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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•10 months agohow do those youtube clients work? i thought YouTube was very closed source
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•10 months agoAFAIK NewPipe parses the regular YouTube website and only extracts the useful bits.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink7•10 months agoNo expert but I believe they access the API directly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoNo,it’s exactly parser. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoSome probably use an API of some sort, because SmartTube for Android TV even synchronises your watch history, subscriptions, you login with your google account etc…
how do those youtube clients work? i thought YouTube was very closed source
AFAIK NewPipe parses the regular YouTube website and only extracts the useful bits.
No expert but I believe they access the API directly.
No,it’s exactly parser. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor
Some probably use an API of some sort, because SmartTube for Android TV even synchronises your watch history, subscriptions, you login with your google account etc…