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Fix comment replies

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Comment reply protobuf now requires the channel id of the uploader
of the video. Otherwise the endpoint returns 500.

Instead of making the protobuf ourselves and passing this data
around through query parameters, just use the ctoken provided to us
but modify the max_replies field from 10 to 250.

Fixes #53

Signed-off-by: Jesús <heckyel@hyperbola.info>
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James Taylor
2021-02-25 15:55:23 -08:00
committed by Jesús
parent f26c9be85e
commit 00ef1c8627
4 changed files with 129 additions and 51 deletions
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youtube/yt_data_extract/everything_else.py
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@@ -251,13 +251,19 @@ def extract_comments_info(polymer_json):
info['video_title'] = extract_str(comment_thread.get('commentTargetTitle'))
if 'replies' not in comment_thread:
comment_info['reply_count'] = 0
comment_info['reply_ctoken'] = None
else:
comment_info['reply_count'] = extract_int(deep_get(comment_thread,
'replies', 'commentRepliesRenderer', 'moreText'
), default=1) # With 1 reply, the text reads "View reply"
comment_info['reply_ctoken'] = deep_get(comment_thread,
'replies', 'commentRepliesRenderer', 'continuations', 0,
'nextContinuationData', 'continuation'
)
comment_renderer = deep_get(comment_thread, 'comment', 'commentRenderer', default={})
elif 'commentRenderer' in comment: # replies
comment_info['reply_count'] = 0 # replyCount, below, not present for replies even if the reply has further replies to it
comment_info['reply_ctoken'] = None
conservative_update(info, 'is_replies', True)
comment_renderer = comment['commentRenderer']
else: