Add identifiers to channels hidden by ID

[Benjababe]

Add identifiers to channels hidden by ID

Pull Request Type

• Bugfix
• Feature Implementation
• Documentation
• Other

Related issue

Closes #4181

Description

If a channel ID is provided (checks for UC at start and is 24 characters long), searches invidious or local API for the channel name and thumbnail and stores them.

If users have existing IDs hidden, when entering the settings page it will automatically try to update it with a channel name and icon.

Removed ability to hide by channel name, does a ID check ("UC"+22chars) on entry. Invalid IDs may pass but it'll stop on an API error for channel info retrieval

Also added link in the icon that goes to the creator's channel.

Screenshots

1.mp4

Had to use setTimeout to see how the UI updates as each channel gets updated. In practice, it's pretty instantaneous.

test-auto-update.mp4

Testing

Tried with

• UC9_p50tH3WmMslWRWKnM7dQ (Adam Ragusea)
• UCfsOfLvadg89Bx8Sv_6WERg (NoobFromUA)
• UCXR5PCyUI2pG_a3ydnCIS-g (NesHacker)
• 3DSage
• engineerguy

Desktop

• OS: Windows 10
• OS Version: 22H2
• FreeTube version:

[PikachuEXE]

If this is merged should we change #4228 to hide channel by channel ID?

[PikachuEXE]

Shorten the code a bit first?

[LangLangBart]

Thank you. Works well.

Here are few points for consideration:

1. The UI could be simplified by removing the ID and displaying only the icon and channel name, thereby eliminating the need for a tooltip.

2. In the process of migrating channelsHidden settings from ~/Library/Application\ Support/FreeTube/settings.db to ~/Library/Application\ Support/Electron/settings.db, I've noticed that the channels don't update automatically. Currently, the user is required to manually delete each item and re-add them to the list. It becomes cumbersome as the ID cannot be simply copied but requires constant referencing back to the ~/Library/Application\ Support/FreeTube/settings.db file. This issue could benefit from a more efficient update process.

3. When the window is very small, the ? shifts to the right, as shown in the video below:

Screen.Recording.2023-10-27.at.17.39.13.mov

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everything above is UI related only and you can argue either way, the underlying problem is fixed with this PR

[LangLangBart]

• adding UCVT1tPkR-fUVlO652EcO3ow ( CBS Sunday Morning ) seems to cause an issue with the image

Screen.Recording.2023-10-27.at.18.17.34.mov

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EDIT However, this seems to have been a one-time issue as the image now displays correctly.

[absidue]

@LangLangBart When you are editing the files on disk, make sure FreeTube is completely closed.

Maybe it's time we add a lock on those files while FreeTube is running, so people stop editing them while FreeTube is running and wondering why stuff breaks.

[Benjababe]

Updated it to just show the channel name.

Need suggestions on handling already blocked channels using ID. Like to do it automatically once on startup or have some button for the user to update them.

[absidue]

@Benjababe The blocking should be done using the channel ID, that way it will still work when the channel name changes.

[kommunarr]

Thanks for the speedy work! But getting some errors now.

[Benjababe]

My bad, forgot to check for tags without icons