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Google seems to be blocking API access for Piped video servers (github.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most servers are not able to access the Google API.

Invidious report of the same(ish) problem: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4045#issuecomment-1674373088

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

just use https://yewtu.be

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That is just Invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious And, while it may not be actively blocked, they are still on the risk of being API blocked as it is the case here.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That is just Invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

That's true.

And, while it may not be actively blocked, they are still on the risk of being API blocked as it is the case here.

Jein. Jein is a German word that contains Yes and No...

Invidious does not use the official API. It uses scraping techniques. The only way to block that is by blocking the IP address. But that's also risky when they host it on a cloud service or similar. YouTube tried doing that a few months ago, but the hosters found a way to overcome that..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The advantage of scraping is that it can't be really blocked if you make your private instance and you don't have to follow API ToS, the disadvantage is that it can easily break with little changes of the Youtube UI.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago

That's true and I remember that it happened once, but was quickly patched.

I'll use it as long as I can, because the experience on the actualy UI is really bad IMO. Advertisment for scams, algorithms that help radicalizing you, not being logged in gets punished with repetitive popups, bad performance, lots of bots and trolls in the comments, etc. When reading what I just wrote, I should probably donate more money for the project....

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