Fix parsing shorts on channel page

src/invidious/channels/videos.cr

@@ -127,38 +127,15 @@ module Invidious::Channel::Tabs
   #  Shorts
   # -------------------
 
-  private def fetch_shorts_data(ucid : String, continuation : String? = nil)
+  def get_shorts(channel : AboutChannel, continuation : String? = nil)
     if continuation.nil?
       # EgZzaG9ydHPyBgUKA5oBAA%3D%3D is the protobuf object to load "shorts"
       # TODO: try to extract the continuation tokens that allows other sorting options
-      return YoutubeAPI.browse(ucid, params: "EgZzaG9ydHPyBgUKA5oBAA%3D%3D")
+      initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(channel.ucid, params: "EgZzaG9ydHPyBgUKA5oBAA%3D%3D")
     else
-      return YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
+      initial_data = YoutubeAPI.browse(continuation: continuation)
     end
-  end
-
-  def get_shorts(channel : AboutChannel, continuation : String? = nil)
-    initial_data = self.fetch_shorts_data(channel.ucid, continuation)
-
-    begin
-      # Try to parse the initial data fetched above
     return extract_items(initial_data, channel.author, channel.ucid)
-    rescue ex : RetryOnceException
-      # Sometimes, for a completely unknown reason, the "reelItemRenderer"
-      # object is missing some critical information (it happens once in about
-      # 20 subsequent requests). Refreshing the page is required to properly
-      # show the "shorts" tab.
-      #
-      # In order to make the experience smoother for the user, we simulate
-      # said page refresh by fetching again the JSON. If that still doesn't
-      # work, we raise a BrokenTubeException, as something is really broken.
-      begin
-        initial_data = self.fetch_shorts_data(channel.ucid, continuation)
-        return extract_items(initial_data, channel.author, channel.ucid)
-      rescue ex : RetryOnceException
-        raise BrokenTubeException.new "reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers"
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   # -------------------

src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr

@@ -423,18 +423,10 @@ private module Parsers
         "overlay", "reelPlayerOverlayRenderer"
       )
 
-      # Sometimes, the "reelPlayerOverlayRenderer" object is missing the
+      if video_details_container = reel_player_overlay.dig?(
-      # important part of the response. We use this exception to tell
-      # the calling function to fetch the content again.
-      if !reel_player_overlay.as_h.has_key?("reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers")
-        raise RetryOnceException.new
-      end
-
-      video_details_container = reel_player_overlay.dig(
            "reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers",
            "reelPlayerHeaderRenderer"
          )
-
         # Author infos
 
         author = video_details_container
@@ -455,10 +447,17 @@ private module Parsers
           .try { |t| decode_date(t.as_s) } || Time.utc
 
         # View count
+        view_count_text = video_details_container.dig?("viewCountText", "simpleText")
+      else
+        author = author_fallback.name
+        ucid = author_fallback.id
+        published = Time.utc
+        title = item_contents.dig?("headline", "simpleText").try &.as_s || ""
+      end
+      # View count
 
       # View count used to be in the reelWatchEndpoint, but that changed?
-      view_count_text = item_contents.dig?("viewCountText", "simpleText")
+      view_count_text ||= item_contents.dig?("viewCountText", "simpleText")
-      view_count_text ||= video_details_container.dig?("viewCountText", "simpleText")
 
       view_count = view_count_text.try &.as_s.gsub(/\D+/, "").to_i64? || 0_i64