SlopTube
Command-line tool#
sloptube-cli drives the core library from a desktop shell. It is the fastest way to check a
parser change or an endpoint against the live service.
cmake --preset host-debug && cmake --build build/host-debug
build/host-debug/tools/cli/sloptube-cli <command> [args]
| Command | Output |
|---|---|
login / logout |
Device-flow sign-in (prints the code and URL) / forget the active account |
home, subs, history, playlists, shorts [pages] |
Feed items, following continuations as the app does (appendPage) |
search <query> [filters] |
Search results (with each channel's avatar URL). Filters: popular, hour, today, week, month, year, video, short, channel, playlist, movie, under3, medium, long, live, hd, 4k, subtitles |
suggest <partial query> |
Search suggestions |
playlist <id> [pages] |
Playlist entries |
watch <video id> |
Title, views, date, channel (subscribed?), likes, rating, comment count, description, chapters, related videos |
comments <video id> |
First comments page and the replies of the first thread that has some |
channel <channel id> |
Name, handle, subscribers, avatar, banner and every shelf |
tab <channel id> videos\|shorts\|live\|playlists [pages] |
One channel tab (MWEB), following continuations; nothing when the channel has no such tab |
chat <live video id> [polls] |
Live chat messages, polled as often as the server asks |
avatar <channel or video id> |
Avatar URL (anonymous MWEB lookups; a video id is resolved to its uploader first) |
accounts |
Profiles visible to the signed-in account |
posts [channel id] |
Posts of subscribed channels as the home feed shows them, or one channel's posts tab |
post <channel id> [index] |
One post of that channel opened like its page: post, comments, replies of the first thread with some |
player <video id> |
Playable formats (itag, resolution, bitrate, MIME type, segment length for a live stream) and storyboard levels |
The session lives in ~/.config/studio.kanye.sloptube/session.json (mode 0600). The CLI never
likes, subscribes or comments, so it is safe to run against a personal account.