Use script to create Invidious instance list file (#3545)

* Use script to create static instance list

* save cors, filter out cors when not electron

_scripts/getInstances.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
+const invidiousApiUrl = 'https://api.invidious.io/instances.json'
+
+fetch(invidiousApiUrl).then(e => e.json()).then(res => {
+  const data = res.filter((instance) => {
+    return !(instance[0].includes('.onion') ||
+      instance[0].includes('.i2p') ||
+      !instance[1].api)
+  }).map((instance) => {
+    return {
+      url: instance[1].uri.replace(/\/$/, ''),
+      cors: instance[1].cors
+    }
+  })
+  fs.writeFile('././static/invidious-instances.json', JSON.stringify(data, null, 2))
+})

package.json

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "dev": "run-s rebuild:electron dev-runner",
     "dev:web": "node _scripts/dev-runner.js --web",
     "dev-runner": "node _scripts/dev-runner.js",
+    "get-instances": "node _scripts/getInstances.js",
     "lint-all": "run-p lint lint-json lint-style",
     "lint-fix": "eslint --fix --ext .js,.vue ./",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue ./",

src/renderer/store/modules/invidious.js

@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ const actions = {
       if (await pathExists(`${fileLocation}${fileName}`)) {
         console.warn('reading static file for invidious instances')
         const fileData = await fs.readFile(`${fileLocation}${fileName}`)
-        instances = JSON.parse(fileData).map((entry) => {
-          return entry.url
+        instances = JSON.parse(fileData).filter(e => {
+          return process.env.IS_ELECTRON || e.cors
+        }).map(e => {
+          return e.url
         })
       }
     }

static/invidious-instances.json

@@ -1,25 +1,98 @@
 [
-    { "url": "https://vid.puffyan.us" },
-    { "url": "https://inv.riverside.rocks" },
-    { "url": "https://watch.thekitty.zone" },
-    { "url": "https://y.com.sb" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.nerdvpn.de" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.tiekoetter.com" },
-    { "url": "https://yt.artemislena.eu" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.flokinet.to" },
-    { "url": "https://inv.bp.projectsegfau.lt" },
-    { "url": "https://inv.odyssey346.dev" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.sethforprivacy.com" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.baczek.me" },
-    { "url": "https://yt.funami.tech" },
-    { "url": "https://iv.ggtyler.dev" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.lunar.icu" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.privacydev.net" },
-    { "url": "https://vid.priv.au" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.0011.lt" },
-    { "url": "https://iv.melmac.space" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.vpsburti.com" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.snopyta.org" }
-]
+  {
+    "url": "https://vid.puffyan.us",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://inv.riverside.rocks",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.nerdvpn.de",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.tiekoetter.com",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://inv.bp.projectsegfau.lt",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.flokinet.to",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://yt.artemislena.eu",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://inv.pistasjis.net",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.sethforprivacy.com",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.baczek.me",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://yt.funami.tech",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://iv.ggtyler.dev",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.lunar.icu",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.privacydev.net",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://vid.priv.au",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.0011.lt",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://inv.zzls.xyz",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.slipfox.xyz",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://yt.floss.media",
+    "cors": false
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.nogafa.org",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://iv.melmac.space",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz",
+    "cors": true
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "https://invidious.snopyta.org",
+    "cors": true
+  }
+]