Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass (2024)

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Watch age restricted videos on YouTube without login and without age verification 😎

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// ==UserScript==// @name Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass// @description Watch age restricted videos on YouTube without login and without age verification 😎// @description:de Schaue YouTube Videos mit Altersbeschränkungen ohne Anmeldung und ohne dein Alter zu bestätigen 😎// @description:fr Regardez des vidéos YouTube avec des restrictions d'âge sans vous inscrire et sans confirmer votre âge 😎// @description:it Guarda i video con restrizioni di età su YouTube senza login e senza verifica dell'età 😎// @icon https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/raw/v2.5.4/src/extension/icon/icon_64.png// @version 2.5.9// @author Zerody (https://github.com/zerodytrash)// @namespace https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/// @supportURL https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/issues// @license MIT// @match https://www.youtube.com/*// @match https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*// @match https://m.youtube.com/*// @match https://music.youtube.com/*// @grant none// @run-at document-start// @compatible chrome// @compatible firefox// @compatible opera// @compatible edge// @compatible safari// ==/UserScript==/* This is a transpiled version to achieve a clean code base and better browser compatibility. You can find the nicely readable source code at https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass*/(function iife(ranOnce) { // Trick to get around the sandbox restrictions in Greasemonkey (Firefox) // Inject code into the main window if criteria match if (this !== window && !ranOnce) { window.eval('(' + iife.toString() + ')(true);'); return; } // Script configuration variables const UNLOCKABLE_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES = ['AGE_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED', 'AGE_CHECK_REQUIRED', 'CONTENT_CHECK_REQUIRED', 'LOGIN_REQUIRED']; const VALID_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES = ['OK', 'LIVE_STREAM_OFFLINE']; // These are the proxy servers that are sometimes required to unlock videos with age restrictions. // You can host your own account proxy instance. See https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/tree/main/account-proxy // To learn what information is transferred, please read: https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass#privacy const ACCOUNT_PROXY_SERVER_HOST = 'https://youtube-proxy.zerody.one'; const VIDEO_PROXY_SERVER_HOST = 'https://ny.4everproxy.com'; // User needs to confirm the unlock process on embedded player? let ENABLE_UNLOCK_CONFIRMATION_EMBED = true; // Show notification? let ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFICATION = true; // Disable content warnings? let SKIP_CONTENT_WARNINGS = true; // Some Innertube bypass methods require the following authentication headers of the currently logged in user. const GOOGLE_AUTH_HEADER_NAMES = ['Authorization', 'X-Goog-AuthUser', 'X-Origin']; /** * The SQP parameter length is different for blurred thumbnails. * They contain much less information, than normal thumbnails. * The thumbnail SQPs tend to have a long and a short version. */ const BLURRED_THUMBNAIL_SQP_LENGTHS = [ 32, // Mobile (SHORT) 48, // Desktop Playlist (SHORT) 56, // Desktop (SHORT) 68, // Mobile (LONG) 72, // Mobile Shorts 84, // Desktop Playlist (LONG) 88, // Desktop (LONG) ]; // small hack to prevent tree shaking on these exports var Config = window[Symbol()] = { UNLOCKABLE_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES, VALID_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES, ACCOUNT_PROXY_SERVER_HOST, VIDEO_PROXY_SERVER_HOST, ENABLE_UNLOCK_CONFIRMATION_EMBED, ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFICATION, SKIP_CONTENT_WARNINGS, GOOGLE_AUTH_HEADER_NAMES, BLURRED_THUMBNAIL_SQP_LENGTHS, }; function isGoogleVideoUrl(url) { return url.host.includes('.googlevideo.com'); } function isGoogleVideoUnlockRequired(googleVideoUrl, lastProxiedGoogleVideoId) { const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(googleVideoUrl.search); const hasGcrFlag = urlParams.get('gcr'); const wasUnlockedByAccountProxy = urlParams.get('id') === lastProxiedGoogleVideoId; return hasGcrFlag && wasUnlockedByAccountProxy; } const nativeJSONParse = window.JSON.parse; const nativeXMLHttpRequestOpen = window.XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open; const isDesktop = window.location.host !== 'm.youtube.com'; const isMusic = window.location.host === 'music.youtube.com'; const isEmbed = window.location.pathname.indexOf('/embed/') === 0; const isConfirmed = window.location.search.includes('unlock_confirmed'); class Deferred { constructor() { return Object.assign( new Promise((resolve, reject) => { this.resolve = resolve; this.reject = reject; }), this, ); } } function createElement(tagName, options) { const node = document.createElement(tagName); options && Object.assign(node, options); return node; } function isObject(obj) { return obj !== null && typeof obj === 'object'; } function findNestedObjectsByAttributeNames(object, attributeNames) { var results = []; // Does the current object match the attribute conditions? if (attributeNames.every((key) => typeof object[key] !== 'undefined')) { results.push(object); } // Diggin' deeper for each nested object (recursive) Object.keys(object).forEach((key) => { if (object[key] && typeof object[key] === 'object') { results.push(...findNestedObjectsByAttributeNames(object[key], attributeNames)); } }); return results; } function pageLoaded() { if (document.readyState === 'complete') return Promise.resolve(); const deferred = new Deferred(); window.addEventListener('load', deferred.resolve, { once: true }); return deferred; } function createDeepCopy(obj) { return nativeJSONParse(JSON.stringify(obj)); } function getYtcfgValue(name) { var _window$ytcfg; return (_window$ytcfg = window.ytcfg) === null || _window$ytcfg === void 0 ? void 0 : _window$ytcfg.get(name); } function getSignatureTimestamp() { return ( getYtcfgValue('STS') || (() => { var _document$querySelect; // STS is missing on embedded player. Retrieve from player base script as fallback... const playerBaseJsPath = (_document$querySelect = document.querySelector('script[src*="/base.js"]')) === null || _document$querySelect === void 0 ? void 0 : _document$querySelect.src; if (!playerBaseJsPath) return; const xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xmlhttp.open('GET', playerBaseJsPath, false); xmlhttp.send(null); return parseInt(xmlhttp.responseText.match(/signatureTimestamp:([0-9]*)/)[1]); })() ); } function isUserLoggedIn() { // LOGGED_IN doesn't exist on embedded page, use DELEGATED_SESSION_ID or SESSION_INDEX as fallback if (typeof getYtcfgValue('LOGGED_IN') === 'boolean') return getYtcfgValue('LOGGED_IN'); if (typeof getYtcfgValue('DELEGATED_SESSION_ID') === 'string') return true; if (parseInt(getYtcfgValue('SESSION_INDEX')) >= 0) return true; return false; } function getCurrentVideoStartTime(currentVideoId) { // Check if the URL corresponds to the requested video // This is not the case when the player gets preloaded for the next video in a playlist. if (window.location.href.includes(currentVideoId)) { var _ref; // "t"-param on youtu.be urls // "start"-param on embed player // "time_continue" when clicking "watch on youtube" on embedded player const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); const startTimeString = (_ref = urlParams.get('t') || urlParams.get('start') || urlParams.get('time_continue')) === null || _ref === void 0 ? void 0 : _ref.replace('s', ''); if (startTimeString && !isNaN(startTimeString)) { return parseInt(startTimeString); } } return 0; } function setUrlParams(params) { const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); for (const paramName in params) { urlParams.set(paramName, params[paramName]); } window.location.search = urlParams; } function waitForElement(elementSelector, timeout) { const deferred = new Deferred(); const checkDomInterval = setInterval(() => { const elem = document.querySelector(elementSelector); if (elem) { clearInterval(checkDomInterval); deferred.resolve(elem); } }, 100); if (timeout) { setTimeout(() => { clearInterval(checkDomInterval); deferred.reject(); }, timeout); } return deferred; } function parseRelativeUrl(url) { if (typeof url !== 'string') { return null; } if (url.indexOf('/') === 0) { url = window.location.origin + url; } try { return url.indexOf('https://') === 0 ? new window.URL(url) : null; } catch { return null; } } function isWatchNextObject(parsedData) { var _parsedData$currentVi; if ( !(parsedData !== null && parsedData !== void 0 && parsedData.contents) || !(parsedData !== null && parsedData !== void 0 && (_parsedData$currentVi = parsedData.currentVideoEndpoint) !== null && _parsedData$currentVi !== void 0 && (_parsedData$currentVi = _parsedData$currentVi.watchEndpoint) !== null && _parsedData$currentVi !== void 0 && _parsedData$currentVi.videoId) ) return false; return !!parsedData.contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults || !!parsedData.contents.singleColumnWatchNextResults; } function isWatchNextSidebarEmpty(parsedData) { var _parsedData$contents2, _content$find; if (isDesktop) { var _parsedData$contents; // WEB response layout const result = (_parsedData$contents = parsedData.contents) === null || _parsedData$contents === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents = _parsedData$contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults) === null || _parsedData$contents === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents = _parsedData$contents.secondaryResults) === null || _parsedData$contents === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents = _parsedData$contents.secondaryResults) === null || _parsedData$contents === void 0 ? void 0 : _parsedData$contents.results; return !result; } // MWEB response layout const content = (_parsedData$contents2 = parsedData.contents) === null || _parsedData$contents2 === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents2 = _parsedData$contents2.singleColumnWatchNextResults) === null || _parsedData$contents2 === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents2 = _parsedData$contents2.results) === null || _parsedData$contents2 === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents2 = _parsedData$contents2.results) === null || _parsedData$contents2 === void 0 ? void 0 : _parsedData$contents2.contents; const result = content === null || content === void 0 || (_content$find = content.find((e) => { var _e$itemSectionRendere; return ((_e$itemSectionRendere = e.itemSectionRenderer) === null || _e$itemSectionRendere === void 0 ? void 0 : _e$itemSectionRendere.targetId) === 'watch-next-feed'; })) === null || _content$find === void 0 ? void 0 : _content$find.itemSectionRenderer; return typeof result !== 'object'; } function isPlayerObject(parsedData) { return (parsedData === null || parsedData === void 0 ? void 0 : parsedData.videoDetails) && (parsedData === null || parsedData === void 0 ? void 0 : parsedData.playabilityStatus); } function isEmbeddedPlayerObject(parsedData) { return typeof (parsedData === null || parsedData === void 0 ? void 0 : parsedData.previewPlayabilityStatus) === 'object'; } function isAgeRestricted(playabilityStatus) { var _playabilityStatus$er; if (!(playabilityStatus !== null && playabilityStatus !== void 0 && playabilityStatus.status)) return false; if (playabilityStatus.desktopLegacyAgeGateReason) return true; if (Config.UNLOCKABLE_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES.includes(playabilityStatus.status)) return true; // Fix to detect age restrictions on embed player // see https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/issues/85#issuecomment-946853553 return ( isEmbed && ((_playabilityStatus$er = playabilityStatus.errorScreen) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.playerErrorMessageRenderer) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.reason) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.runs) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.find((x) => x.navigationEndpoint)) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.navigationEndpoint) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.urlEndpoint) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 || (_playabilityStatus$er = _playabilityStatus$er.url) === null || _playabilityStatus$er === void 0 ? void 0 : _playabilityStatus$er.includes('/2802167')) ); } function isSearchResult(parsedData) { var _parsedData$contents3, _parsedData$contents4, _parsedData$onRespons; return ( typeof (parsedData === null || parsedData === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents3 = parsedData.contents) === null || _parsedData$contents3 === void 0 ? void 0 : _parsedData$contents3.twoColumnSearchResultsRenderer) === 'object' // Desktop initial results || (parsedData === null || parsedData === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents4 = parsedData.contents) === null || _parsedData$contents4 === void 0 || (_parsedData$contents4 = _parsedData$contents4.sectionListRenderer) === null || _parsedData$contents4 === void 0 ? void 0 : _parsedData$contents4.targetId) === 'search-feed' // Mobile initial results || (parsedData === null || parsedData === void 0 || (_parsedData$onRespons = parsedData.onResponseReceivedCommands) === null || _parsedData$onRespons === void 0 || (_parsedData$onRespons = _parsedData$onRespons.find((x) => x.appendContinuationItemsAction)) === null || _parsedData$onRespons === void 0 || (_parsedData$onRespons = _parsedData$onRespons.appendContinuationItemsAction) === null || _parsedData$onRespons === void 0 ? void 0 : _parsedData$onRespons.targetId) === 'search-feed' // Desktop & Mobile scroll continuation ); } function attach$4(obj, prop, onCall) { if (!obj || typeof obj[prop] !== 'function') { return; } let original = obj[prop]; obj[prop] = function() { try { onCall(arguments); } catch {} original.apply(this, arguments); }; } const logPrefix = '%cSimple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass:'; const logPrefixStyle = 'background-color: #1e5c85; color: #fff; font-size: 1.2em;'; const logSuffix = '\uD83D\uDC1E You can report bugs at: https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/issues'; function error(err, msg) { console.error(logPrefix, logPrefixStyle, msg, err, getYtcfgDebugString(), '\n\n', logSuffix); if (window.SYARB_CONFIG) { window.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent('SYARB_LOG_ERROR', { detail: { message: (msg ? msg + '; ' : '') + (err && err.message ? err.message : ''), stack: err && err.stack ? err.stack : null, }, }), ); } } function info(msg) { console.info(logPrefix, logPrefixStyle, msg); if (window.SYARB_CONFIG) { window.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent('SYARB_LOG_INFO', { detail: { message: msg, }, }), ); } } function getYtcfgDebugString() { try { return ( `InnertubeConfig: ` + `innertubeApiKey: ${getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_API_KEY')} ` + `innertubeClientName: ${getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CLIENT_NAME')} ` + `innertubeClientVersion: ${getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CLIENT_VERSION')} ` + `loggedIn: ${getYtcfgValue('LOGGED_IN')} ` ); } catch (err) { return `Failed to access config: ${err}`; } } /** * And here we deal with YouTube's crappy initial data (present in page source) and the problems that occur when intercepting that data. * YouTube has some protections in place that make it difficult to intercept and modify the global ytInitialPlayerResponse variable. * The easiest way would be to set a descriptor on that variable to change the value directly on declaration. * But some adblockers define their own descriptors on the ytInitialPlayerResponse variable, which makes it hard to register another descriptor on it. * As a workaround only the relevant playerResponse property of the ytInitialPlayerResponse variable will be intercepted. * This is achieved by defining a descriptor on the object prototype for that property, which affects any object with a `playerResponse` property. */ function attach$3(onInitialData) { interceptObjectProperty('playerResponse', (obj, playerResponse) => { info(`playerResponse property set, contains sidebar: ${!!obj.response}`); // The same object also contains the sidebar data and video description if (isObject(obj.response)) onInitialData(obj.response); // If the script is executed too late and the bootstrap data has already been processed, // a reload of the player can be forced by creating a deep copy of the object. // This is especially relevant if the userscript manager does not handle the `@run-at document-start` correctly. playerResponse.unlocked = false; onInitialData(playerResponse); return playerResponse.unlocked ? createDeepCopy(playerResponse) : playerResponse; }); // The global `ytInitialData` variable can be modified on the fly. // It contains search results, sidebar data and meta information // Not really important but fixes https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/issues/127 window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => { if (isObject(window.ytInitialData)) { onInitialData(window.ytInitialData); } }); } function interceptObjectProperty(prop, onSet) { var _Object$getOwnPropert; // Allow other userscripts to decorate this descriptor, if they do something similar const dataKey = '__SYARB_' + prop; const { get: getter, set: setter } = (_Object$getOwnPropert = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Object.prototype, prop)) !== null && _Object$getOwnPropert !== void 0 ? _Object$getOwnPropert : { set(value) { this[dataKey] = value; }, get() { return this[dataKey]; }, }; // Intercept the given property on any object // The assigned attribute value and the context (enclosing object) are passed to the onSet function. Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, prop, { set(value) { setter.call(this, isObject(value) ? onSet(this, value) : value); }, get() { return getter.call(this); }, configurable: true, }); } // Intercept, inspect and modify JSON-based communication to unlock player responses by hijacking the JSON.parse function function attach$2(onJsonDataReceived) { window.JSON.parse = function() { const data = nativeJSONParse.apply(this, arguments); return isObject(data) ? onJsonDataReceived(data) : data; }; } function attach$1(onRequestCreate) { if (typeof window.Request !== 'function') { return; } window.Request = new Proxy(window.Request, { construct(target, args) { const [url, options] = args; try { const parsedUrl = parseRelativeUrl(url); const modifiedUrl = onRequestCreate(parsedUrl, options); if (modifiedUrl) { args[0] = modifiedUrl.toString(); } } catch (err) { error(err, `Failed to intercept Request()`); } return Reflect.construct(...arguments); }, }); } function attach(onXhrOpenCalled) { XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function(method, url) { try { let parsedUrl = parseRelativeUrl(url); if (parsedUrl) { const modifiedUrl = onXhrOpenCalled(method, parsedUrl, this); if (modifiedUrl) { arguments[1] = modifiedUrl.toString(); } } } catch (err) { error(err, `Failed to intercept XMLHttpRequest.open()`); } nativeXMLHttpRequestOpen.apply(this, arguments); }; } const localStoragePrefix = 'SYARB_'; function set(key, value) { localStorage.setItem(localStoragePrefix + key, JSON.stringify(value)); } function get(key) { try { return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(localStoragePrefix + key)); } catch { return null; } } function getPlayer$1(payload, useAuth) { return sendInnertubeRequest('v1/player', payload, useAuth); } function getNext$1(payload, useAuth) { return sendInnertubeRequest('v1/next', payload, useAuth); } function sendInnertubeRequest(endpoint, payload, useAuth) { const xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xmlhttp.open('POST', `/youtubei/${endpoint}?key=${getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_API_KEY')}&prettyPrint=false`, false); if (useAuth && isUserLoggedIn()) { xmlhttp.withCredentials = true; Config.GOOGLE_AUTH_HEADER_NAMES.forEach((headerName) => { xmlhttp.setRequestHeader(headerName, get(headerName)); }); } xmlhttp.send(JSON.stringify(payload)); return nativeJSONParse(xmlhttp.responseText); } var innertube = { getPlayer: getPlayer$1, getNext: getNext$1, }; let nextResponseCache = {}; function getGoogleVideoUrl(originalUrl) { return Config.VIDEO_PROXY_SERVER_HOST + '/direct/' + btoa(originalUrl.toString()); } function getPlayer(payload) { // Also request the /next response if a later /next request is likely. if (!nextResponseCache[payload.videoId] && !isMusic && !isEmbed) { payload.includeNext = 1; } return sendRequest('getPlayer', payload); } function getNext(payload) { // Next response already cached? => Return cached content if (nextResponseCache[payload.videoId]) { return nextResponseCache[payload.videoId]; } return sendRequest('getNext', payload); } function sendRequest(endpoint, payload) { const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(payload); const proxyUrl = `${Config.ACCOUNT_PROXY_SERVER_HOST}/${endpoint}?${queryParams}&client=js`; try { const xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xmlhttp.open('GET', proxyUrl, false); xmlhttp.send(null); const proxyResponse = nativeJSONParse(xmlhttp.responseText); // Mark request as 'proxied' proxyResponse.proxied = true; // Put included /next response in the cache if (proxyResponse.nextResponse) { nextResponseCache[payload.videoId] = proxyResponse.nextResponse; delete proxyResponse.nextResponse; } return proxyResponse; } catch (err) { error(err, 'Proxy API Error'); return { errorMessage: 'Proxy Connection failed' }; } } var proxy = { getPlayer, getNext, getGoogleVideoUrl, }; function getUnlockStrategies$1(videoId, lastPlayerUnlockReason) { var _getYtcfgValue$client; const clientName = getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CLIENT_NAME') || 'WEB'; const clientVersion = getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CLIENT_VERSION') || '2.20220203.04.00'; const hl = getYtcfgValue('HL'); const userInterfaceTheme = (_getYtcfgValue$client = getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CONTEXT').client.userInterfaceTheme) !== null && _getYtcfgValue$client !== void 0 ? _getYtcfgValue$client : document.documentElement.hasAttribute('dark') ? 'USER_INTERFACE_THEME_DARK' : 'USER_INTERFACE_THEME_LIGHT'; return [ /** * Retrieve the sidebar and video description by just adding `racyCheckOk` and `contentCheckOk` params * This strategy can be used to bypass content warnings */ { name: 'Content Warning Bypass', skip: !lastPlayerUnlockReason || !lastPlayerUnlockReason.includes('CHECK_REQUIRED'), optionalAuth: true, payload: { context: { client: { clientName, clientVersion, hl, userInterfaceTheme, }, }, videoId, racyCheckOk: true, contentCheckOk: true, }, endpoint: innertube, }, /** * Retrieve the sidebar and video description from an account proxy server. * Session cookies of an age-verified Google account are stored on server side. * See https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/tree/main/account-proxy */ { name: 'Account Proxy', payload: { videoId, clientName, clientVersion, hl, userInterfaceTheme, isEmbed: +isEmbed, isConfirmed: +isConfirmed, }, endpoint: proxy, }, ]; } function getUnlockStrategies(videoId, reason) { const clientName = getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CLIENT_NAME') || 'WEB'; const clientVersion = getYtcfgValue('INNERTUBE_CLIENT_VERSION') || '2.20220203.04.00'; const signatureTimestamp = getSignatureTimestamp(); const startTimeSecs = getCurrentVideoStartTime(videoId); const hl = getYtcfgValue('HL'); return [ /** * Retrieve the video info by just adding `racyCheckOk` and `contentCheckOk` params * This strategy can be used to bypass content warnings */ { name: 'Content Warning Bypass', skip: !reason || !reason.includes('CHECK_REQUIRED'), optionalAuth: true, payload: { context: { client: { clientName: clientName, clientVersion: clientVersion, hl, }, }, playbackContext: { contentPlaybackContext: { signatureTimestamp, }, }, videoId, startTimeSecs, racyCheckOk: true, contentCheckOk: true, }, endpoint: innertube, }, /** * Retrieve the video info by using the TVHTML5 Embedded client * This client has no age restrictions in place (2022-03-28) * See https://github.com/zerodytrash/YouTube-Internal-Clients */ { name: 'TV Embedded Player', requiresAuth: false, payload: { context: { client: { clientName: 'TVHTML5_SIMPLY_EMBEDDED_PLAYER', clientVersion: '2.0', clientScreen: 'WATCH', hl, }, thirdParty: { embedUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/', }, }, playbackContext: { contentPlaybackContext: { signatureTimestamp, }, }, videoId, startTimeSecs, racyCheckOk: true, contentCheckOk: true, }, endpoint: innertube, }, /** * Retrieve the video info by using the WEB_CREATOR client in combination with user authentication * Requires that the user is logged in. Can bypass the tightened age verification in the EU. * See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/600 */ { name: 'Creator + Auth', requiresAuth: true, payload: { context: { client: { clientName: 'WEB_CREATOR', clientVersion: '1.20210909.07.00', hl, }, }, playbackContext: { contentPlaybackContext: { signatureTimestamp, }, }, videoId, startTimeSecs, racyCheckOk: true, contentCheckOk: true, }, endpoint: innertube, }, /** * Retrieve the video info from an account proxy server. * Session cookies of an age-verified Google account are stored on server side. * See https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/tree/main/account-proxy */ { name: 'Account Proxy', payload: { videoId, reason, clientName, clientVersion, signatureTimestamp, startTimeSecs, hl, isEmbed: +isEmbed, isConfirmed: +isConfirmed, }, endpoint: proxy, }, ]; } var buttonTemplate = '<div style="margin-top: 15px !important; padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px; margin: 0px auto; background-color: #4d4d4d; width: fit-content; font-size: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; border-radius: 3px; cursor: pointer;">\n <div class="button-text"></div>\n</div>'; let buttons = {}; async function addButton(id, text, backgroundColor, onClick) { const errorScreenElement = await waitForElement('.ytp-error', 2000); const buttonElement = createElement('div', { class: 'button-container', innerHTML: buttonTemplate }); buttonElement.getElementsByClassName('button-text')[0].innerText = text; if (backgroundColor) { buttonElement.querySelector(':scope > div').style['background-color'] = backgroundColor; } if (typeof onClick === 'function') { buttonElement.addEventListener('click', onClick); } // Button already attached? if (buttons[id] && buttons[id].isConnected) { return; } buttons[id] = buttonElement; errorScreenElement.append(buttonElement); } function removeButton(id) { if (buttons[id] && buttons[id].isConnected) { buttons[id].remove(); } } const confirmationButtonId = 'confirmButton'; const confirmationButtonText = 'Click to unlock'; function isConfirmationRequired() { return !isConfirmed && isEmbed && Config.ENABLE_UNLOCK_CONFIRMATION_EMBED; } function requestConfirmation() { addButton(confirmationButtonId, confirmationButtonText, null, () => { removeButton(confirmationButtonId); confirm(); }); } function confirm() { setUrlParams({ unlock_confirmed: 1, autoplay: 1, }); } var tDesktop = '<tp-yt-paper-toast></tp-yt-paper-toast>\n'; var tMobile = '<c3-toast>\n <ytm-notification-action-renderer>\n <div class="notification-action-response-text"></div>\n </ytm-notification-action-renderer>\n</c3-toast>\n'; const template = isDesktop ? tDesktop : tMobile; const nToastContainer = createElement('div', { id: 'toast-container', innerHTML: template }); const nToast = nToastContainer.querySelector(':scope > *'); // On YT Music show the toast above the player controls if (isMusic) { nToast.style['margin-bottom'] = '85px'; } if (!isDesktop) { nToast.nMessage = nToast.querySelector('.notification-action-response-text'); nToast.show = (message) => { nToast.nMessage.innerText = message; nToast.setAttribute('dir', 'in'); setTimeout(() => { nToast.setAttribute('dir', 'out'); }, nToast.duration + 225); }; } async function show(message, duration = 5) { if (!Config.ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFICATION) return; if (isEmbed) return; await pageLoaded(); // Do not show notification when tab is in background if (document.visibilityState === 'hidden') return; // Append toast container to DOM, if not already done if (!nToastContainer.isConnected) document.documentElement.append(nToastContainer); nToast.duration = duration * 1000; nToast.show(message); } var Toast = { show }; const messagesMap = { success: 'Age-restricted video successfully unlocked!', fail: 'Unable to unlock this video 🙁 - More information in the developer console', }; let lastPlayerUnlockVideoId = null; let lastPlayerUnlockReason = null; let lastProxiedGoogleVideoUrlParams; let cachedPlayerResponse = {}; function getLastProxiedGoogleVideoId() { var _lastProxiedGoogleVid; return (_lastProxiedGoogleVid = lastProxiedGoogleVideoUrlParams) === null || _lastProxiedGoogleVid === void 0 ? void 0 : _lastProxiedGoogleVid.get('id'); } function unlockResponse$1(playerResponse) { var _playerResponse$video, _playerResponse$playa, _playerResponse$previ, _unlockedPlayerRespon, _unlockedPlayerRespon3; // Check if the user has to confirm the unlock first if (isConfirmationRequired()) { info('Unlock confirmation required.'); requestConfirmation(); return; } const videoId = ((_playerResponse$video = playerResponse.videoDetails) === null || _playerResponse$video === void 0 ? void 0 : _playerResponse$video.videoId) || getYtcfgValue('PLAYER_VARS').video_id; const reason = ((_playerResponse$playa = playerResponse.playabilityStatus) === null || _playerResponse$playa === void 0 ? void 0 : _playerResponse$playa.status) || ((_playerResponse$previ = playerResponse.previewPlayabilityStatus) === null || _playerResponse$previ === void 0 ? void 0 : _playerResponse$previ.status); if (!Config.SKIP_CONTENT_WARNINGS && reason.includes('CHECK_REQUIRED')) { info(`SKIP_CONTENT_WARNINGS disabled and ${reason} status detected.`); return; } lastPlayerUnlockVideoId = videoId; lastPlayerUnlockReason = reason; const unlockedPlayerResponse = getUnlockedPlayerResponse(videoId, reason); // account proxy error? if (unlockedPlayerResponse.errorMessage) { Toast.show(`${messagesMap.fail} (ProxyError)`, 10); throw new Error(`Player Unlock Failed, Proxy Error Message: ${unlockedPlayerResponse.errorMessage}`); } // check if the unlocked response isn't playable if ( !Config.VALID_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES.includes( (_unlockedPlayerRespon = unlockedPlayerResponse.playabilityStatus) === null || _unlockedPlayerRespon === void 0 ? void 0 : _unlockedPlayerRespon.status, ) ) { var _unlockedPlayerRespon2; Toast.show(`${messagesMap.fail} (PlayabilityError)`, 10); throw new Error( `Player Unlock Failed, playabilityStatus: ${ (_unlockedPlayerRespon2 = unlockedPlayerResponse.playabilityStatus) === null || _unlockedPlayerRespon2 === void 0 ? void 0 : _unlockedPlayerRespon2.status }`, ); } // if the video info was retrieved via proxy, store the URL params from the url-attribute to detect later if the requested video file (googlevideo.com) need a proxy. if ( unlockedPlayerResponse.proxied && (_unlockedPlayerRespon3 = unlockedPlayerResponse.streamingData) !== null && _unlockedPlayerRespon3 !== void 0 && _unlockedPlayerRespon3.adaptiveFormats ) { var _unlockedPlayerRespon4, _unlockedPlayerRespon5; const cipherText = (_unlockedPlayerRespon4 = unlockedPlayerResponse.streamingData.adaptiveFormats.find((x) => x.signatureCipher )) === null || _unlockedPlayerRespon4 === void 0 ? void 0 : _unlockedPlayerRespon4.signatureCipher; const videoUrl = cipherText ? new URLSearchParams(cipherText).get('url') : (_unlockedPlayerRespon5 = unlockedPlayerResponse.streamingData.adaptiveFormats.find((x) => x.url)) === null || _unlockedPlayerRespon5 === void 0 ? void 0 : _unlockedPlayerRespon5.url; lastProxiedGoogleVideoUrlParams = videoUrl ? new URLSearchParams(new window.URL(videoUrl).search) : null; } // Overwrite the embedded (preview) playabilityStatus with the unlocked one if (playerResponse.previewPlayabilityStatus) { playerResponse.previewPlayabilityStatus = unlockedPlayerResponse.playabilityStatus; } // Transfer all unlocked properties to the original player response Object.assign(playerResponse, unlockedPlayerResponse); playerResponse.unlocked = true; Toast.show(messagesMap.success); } function getUnlockedPlayerResponse(videoId, reason) { // Check if response is cached if (cachedPlayerResponse.videoId === videoId) return createDeepCopy(cachedPlayerResponse); const unlockStrategies = getUnlockStrategies(videoId, reason); let unlockedPlayerResponse = {}; // Try every strategy until one of them works unlockStrategies.every((strategy, index) => { var _unlockedPlayerRespon6; // Skip strategy if authentication is required and the user is not logged in if (strategy.skip || strategy.requiresAuth && !isUserLoggedIn()) return true; info(`Trying Player Unlock Method #${index + 1} (${strategy.name})`); try { unlockedPlayerResponse = strategy.endpoint.getPlayer(strategy.payload, strategy.requiresAuth || strategy.optionalAuth); } catch (err) { error(err, `Player Unlock Method ${index + 1} failed with exception`); } const isStatusValid = Config.VALID_PLAYABILITY_STATUSES.includes( (_unlockedPlayerRespon6 = unlockedPlayerResponse) === null || _unlockedPlayerRespon6 === void 0 || (_unlockedPlayerRespon6 = _unlockedPlayerRespon6.playabilityStatus) === null || _unlockedPlayerRespon6 === void 0 ? void 0 : _unlockedPlayerRespon6.status, ); if (isStatusValid) { var _unlockedPlayerRespon7; /** * Workaround: https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/issues/191 * * YouTube checks if the `trackingParams` in the response matches the decoded `trackingParam` in `responseContext.mainAppWebResponseContext`. * However, sometimes the response does not include the `trackingParam` in the `responseContext`, causing the check to fail. * * This workaround addresses the issue by hardcoding the `trackingParams` in the response context. */ if ( !unlockedPlayerResponse.trackingParams || !((_unlockedPlayerRespon7 = unlockedPlayerResponse.responseContext) !== null && _unlockedPlayerRespon7 !== void 0 && (_unlockedPlayerRespon7 = _unlockedPlayerRespon7.mainAppWebResponseContext) !== null && _unlockedPlayerRespon7 !== void 0 && _unlockedPlayerRespon7.trackingParam) ) { unlockedPlayerResponse.trackingParams = 'CAAQu2kiEwjor8uHyOL_AhWOvd4KHavXCKw='; unlockedPlayerResponse.responseContext = { mainAppWebResponseContext: { trackingParam: 'kx_fmPxhoPZRzgL8kzOwANUdQh8ZwHTREkw2UqmBAwpBYrzRgku*msNLBwOcCE59TDtslLKPQ-SS', }, }; } /** * Workaround: Account proxy response currently does not include `playerConfig` * * Stays here until we rewrite the account proxy to only include the necessary and bare minimum response */ if (strategy.payload.startTimeSecs && strategy.name === 'Account Proxy') { unlockedPlayerResponse.playerConfig = { playbackStartConfig: { startSeconds: strategy.payload.startTimeSecs, }, }; } } return !isStatusValid; }); // Cache response to prevent a flood of requests in case youtube processes a blocked response mutiple times. cachedPlayerResponse = { videoId, ...createDeepCopy(unlockedPlayerResponse) }; return unlockedPlayerResponse; } let cachedNextResponse = {}; function unlockResponse(originalNextResponse) { const videoId = originalNextResponse.currentVideoEndpoint.watchEndpoint.videoId; if (!videoId) { throw new Error(`Missing videoId in nextResponse`); } // Only unlock the /next response when the player has been unlocked as well if (videoId !== lastPlayerUnlockVideoId) { return; } const unlockedNextResponse = getUnlockedNextResponse(videoId); // check if the sidebar of the unlocked response is still empty if (isWatchNextSidebarEmpty(unlockedNextResponse)) { throw new Error(`Sidebar Unlock Failed`); } // Transfer some parts of the unlocked response to the original response mergeNextResponse(originalNextResponse, unlockedNextResponse); } function getUnlockedNextResponse(videoId) { // Check if response is cached if (cachedNextResponse.videoId === videoId) return createDeepCopy(cachedNextResponse); const unlockStrategies = getUnlockStrategies$1(videoId, lastPlayerUnlockReason); let unlockedNextResponse = {}; // Try every strategy until one of them works unlockStrategies.every((strategy, index) => { if (strategy.skip) return true; info(`Trying Next Unlock Method #${index + 1} (${strategy.name})`); try { unlockedNextResponse = strategy.endpoint.getNext(strategy.payload, strategy.optionalAuth); } catch (err) { error(err, `Next Unlock Method ${index + 1} failed with exception`); } return isWatchNextSidebarEmpty(unlockedNextResponse); }); // Cache response to prevent a flood of requests in case youtube processes a blocked response mutiple times. cachedNextResponse = { videoId, ...createDeepCopy(unlockedNextResponse) }; return unlockedNextResponse; } function mergeNextResponse(originalNextResponse, unlockedNextResponse) { var _unlockedNextResponse; if (isDesktop) { // Transfer WatchNextResults to original response originalNextResponse.contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults.secondaryResults = unlockedNextResponse.contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults.secondaryResults; // Transfer video description to original response const originalVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer = originalNextResponse.contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults.results.results.contents.find( (x) => x.videoSecondaryInfoRenderer, ).videoSecondaryInfoRenderer; const unlockedVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer = unlockedNextResponse.contents.twoColumnWatchNextResults.results.results.contents.find( (x) => x.videoSecondaryInfoRenderer, ).videoSecondaryInfoRenderer; // TODO: Throw if description not found? if (unlockedVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer.description) { originalVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer.description = unlockedVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer.description; } else if (unlockedVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer.attributedDescription) { originalVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer.attributedDescription = unlockedVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer.attributedDescription; } return; } // Transfer WatchNextResults to original response const unlockedWatchNextFeed = (_unlockedNextResponse = unlockedNextResponse.contents) === null || _unlockedNextResponse === void 0 || (_unlockedNextResponse = _unlockedNextResponse.singleColumnWatchNextResults) === null || _unlockedNextResponse === void 0 || (_unlockedNextResponse = _unlockedNextResponse.results) === null || _unlockedNextResponse === void 0 || (_unlockedNextResponse = _unlockedNextResponse.results) === null || _unlockedNextResponse === void 0 || (_unlockedNextResponse = _unlockedNextResponse.contents) === null || _unlockedNextResponse === void 0 ? void 0 : _unlockedNextResponse.find( (x) => { var _x$itemSectionRendere; return ((_x$itemSectionRendere = x.itemSectionRenderer) === null || _x$itemSectionRendere === void 0 ? void 0 : _x$itemSectionRendere.targetId) === 'watch-next-feed'; }, ); if (unlockedWatchNextFeed) originalNextResponse.contents.singleColumnWatchNextResults.results.results.contents.push(unlockedWatchNextFeed); // Transfer video description to original response const originalStructuredDescriptionContentRenderer = originalNextResponse.engagementPanels .find((x) => x.engagementPanelSectionListRenderer) .engagementPanelSectionListRenderer.content.structuredDescriptionContentRenderer.items.find((x) => x.expandableVideoDescriptionBodyRenderer); const unlockedStructuredDescriptionContentRenderer = unlockedNextResponse.engagementPanels .find((x) => x.engagementPanelSectionListRenderer) .engagementPanelSectionListRenderer.content.structuredDescriptionContentRenderer.items.find((x) => x.expandableVideoDescriptionBodyRenderer); if (unlockedStructuredDescriptionContentRenderer.expandableVideoDescriptionBodyRenderer) { originalStructuredDescriptionContentRenderer.expandableVideoDescriptionBodyRenderer = unlockedStructuredDescriptionContentRenderer.expandableVideoDescriptionBodyRenderer; } } /** * Handles XMLHttpRequests and * - Rewrite Googlevideo URLs to Proxy URLs (if necessary) * - Store auth headers for the authentication of further unlock requests. * - Add "content check ok" flags to request bodys */ function handleXhrOpen(method, url, xhr) { let proxyUrl = unlockGoogleVideo(url); if (proxyUrl) { // Exclude credentials from XMLHttpRequest Object.defineProperty(xhr, 'withCredentials', { set: () => {}, get: () => false, }); return proxyUrl; } if (url.pathname.indexOf('/youtubei/') === 0) { // Store auth headers in storage for further usage. attach$4(xhr, 'setRequestHeader', ([headerName, headerValue]) => { if (Config.GOOGLE_AUTH_HEADER_NAMES.includes(headerName)) { set(headerName, headerValue); } }); } if (Config.SKIP_CONTENT_WARNINGS && method === 'POST' && ['/youtubei/v1/player', '/youtubei/v1/next'].includes(url.pathname)) { // Add content check flags to player and next request (this will skip content warnings) attach$4(xhr, 'send', (args) => { if (typeof args[0] === 'string') { args[0] = setContentCheckOk(args[0]); } }); } } /** * Handles Fetch requests and * - Rewrite Googlevideo URLs to Proxy URLs (if necessary) * - Store auth headers for the authentication of further unlock requests. * - Add "content check ok" flags to request bodys */ function handleFetchRequest(url, requestOptions) { let newGoogleVideoUrl = unlockGoogleVideo(url); if (newGoogleVideoUrl) { // Exclude credentials from Fetch Request if (requestOptions.credentials) { requestOptions.credentials = 'omit'; } return newGoogleVideoUrl; } if (url.pathname.indexOf('/youtubei/') === 0 && isObject(requestOptions.headers)) { // Store auth headers in authStorage for further usage. for (let headerName in requestOptions.headers) { if (Config.GOOGLE_AUTH_HEADER_NAMES.includes(headerName)) { set(headerName, requestOptions.headers[headerName]); } } } if (Config.SKIP_CONTENT_WARNINGS && ['/youtubei/v1/player', '/youtubei/v1/next'].includes(url.pathname)) { // Add content check flags to player and next request (this will skip content warnings) requestOptions.body = setContentCheckOk(requestOptions.body); } } /** * If the account proxy was used to retrieve the video info, the following applies: * some video files (mostly music videos) can only be accessed from IPs in the same country as the innertube api request (/youtubei/v1/player) was made. * to get around this, the googlevideo URL will be replaced with a web-proxy URL in the same country (US). * this is only required if the "gcr=[countrycode]" flag is set in the googlevideo-url... * @returns The rewitten url (if a proxy is required) */ function unlockGoogleVideo(url) { if (Config.VIDEO_PROXY_SERVER_HOST && isGoogleVideoUrl(url)) { if (isGoogleVideoUnlockRequired(url, getLastProxiedGoogleVideoId())) { return proxy.getGoogleVideoUrl(url); } } } /** * Adds `contentCheckOk` and `racyCheckOk` to the given json data (if the data contains a video id) * @returns {string} The modified json */ function setContentCheckOk(bodyJson) { try { let parsedBody = JSON.parse(bodyJson); if (parsedBody.videoId) { parsedBody.contentCheckOk = true; parsedBody.racyCheckOk = true; return JSON.stringify(parsedBody); } } catch {} return bodyJson; } function processThumbnails(responseObject) { const thumbnails = findNestedObjectsByAttributeNames(responseObject, ['url', 'height']); let blurredThumbnailCount = 0; for (const thumbnail of thumbnails) { if (isThumbnailBlurred(thumbnail)) { blurredThumbnailCount++; thumbnail.url = thumbnail.url.split('?')[0]; } } info(blurredThumbnailCount + '/' + thumbnails.length + ' thumbnails detected as blurred.'); } function isThumbnailBlurred(thumbnail) { const hasSQPParam = thumbnail.url.indexOf('?sqp=') !== -1; if (!hasSQPParam) { return false; } const SQPLength = new URL(thumbnail.url).searchParams.get('sqp').length; const isBlurred = Config.BLURRED_THUMBNAIL_SQP_LENGTHS.includes(SQPLength); return isBlurred; } try { attach$3(processYtData); attach$2(processYtData); attach(handleXhrOpen); attach$1(handleFetchRequest); } catch (err) { error(err, 'Error while attaching data interceptors'); } function processYtData(ytData) { try { // Player Unlock #1: Initial page data structure and response from `/youtubei/v1/player` XHR request if (isPlayerObject(ytData) && isAgeRestricted(ytData.playabilityStatus)) { unlockResponse$1(ytData); } // Player Unlock #2: Embedded Player inital data structure else if (isEmbeddedPlayerObject(ytData) && isAgeRestricted(ytData.previewPlayabilityStatus)) { unlockResponse$1(ytData); } } catch (err) { error(err, 'Video unlock failed'); } try { // Unlock sidebar watch next feed (sidebar) and video description if (isWatchNextObject(ytData) && isWatchNextSidebarEmpty(ytData)) { unlockResponse(ytData); } // Mobile version if (isWatchNextObject(ytData.response) && isWatchNextSidebarEmpty(ytData.response)) { unlockResponse(ytData.response); } } catch (err) { error(err, 'Sidebar unlock failed'); } try { // Unlock blurry video thumbnails in search results if (isSearchResult(ytData)) { processThumbnails(ytData); } } catch (err) { error(err, 'Thumbnail unlock failed'); } return ytData; }})();
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