Try out the Youtube API, see if we can get watch history

[Powersource]

Try out the Youtube API, see if we can get watch history

[ErikBjare]

The problem is how to call the YouTube API since we'd need to keep API credentials private which can't be done in our extension. I've been thinking about this in ActivityWatch before and come across the same issue, there might be a way around it, but I'm not sure.

[Powersource]

How much effort is it for a user to get a personal API key?

[ErikBjare]

@Powersource Quite a bit, might be acceptable for powerusers but really a terrible experience.

[vlthr]

Assuming there is some workable solution to the API key issue, the watch history used to be accessible as a pseudo-playlist under /channels/list -> contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.watchHistory. This seems to have been deprecated now though. Seems there is no sanctioned workaround, though it may be possible to manually GET and parse https://www.youtube.com/feed/history. This would at the very least require permissions in the manifest, and might be a bit of a pain since it needs to send the cookie along.