On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 08:32:43AM +0100, Stefan Hagen wrote:
> Klemens Nanni wrote (2023-11-23 05:02 CET):
> > https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube-3-5-and-musictube-1-13 from aug. 2020
> > says >= 3.5 uses the Invidious API, thus key is no longer required;
> > I can indeed watch videos just fine without providing anything.
> >
> > Whether there is any particular feature still requiring a personal
> > google account/API key and/or using YouTube's v3 instead.
> >
> > 3.9.3 sources having src/yt3.cpp dealing with the environment variable
> > is all I can see/test.
> >
> > Until today I thought minitube was unusable without a google account due
> > to this, then I saw it working on some Linux distro out of the box and
> > went looking.
> >
> > Here's a cheap attempt at lifting the "requirement" bits without removing
> > instructions I don't know enough about.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> Minitube has just removed the note about the youtube key. That it is
> still supported is nowhere to be found, except in the issues and the
> code of course.
>
> https://github.com/flaviotordini/minitube/commit/7b4ef7f8aa76f316e1396a0b7b7dcde4874e0ede#diff-04c6e90faac2675aa89e2176d2eec7d8
>
> The YT app instructions are... mostly correct. This is a moving target.
> Some parts have moved. There is no dropdown anymore where a dropdown is
> mentioned. The settigs for the v3 API are nowhere to be found, I guess
> it's default or removed.
Right, yt3.cpp is still built so GOOGLE_API_KEY handling is still built-in.
> But I could create an app with it and got a secret key. But... running
> minitube with the GOOGLE_API_KEY exported still contacted Invidious
> according to ktrace.
>
> Given the fact the minitube works fine without key, I'd be ok with
> removing the README.
Happy to do that unless someone knows better.
> OK sdk@ for the subtle change, but also ok if you want to go further.
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/www/minitube/Makefile,v
diff -u -p -r1.74 Makefile
--- Makefile 27 Sep 2023 19:13:03 -0000 1.74
+++ Makefile 23 Nov 2023 03:36:09 -0000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ COMMENT = standalone YouTube.com video b
V = 3.9.3
DISTNAME = minitube-$V
-REVISION = 1
+REVISION = 2
EXTRACT_SUFX = .tar.bz2
CATEGORIES = www multimedia
Index: pkg/README
===================================================================
RCS file: pkg/README
diff -N pkg/README
--- pkg/README 11 Mar 2022 20:10:06 -0000 1.7
+++ /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Running ${PKGSTEM} on OpenBSD
-+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Google API key
-==============
-An API key is required in order to access the YouTube Data web services.
-
-Go to https://console.developers.google.com/
-
-Log in using your Google account
-
-Click on "Create Project"
-
-Enter a Project name (e.g.: "Minitube")
-
-On the left side bar, expand the "APIs & auth" drop-down menu and
-click on "Credentials"
-
-Click on "Create new Key" and then on "Browser key"
-
-Click on "Create"
-
-You should get an output like the one below:
-
-Key for browser applications
- API key AIzaSyD7zlL9sAC6-IcwU7Bpds8lZNzmqQTmALQ
- Referers Any referer allowed
- Activation date Apr 28, 2015, 2:02:00 AM
- Activated by john...@gmail.com (you)
-
-Be sure that "YouTube Data API v3" is enabled under "APIs & auth" ->
-"APIs" -> "Enabled APIs"
-
-If not, go to "APIs & auth" -> "APIs" -> "API Library", click on "YouTube
-Data API" and then on "Enable API" to enable it.
-
-Add the environment variable containing your newly generated key
-to your ~/.profile or ~/.xsession:
-
-GOOGLE_API_KEY="AIzaSyD7zlL9sAC6-IcwU7Bpds8lZNzmqQTmALQ"
-export GOOGLE_API_KEY
