.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/stale@v8
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        days-before-stale: 730
+        days-before-stale: 365
-        days-before-pr-stale: -1 
+        days-before-pr-stale: 90 
-        days-before-close: 60
+        days-before-close: 30
+        exempt-pr-labels: blocked,exempt-stale
         stale-issue-message: 'This issue has been automatically marked as stale and will be closed in 30 days because it has not had recent activity and is much likely outdated. If you think this issue is still relevant and applicable, you just have to post a comment and it will be unmarked.'
+        stale-pr-message: 'This pull request has been automatically marked as stale and will be closed in 30 days because it has not had recent activity and is much likely abandoned or outdated. If you think this pull request is still relevant and applicable, you just have to post a comment and it will be unmarked.'
         stale-issue-label: "stale"
+        stale-pr-label: "stale"
         ascending: true
-        # Exempt the following types of issues from being staled
+        # Never mark feature requests/enhancements as stale
-        exempt-issue-labels: "feature-request,enhancement,discussion,exempt-stale"
+        exempt-issue-labels: "feature-request,enhancement,exempt-stale"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 
 ### Full list of pull requests merged since the last release (newest first)
 
-* Stale bot updates ([#5060], thanks @syeopite)
-* Channels: Fix "Youtube API returned error 400" ([#5059], by @SamantazFox)
-* Channels: Fix for live videos ([#5027], thanks @iBicha)
-* Locales: Add Bulgarian, Welsh and Lombard to the list ([#5046], by @SamantazFox)
-* Shards: Update database dependencies ([#5034], by @SamantazFox)
-* Logger: Add color support for different log levels ([#4931], thanks @Fijxu)
-* Fix named arg syntax when passing force_resolve ([#4754], thanks @syeopite)
-* Use make_client instead of calling HTTP::Client ([#4709], thanks @syeopite)
 * Add "Filipino (auto-generated)" to the list of caption languages ([#4995], by @SamantazFox)
 * Makefile: Add MT option to enable the 'preview_mt' flag ([#4993], by @SamantazFox)
 * SigHelper: Reconnect to signature helper ([#4991], thanks @Fijxu)
@@ -39,9 +31,7 @@
 [#4270]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4270
 [#4326]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4326
 [#4652]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4652
-[#4709]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4709
 [#4750]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4750
-[#4754]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4754
 [#4850]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4850
 [#4862]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4862
 [#4863]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4863
@@ -51,16 +41,10 @@
 [#4923]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4923
 [#4928]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4928
 [#4930]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4930
-[#4931]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4931
 [#4942]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4942
 [#4991]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4991
 [#4993]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4993
 [#4995]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4995
-[#5027]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5027
-[#5034]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5034
-[#5046]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5046
-[#5059]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5059
-[#5060]: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5060
 
 
 ## v2.20240825.2 (2024-08-26)

config/config.example.yml

@@ -233,17 +233,6 @@ http_proxy:
 ##
 #log_level: Info
 
-##
-## Enables colors in logs. Useful for debugging purposes
-## This is overridden if "-k" or "--colorize"
-## are passed on the command line.
-## Colors are also disabled if the environment variable
-## NO_COLOR is present and has any value
-##
-## Accepted values: true, false
-## Default: true
-##
-#colorize_logs: false
 
 # -----------------------------
 #  Features

shard.lock

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ shards:
 
   db:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db.git
-    version: 0.13.1
+    version: 0.10.1
 
   exception_page:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-loot/exception_page.git
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ shards:
 
   pg:
     git: https://github.com/will/crystal-pg.git
-    version: 0.28.0
+    version: 0.24.0
 
   protodec:
     git: https://github.com/iv-org/protodec.git
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ shards:
 
   sqlite3:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-sqlite3.git
-    version: 0.21.0
+    version: 0.18.0
 

shard.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ targets:
 dependencies:
   pg:
     github: will/crystal-pg
-    version: ~> 0.28.0
+    version: ~> 0.24.0
   sqlite3:
     github: crystal-lang/crystal-sqlite3
-    version: ~> 0.21.0
+    version: ~> 0.18.0
   kemal:
     github: kemalcr/kemal
     version: ~> 1.1.2

src/invidious.cr

@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ Kemal.config.extra_options do |parser|
   parser.on("-l LEVEL", "--log-level=LEVEL", "Log level, one of #{LogLevel.values} (default: #{CONFIG.log_level})") do |log_level|
     CONFIG.log_level = LogLevel.parse(log_level)
   end
-  parser.on("-k", "--colorize", "Colorize logs") do
-    CONFIG.colorize_logs = true
-  end
   parser.on("-v", "--version", "Print version") do
     puts SOFTWARE.to_pretty_json
     exit
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ if CONFIG.output.upcase != "STDOUT"
   FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(CONFIG.output))
 end
 OUTPUT = CONFIG.output.upcase == "STDOUT" ? STDOUT : File.open(CONFIG.output, mode: "a")
-LOGGER = Invidious::LogHandler.new(OUTPUT, CONFIG.log_level, CONFIG.colorize_logs)
+LOGGER = Invidious::LogHandler.new(OUTPUT, CONFIG.log_level)
 
 # Check table integrity
 Invidious::Database.check_integrity(CONFIG)

src/invidious/channels/videos.cr

@@ -1,3 +1,78 @@
+def produce_channel_content_continuation(ucid, content_type, page = 1, auto_generated = nil, sort_by = "newest", v2 = false)
+  object_inner_2 = {
+    "2:0:embedded" => {
+      "1:0:varint" => 0_i64,
+    },
+    "5:varint"  => 50_i64,
+    "6:varint"  => 1_i64,
+    "7:varint"  => (page * 30).to_i64,
+    "9:varint"  => 1_i64,
+    "10:varint" => 0_i64,
+  }
+
+  object_inner_2_encoded = object_inner_2
+    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
+    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
+    .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
+    .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
+
+  content_type_numerical =
+    case content_type
+    when "videos"      then 15
+    when "livestreams" then 14
+    else                    15 # Fallback to "videos"
+    end
+
+  sort_by_numerical =
+    case sort_by
+    when "newest"  then 1_i64
+    when "popular" then 2_i64
+    when "oldest"  then 4_i64
+    else                1_i64 # Fallback to "newest"
+    end
+
+  object_inner_1 = {
+    "110:embedded" => {
+      "3:embedded" => {
+        "#{content_type_numerical}:embedded" => {
+          "1:embedded" => {
+            "1:string" => object_inner_2_encoded,
+          },
+          "2:embedded" => {
+            "1:string" => "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+          },
+          "3:varint" => sort_by_numerical,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+
+  object_inner_1_encoded = object_inner_1
+    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
+    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
+    .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
+    .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
+
+  object = {
+    "80226972:embedded" => {
+      "2:string"  => ucid,
+      "3:string"  => object_inner_1_encoded,
+      "35:string" => "browse-feed#{ucid}videos102",
+    },
+  }
+
+  continuation = object.try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
+    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
+    .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
+    .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
+
+  return continuation
+end
+
+def make_initial_content_ctoken(ucid, content_type, sort_by) : String
+  return produce_channel_content_continuation(ucid, content_type, sort_by: sort_by)
+end
+
 module Invidious::Channel::Tabs
   extend self
 
@@ -26,7 +101,7 @@ module Invidious::Channel::Tabs
   end
 
   def get_videos(author : String, ucid : String, *, continuation : String? = nil, sort_by = "newest")
-    continuation ||= make_initial_videos_ctoken(ucid, sort_by)
+    continuation ||= make_initial_content_ctoken(ucid, "videos", sort_by)
     initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
 
     return extract_items(initial_data, author, ucid)
@@ -55,10 +130,14 @@ module Invidious::Channel::Tabs
   #  Shorts
   # -------------------
 
-  def get_shorts(channel : AboutChannel, *, continuation : String? = nil, sort_by = "newest")
+  def get_shorts(channel : AboutChannel, continuation : String? = nil)
-    continuation ||= make_initial_shorts_ctoken(channel.ucid, sort_by)
+    if continuation.nil?
+      # EgZzaG9ydHPyBgUKA5oBAA%3D%3D is the protobuf object to load "shorts"
+      # TODO: try to extract the continuation tokens that allows other sorting options
+      initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(channel.ucid, params: "EgZzaG9ydHPyBgUKA5oBAA%3D%3D")
+    else
       initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
-
+    end
     return extract_items(initial_data, channel.author, channel.ucid)
   end
 
@@ -66,8 +145,9 @@ module Invidious::Channel::Tabs
   #  Livestreams
   # -------------------
 
-  def get_livestreams(channel : AboutChannel, *, continuation : String? = nil, sort_by = "newest")
+  def get_livestreams(channel : AboutChannel, continuation : String? = nil, sort_by = "newest")
-    continuation ||= make_initial_livestreams_ctoken(channel.ucid, sort_by)
+    continuation ||= make_initial_content_ctoken(channel.ucid, "livestreams", sort_by)
+
     initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
 
     return extract_items(initial_data, channel.author, channel.ucid)
@@ -91,102 +171,4 @@ module Invidious::Channel::Tabs
 
     return items, next_continuation
   end
-
-  # -------------------
-  #  C-tokens
-  # -------------------
-
-  private def sort_options_videos_short(sort_by : String)
-    case sort_by
-    when "newest"  then return 4_i64
-    when "popular" then return 2_i64
-    when "oldest"  then return 5_i64
-    else                return 4_i64 # Fallback to "newest"
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Generate the initial "continuation token" to get the first page of the
-  # "videos" tab. The following page requires the ctoken provided in that
-  # first page, and so on.
-  private def make_initial_videos_ctoken(ucid : String, sort_by = "newest")
-    object = {
-      "15:embedded" => {
-        "2:embedded" => {
-          "1:string" => "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
-        },
-        "4:varint" => sort_options_videos_short(sort_by),
-      },
-    }
-
-    return channel_ctoken_wrap(ucid, object)
-  end
-
-  # Generate the initial "continuation token" to get the first page of the
-  # "shorts" tab. The following page requires the ctoken provided in that
-  # first page, and so on.
-  private def make_initial_shorts_ctoken(ucid : String, sort_by = "newest")
-    object = {
-      "10:embedded" => {
-        "2:embedded" => {
-          "1:string" => "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
-        },
-        "4:varint" => sort_options_videos_short(sort_by),
-      },
-    }
-
-    return channel_ctoken_wrap(ucid, object)
-  end
-
-  # Generate the initial "continuation token" to get the first page of the
-  # "livestreams" tab. The following page requires the ctoken provided in that
-  # first page, and so on.
-  private def make_initial_livestreams_ctoken(ucid : String, sort_by = "newest")
-    sort_by_numerical =
-      case sort_by
-      when "newest"  then 12_i64
-      when "popular" then 14_i64
-      when "oldest"  then 13_i64
-      else                12_i64 # Fallback to "newest"
-      end
-
-    object = {
-      "14:embedded" => {
-        "2:embedded" => {
-          "1:string" => "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
-        },
-        "5:varint" => sort_by_numerical,
-      },
-    }
-
-    return channel_ctoken_wrap(ucid, object)
-  end
-
-  # The protobuf structure common between videos/shorts/livestreams
-  private def channel_ctoken_wrap(ucid : String, object)
-    object_inner = {
-      "110:embedded" => {
-        "3:embedded" => object,
-      },
-    }
-
-    object_inner_encoded = object_inner
-      .try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
-      .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
-      .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
-      .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
-
-    object = {
-      "80226972:embedded" => {
-        "2:string" => ucid,
-        "3:string" => object_inner_encoded,
-      },
-    }
-
-    continuation = object.try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
-      .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
-      .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
-      .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
-
-    return continuation
-  end
 end

src/invidious/config.cr

@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ class Config
   property output : String = "STDOUT"
   # Default log level, valid YAML values are ints and strings, see src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
   property log_level : LogLevel = LogLevel::Info
-  # Enables colors in logs. Useful for debugging purposes
-  property colorize_logs : Bool = false
   # Database configuration with separate parameters (username, hostname, etc)
   property db : DBConfig? = nil
 

src/invidious/helpers/i18n.cr

@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
-# Languages requiring a better level of translation (at least 20%)
-# to be added to the list below:
-#
-#  "af"      => "", # Afrikaans
-#  "az"      => "", # Azerbaijani
-#  "be"      => "", # Belarusian
-#  "bn_BD"   => "", # Bengali (Bangladesh)
-#  "ia"      => "", # Interlingua
-#  "or"      => "", # Odia
-#  "tk"      => "", # Turkmen
-#  "tok      => "", # Toki Pona
-#
 LOCALES_LIST = {
   "ar"      => "العربية",               # Arabic
-  "bg"      => "български",             # Bulgarian
   "bn"      => "বাংলা",                 # Bengali
   "ca"      => "Català",                # Catalan
   "cs"      => "Čeština",               # Czech
-  "cy"      => "Cymraeg",               # Welsh
   "da"      => "Dansk",                 # Danish
   "de"      => "Deutsch",               # German
   "el"      => "Ελληνικά",              # Greek
@@ -37,7 +23,6 @@ LOCALES_LIST = {
   "it"      => "Italiano",              # Italian
   "ja"      => "日本語",                   # Japanese
   "ko"      => "한국어",                   # Korean
-  "lmo"     => "Lombard",               # Lombard
   "lt"      => "Lietuvių",              # Lithuanian
   "nb-NO"   => "Norsk bokmål",          # Norwegian Bokmål
   "nl"      => "Nederlands",            # Dutch

src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "colorize"
-
 enum LogLevel
   All   = 0
   Trace = 1
@@ -12,9 +10,7 @@ enum LogLevel
 end
 
 class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
-  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT, @level = LogLevel::Debug, use_color : Bool = true)
+  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT, @level = LogLevel::Debug)
-    Colorize.enabled = use_color
-    Colorize.on_tty_only!
   end
 
   def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
@@ -43,22 +39,10 @@ class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
     @io.flush
   end
 
-  def color(level)
-    case level
-    when LogLevel::Trace then :cyan
-    when LogLevel::Debug then :green
-    when LogLevel::Info  then :white
-    when LogLevel::Warn  then :yellow
-    when LogLevel::Error then :red
-    when LogLevel::Fatal then :magenta
-    else                      :default
-    end
-  end
-
   {% for level in %w(trace debug info warn error fatal) %}
     def {{level.id}}(message : String)
       if LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}} >= @level
-        puts("#{Time.utc} [{{level.id}}] #{message}".colorize(color(LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}})))
+        puts("#{Time.utc} [{{level.id}}] #{message}")
       end
     end
   {% end %}

src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Search
     query = env.params.query["q"]? || ""
 
     begin
-      client = make_client(URI.parse("https://suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com"), force_youtube_headers: true)
+      client = HTTP::Client.new("suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com")
+      client.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) }
+
       url = "/complete/search?client=youtube&hl=en&gl=#{region}&q=#{URI.encode_www_form(query)}&gs_ri=youtube&ds=yt"
 
       response = client.get(url).body

src/invidious/routes/channels.cr

@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
     sort_by = env.params.query["sort_by"]?.try &.downcase
 
     if channel.auto_generated
-      sort_by ||= "last"
       sort_options = {"last", "oldest", "newest"}
 
       items, next_continuation = fetch_channel_playlists(
-        channel.ucid, channel.author, continuation, sort_by
+        channel.ucid, channel.author, continuation, (sort_by || "last")
       )
 
       items.uniq! do |item|
@@ -50,11 +49,9 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
         end
         next_continuation = nil
       else
-        sort_by ||= "newest"
         sort_options = {"newest", "oldest", "popular"}
-
+        items, next_continuation = Channel::Tabs.get_videos(
-        items, next_continuation = Channel::Tabs.get_60_videos(
+          channel, continuation: continuation, sort_by: (sort_by || "newest")
-          channel, continuation: continuation, sort_by: sort_by
         )
       end
     end
@@ -85,12 +82,13 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
       end
       next_continuation = nil
     else
-      sort_by = env.params.query["sort_by"]?.try &.downcase || "newest"
+      # TODO: support sort option for shorts
-      sort_options = {"newest", "oldest", "popular"}
+      sort_by = ""
+      sort_options = [] of String
 
       # Fetch items and continuation token
       items, next_continuation = Channel::Tabs.get_shorts(
-        channel, continuation: continuation, sort_by: sort_by
+        channel, continuation: continuation
       )
     end
 

src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
       headers["Range"] = "bytes=#{range_for_head}"
     end
 
-    client = make_client(URI.parse(host), region, force_resolve: true)
+    client = make_client(URI.parse(host), region, force_resolve = true)
     response = HTTP::Client::Response.new(500)
     error = ""
     5.times do
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
           if new_host != host
             host = new_host
             client.close
-            client = make_client(URI.parse(new_host), region, force_resolve: true)
+            client = make_client(URI.parse(new_host), region, force_resolve = true)
           end
 
           url = "#{location.request_target}&host=#{location.host}#{region ? "&region=#{region}" : ""}"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
         fvip = "3"
 
         host = "https://r#{fvip}---#{mn}.googlevideo.com"
-        client = make_client(URI.parse(host), region, force_resolve: true)
+        client = make_client(URI.parse(host), region, force_resolve = true)
       rescue ex
         error = ex.message
       end
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
             break
           else
             client.close
-            client = make_client(URI.parse(host), region, force_resolve: true)
+            client = make_client(URI.parse(host), region, force_resolve = true)
           end
         end
 

src/invidious/yt_backend/connection_pool.cr

@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ struct YoutubeConnectionPool
       response = yield conn
     rescue ex
       conn.close
-      conn = make_client(url, force_resolve: true)
 
+      conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
+      conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
+      conn.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
+      conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
+      conn.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"
       response = yield conn
     ensure
       pool.release(conn)
@@ -33,15 +37,12 @@ struct YoutubeConnectionPool
   end
 
   private def build_pool
-    options = DB::Pool::Options.new(
+    DB::Pool(HTTP::Client).new(initial_pool_size: 0, max_pool_size: capacity, max_idle_pool_size: capacity, checkout_timeout: timeout) do
-      initial_pool_size: 0,
+      conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
-      max_pool_size: capacity,
+      conn.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
-      max_idle_pool_size: capacity,
+      conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
-      checkout_timeout: timeout
+      conn.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"
-    )
+      conn
-
-    DB::Pool(HTTP::Client).new(options) do
-      next make_client(url, force_resolve: true)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -61,17 +62,15 @@ def add_yt_headers(request)
   end
 end
 
-def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false, force_youtube_headers : Bool = false)
+def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false)
   client = HTTP::Client.new(url)
-  client.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
 
   # Force the usage of a specific configured IP Family
   if force_resolve
     client.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
-    client.family = Socket::Family::INET if client.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
   end
 
-  client.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host.try &.ends_with?("youtube.com") || force_youtube_headers
+  client.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"
   client.read_timeout = 10.seconds
   client.connect_timeout = 10.seconds
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false, force_you
 end
 
 def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false, &)
-  client = make_client(url, region, force_resolve: force_resolve)
+  client = make_client(url, region, force_resolve)
   begin
     yield client
   ensure

src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ private ITEM_PARSERS = {
   Parsers::ItemSectionRendererParser,
   Parsers::ContinuationItemRendererParser,
   Parsers::HashtagRendererParser,
-  Parsers::LockupViewModelParser,
 }
 
 private alias InitialData = Hash(String, JSON::Any)
@@ -468,9 +467,9 @@ private module Parsers
   # Parses an InnerTube richItemRenderer into a SearchVideo.
   # Returns nil when the given object isn't a RichItemRenderer
   #
-  # A richItemRenderer seems to be a simple wrapper for a various other types,
+  # A richItemRenderer seems to be a simple wrapper for a videoRenderer, used
-  # used on the hashtags result page and the channel podcast tab. It is located
+  # by the result page for hashtags and for the podcast tab on channels.
-  # itself inside a richGridRenderer container.
+  # It is located inside a continuationItems container for hashtags.
   #
   module RichItemRendererParser
     def self.process(item : JSON::Any, author_fallback : AuthorFallback)
@@ -483,8 +482,6 @@ private module Parsers
       child = VideoRendererParser.process(item_contents, author_fallback)
       child ||= ReelItemRendererParser.process(item_contents, author_fallback)
       child ||= PlaylistRendererParser.process(item_contents, author_fallback)
-      child ||= LockupViewModelParser.process(item_contents, author_fallback)
-      child ||= ShortsLockupViewModelParser.process(item_contents, author_fallback)
       return child
     end
 
@@ -499,9 +496,6 @@ private module Parsers
   # reelItemRenderer items are used in the new (2022) channel layout,
   # in the "shorts" tab.
   #
-  # NOTE: As of 10/2024, it might have been fully replaced by shortsLockupViewModel
-  # TODO: Confirm that hypothesis
-  #
   module ReelItemRendererParser
     def self.process(item : JSON::Any, author_fallback : AuthorFallback)
       if item_contents = item["reelItemRenderer"]?
@@ -588,135 +582,6 @@ private module Parsers
     end
   end
 
-  # Parses an InnerTube lockupViewModel into a SearchPlaylist.
-  # Returns nil when the given object is not a lockupViewModel.
-  #
-  # This structure is present since November 2024 on the "podcasts" and
-  # "playlists" tabs of the channel page. It is usually encapsulated in either
-  # a richItemRenderer or a richGridRenderer.
-  #
-  module LockupViewModelParser
-    def self.process(item : JSON::Any, author_fallback : AuthorFallback)
-      if item_contents = item["lockupViewModel"]?
-        return self.parse(item_contents, author_fallback)
-      end
-    end
-
-    private def self.parse(item_contents, author_fallback)
-      playlist_id = item_contents["contentId"].as_s
-
-      thumbnail_view_model = item_contents.dig(
-        "contentImage", "collectionThumbnailViewModel",
-        "primaryThumbnail", "thumbnailViewModel"
-      )
-
-      thumbnail = thumbnail_view_model.dig("image", "sources", 0, "url").as_s
-
-      # This complicated sequences tries to extract the following data structure:
-      # "overlays": [{
-      #   "thumbnailOverlayBadgeViewModel": {
-      #     "thumbnailBadges": [{
-      #       "thumbnailBadgeViewModel": {
-      #         "text": "430 episodes",
-      #         "badgeStyle": "THUMBNAIL_OVERLAY_BADGE_STYLE_DEFAULT"
-      #       }
-      #     }]
-      #   }
-      # }]
-      #
-      # NOTE: this simplistic `.to_i` conversion might not work on larger
-      # playlists and hasn't been tested.
-      video_count = thumbnail_view_model.dig("overlays").as_a
-        .compact_map(&.dig?("thumbnailOverlayBadgeViewModel", "thumbnailBadges").try &.as_a)
-        .flatten
-        .find(nil, &.dig?("thumbnailBadgeViewModel", "text").try { |node|
-          {"episodes", "videos"}.any? { |str| node.as_s.ends_with?(str) }
-        })
-        .try &.dig("thumbnailBadgeViewModel", "text").as_s.to_i(strict: false)
-
-      metadata = item_contents.dig("metadata", "lockupMetadataViewModel")
-      title = metadata.dig("title", "content").as_s
-
-      # TODO: Retrieve "updated" info from metadata parts
-      # rows = metadata.dig("metadata", "contentMetadataViewModel", "metadataRows").as_a
-      # parts_text = rows.map(&.dig?("metadataParts", "text", "content").try &.as_s)
-      # One of these parts should contain a string like: "Updated 2 days ago"
-
-      # TODO: Maybe add a button to access the first video of the playlist?
-      # item_contents.dig("rendererContext", "commandContext", "onTap", "innertubeCommand", "watchEndpoint")
-      # Available fields: "videoId", "playlistId", "params"
-
-      return SearchPlaylist.new({
-        title:           title,
-        id:              playlist_id,
-        author:          author_fallback.name,
-        ucid:            author_fallback.id,
-        video_count:     video_count || -1,
-        videos:          [] of SearchPlaylistVideo,
-        thumbnail:       thumbnail,
-        author_verified: false,
-      })
-    end
-
-    def self.parser_name
-      return {{@type.name}}
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Parses an InnerTube shortsLockupViewModel into a SearchVideo.
-  # Returns nil when the given object is not a shortsLockupViewModel.
-  #
-  # This structure is present since around October 2024 on the "shorts" tab of
-  # the channel page and likely replaces the reelItemRenderer structure. It is
-  # usually (always?) encapsulated in a richItemRenderer.
-  #
-  module ShortsLockupViewModelParser
-    def self.process(item : JSON::Any, author_fallback : AuthorFallback)
-      if item_contents = item["shortsLockupViewModel"]?
-        return self.parse(item_contents, author_fallback)
-      end
-    end
-
-    private def self.parse(item_contents, author_fallback)
-      # TODO: Maybe add support for "oardefault.jpg" thumbnails?
-      # thumbnail = item_contents.dig("thumbnail", "sources", 0, "url").as_s
-      # Gives: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/{video_id}/oardefault.jpg?...
-
-      video_id = item_contents.dig(
-        "onTap", "innertubeCommand", "reelWatchEndpoint", "videoId"
-      ).as_s
-
-      title = item_contents.dig("overlayMetadata", "primaryText", "content").as_s
-
-      view_count = short_text_to_number(
-        item_contents.dig("overlayMetadata", "secondaryText", "content").as_s
-      )
-
-      # Approximate to one minute, as "shorts" generally don't exceed that.
-      # NOTE: The actual duration is not provided by Youtube anymore.
-      # TODO: Maybe use -1 as an error value and handle that on the frontend?
-      duration = 60_i32
-
-      SearchVideo.new({
-        title:              title,
-        id:                 video_id,
-        author:             author_fallback.name,
-        ucid:               author_fallback.id,
-        published:          Time.unix(0),
-        views:              view_count,
-        description_html:   "",
-        length_seconds:     duration,
-        premiere_timestamp: Time.unix(0),
-        author_verified:    false,
-        badges:             VideoBadges::None,
-      })
-    end
-
-    def self.parser_name
-      return {{@type.name}}
-    end
-  end
-
   # Parses an InnerTube continuationItemRenderer into a Continuation.
   # Returns nil when the given object isn't a continuationItemRenderer.
   #