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minus-squareHolyDiver@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agohow do those youtube clients work? i thought YouTube was very closed source
minus-squareJiří Král@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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…
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoNo expert but I believe they access the API directly.
minus-squareanon5621@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoNo,it’s exactly parser. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor
how do those youtube clients work? i thought YouTube was very closed source
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…
No expert but I believe they access the API directly.
No,it’s exactly parser. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor