Make configurable time between each RefreshChannelsJob

config/config.example.yml

@@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ https_only: false
 ##
 channel_threads: 1
 
+##
+## Time between channel_refresh
+##
+## Accepted values: a valid time interval (hours:min:seconds)
+## Default: 00:30:00
+##
+channel_refresh_time: 00:30:00
+
 ##
 ## Forcefully dump and re-download the entire list of uploaded
 ## videos when crawling channel (during subscriptions update).

docker-compose.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ services:
     environment:
       # Adapted from ./config/config.yml
       INVIDIOUS_CONFIG: |
+        log_level: Info
         channel_threads: 1
+        channel_refresh_time: 00:30:00
         check_tables: true
         feed_threads: 1
         db:

src/invidious/config.cr

@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ end
 class Config
   include YAML::Serializable
 
-  property channel_threads : Int32 = 1           # Number of threads to use for crawling videos from channels (for updating subscriptions)
+  property channel_threads : Int32 = 1 # Number of threads to use for crawling videos from channels (for updating subscriptions)
-  property feed_threads : Int32 = 1              # Number of threads to use for updating feeds
+  @[YAML::Field(converter: TimeSpanConverter)]
-  property output : String = "STDOUT"            # Log file path or STDOUT
+  property channel_refresh_time : Time::Span = 30.minutes # Time between channel_refresh
-  property log_level : LogLevel = LogLevel::Info # Default log level, valid YAML values are ints and strings, see src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
+  property feed_threads : Int32 = 1                       # Number of threads to use for updating feeds
-  property db : DBConfig? = nil                  # Database configuration with separate parameters (username, hostname, etc)
+  property output : String = "STDOUT"                     # Log file path or STDOUT
+  property log_level : LogLevel = LogLevel::Info          # Default log level, valid YAML values are ints and strings, see src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
+  property db : DBConfig? = nil                           # Database configuration with separate parameters (username, hostname, etc)
 
   @[YAML::Field(converter: Preferences::URIConverter)]
   property database_url : URI = URI.parse("")      # Database configuration using 12-Factor "Database URL" syntax

src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr

@@ -18,23 +18,39 @@ def elapsed_text(elapsed)
   "#{(millis * 1000).round(2)}µs"
 end
 
-def decode_length_seconds(string)
+module TimeSpanConverter
-  length_seconds = string.gsub(/[^0-9:]/, "")
+  def self.to_yaml(value : Time::Span, yaml : YAML::Nodes::Builder)
-  return 0_i32 if length_seconds.empty?
+    return yaml.scalar recode_length_seconds(value.total_seconds.to_i32)
+  end
 
-  length_seconds = length_seconds.split(":").map { |x| x.to_i? || 0 }
+  def self.from_yaml(ctx : YAML::ParseContext, node : YAML::Nodes::Node) : Time::Span
-  length_seconds = [0] * (3 - length_seconds.size) + length_seconds
+    if node.is_a?(YAML::Nodes::Scalar)
-
+      return decode_time_span(node.value)
-  length_seconds = Time::Span.new(
+    else
-    hours: length_seconds[0],
+      node.raise "Expected scalar, not #{node.class}"
-    minutes: length_seconds[1],
+    end
-    seconds: length_seconds[2]
+  end
-  ).total_seconds.to_i32
-
-  return length_seconds
 end
 
-def recode_length_seconds(time)
+def decode_time_span(string : String) : Time::Span
+  time_span = string.gsub(/[^0-9:]/, "")
+  return Time::Span.new(seconds: 0) if time_span.empty?
+
+  time_span = time_span.split(":").map { |x| x.to_i? || 0 }
+  time_span = [0] * (3 - time_span.size) + time_span
+
+  return Time::Span.new(
+    hours: time_span[0],
+    minutes: time_span[1],
+    seconds: time_span[2]
+  )
+end
+
+def decode_length_seconds(string : String) : Int32
+  return decode_time_span(string).total_seconds.to_i32
+end
+
+def recode_length_seconds(time : Int32) : String
   if time <= 0
     return ""
   else

src/invidious/jobs/refresh_channels_job.cr

@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ class Invidious::Jobs::RefreshChannelsJob < Invidious::Jobs::BaseJob
         end
       end
 
-      # TODO: make this configurable
+      LOGGER.debug("RefreshChannelsJob: Done, sleeping for #{CONFIG.channel_refresh_time}")
-      LOGGER.debug("RefreshChannelsJob: Done, sleeping for thirty minutes")
+      sleep CONFIG.channel_refresh_time
-      sleep 30.minutes
       Fiber.yield
     end
   end