address is not blocked.
-  if CONFIG.po_token && reason || CONFIG.po_token.nil? && new_player_response.nil?
+  # Only trigger if reason found or didn't work wth Android client.
+  # TvHtml5ScreenEmbed now requires sig helper for it to work but doesn't work with po_token.
+  if reason && CONFIG.po_token.nil?
     client_config.client_type = YoutubeAPI::ClientType::TvHtml5ScreenEmbed
     new_player_response = try_fetch_streaming_data(video_id, client_config)
   end
@@ -185,10 +195,11 @@ def parse_video_info(video_id : String, player_response : Hash(String, JSON::Any
   end
 
   video_details = player_response.dig?("videoDetails")
-  microformat = player_response.dig?("microformat", "playerMicroformatRenderer")
+  if !(microformat = player_response.dig?("microformat", "playerMicroformatRenderer"))
+    microformat = {} of String => JSON::Any
+  end
 
   raise BrokenTubeException.new("videoDetails") if !video_details
-  raise BrokenTubeException.new("microformat") if !microformat
 
   # Basic video infos
 
@@ -225,7 +236,7 @@ def parse_video_info(video_id : String, player_response : Hash(String, JSON::Any
     .try &.as_a.map &.as_s || [] of String
 
   allow_ratings = video_details["allowRatings"]?.try &.as_bool
-  family_friendly = microformat["isFamilySafe"].try &.as_bool
+  family_friendly = microformat["isFamilySafe"]?.try &.as_bool
   is_listed = video_details["isCrawlable"]?.try &.as_bool
   is_upcoming = video_details["isUpcoming"]?.try &.as_bool
 

src/invidious/yt_backend/youtube_api.cr

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module YoutubeAPI
     WebEmbeddedPlayer
     WebMobile
     WebScreenEmbed
+    WebCreator
 
     Android
     AndroidEmbeddedPlayer
@@ -80,6 +81,14 @@ module YoutubeAPI
       os_version: WINDOWS_VERSION,
       platform:   "DESKTOP",
     },
+    ClientType::WebCreator => {
+      name:       "WEB_CREATOR",
+      name_proto: "62",
+      version:    "1.20220918",
+      os_name:    "Windows",
+      os_version: WINDOWS_VERSION,
+      platform:   "DESKTOP",
+    },
 
     # Android
 
@@ -291,8 +300,9 @@ module YoutubeAPI
     end
 
     if client_config.screen == "EMBED"
+      # embedUrl https://www.google.com allow loading almost all video that are configured not embeddable
       client_context["thirdParty"] = {
-        "embedUrl" => "https://www.youtube.com/embed/#{video_id}",
+        "embedUrl" => "https://www.google.com/",
       } of String => String | Int64
     end