Merge pull request #73 from luca-schlecker/master

fix #72: Find the JSON data inside the line and trim the rest
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@ -200,7 +200,15 @@ module Youtube
# timestamp 11/8/2020: # timestamp 11/8/2020:
# youtube's html page has a line previous to this literally with 'scraper_data_begin' as a comment # youtube's html page has a line previous to this literally with 'scraper_data_begin' as a comment
if line.includes?("var ytInitialData") 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
end end