fix #72: Find the JSON data inside the line and trim the rest

Signed-off-by: Luca Schlecker <luca.schlecker@hotmail.com>
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Luca Schlecker 2020-12-29 21:00:07 +01:00
parent c20f4309d8
commit 2c364c38c2

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@ -200,7 +200,15 @@ module Youtube
# timestamp 11/8/2020:
# youtube's html page has a line previous to this literally with 'scraper_data_begin' as a comment
if line.includes?("var ytInitialData")
yt_initial_data = JSON.parse(line.split(" = ")[1].delete(';'))
# Extract JSON data from line
data = line.split(" = ")[2].delete(';')
dataEnd = (data.index("</script>") || 0) - 1
begin
yt_initial_data = JSON.parse(data[0..dataEnd])
rescue
break
end
end
end