fix: channel id irregular

routes/channel.js

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+const axios = require("axios");
+const cheerio = require("cheerio");
+
+function channelRouteHandler(app) {
+  app.get("/api/channel/:username", async (req, res) => {
+    try {
+      const username = req.params.username;
+      if (!username) {
+        return res.status(400).json({ error: "Username is required" });
+      }
+
+      const response = await axios.get(`https://www.youtube.com/${username}`);
+      const $ = cheerio.load(response.data);
+      const canonicalLink = $('link[rel="canonical"]').attr("href");
+
+      if (!canonicalLink) {
+        return res.status(404).json({ error: "Channel not found" });
+      }
+
+      const channelIdMatch = canonicalLink.match(/\/channel\/([\w-]+)/);
+      const channelId = channelIdMatch ? channelIdMatch[1] : null;
+
+      if (!channelId) {
+        return res.status(404).json({ error: "Could not extract channel ID" });
+      }
+
+      return res.json({
+        channelId: channelId,
+        username: username,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error fetching channel ID:", error.message);
+      return res.status(500).json({
+        error: "Failed to fetch channel ID",
+        message: error.message,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = channelRouteHandler;

routes/search.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const https = require("https");
-const yts = require('yt-search');
+const yts = require("yt-search");
 
 function searchRouteHandler(app) {
   app.get("/api/search", async (req, res) => {
@@ -10,32 +10,36 @@ function searchRouteHandler(app) {
       }
 
       const results = await yts(query);
-      console.log(results.videos[0])
-      
+      console.log(results.videos[0]);
+
       const formattedResults = {
-        items: results.videos.map(video => ({
+        items: results.videos.map((video) => ({
           url: `/watch?v=${video.videoId}`,
           type: "stream",
           title: video.title,
           thumbnail: `/api/thumbnail/${video.videoId}`,
           uploaderName: video.author.name,
-          uploaderUrl: `/channel/${video.author.url}`,
-          uploaderAvatar: `/api/avatar/${video.author.url.replace("https://youtube.com/", "")}.png`,
+          uploaderUrl: `${video.author.url.replace(
+            "https://youtube.com/",
+            ""
+          )}`,
+          uploaderAvatar: `/api/avatar/${video.author.url.replace(
+            "https://youtube.com/",
+            ""
+          )}.png`,
           uploadedDate: video.ago,
           shortDescription: video.description,
           duration: video.seconds,
           views: video.views,
           uploaded: new Date(video.timestamp * 1000).getTime(),
-          uploaderVerified: false,
-          isShort: video.duration.seconds < 60
+          isShort: video.duration.seconds < 60,
         })),
         nextpage: "",
         suggestion: "",
-        corrected: false
+        corrected: false,
       };
 
       res.json(formattedResults);
-
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(`Error searching videos: ${err.message}`);
       res.status(500).send("Error searching videos");