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. 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. 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: /cvs/ports/www/minitube/pkg/README,v > diff -u -p -r1.7 README > --- pkg/README 11 Mar 2022 20:10:06 -0000 1.7 > +++ pkg/README 23 Nov 2023 03:53:19 -0000 > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ > > Google API key > ============== > -An API key is required in order to access the YouTube Data web services. > +A personal API key can be used to access the YouTube Data web services. > > Go to https://console.developers.google.com/ > >
