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[YouTube] Support more YouTube channel URLs #1442

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Support more YouTube channels
G-flat Jan 26, 2026
345c7f4
Fix checkstyle issue
G-flat Jan 30, 2026
75a4ccb
Add tests for newly supported channel URLs and fix regression
G-flat Jan 30, 2026
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Add more tests for invalid channel URL patterns
TobiGr Jan 30, 2026
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14 changes: 6 additions & 8 deletions ...habi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
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Expand Up @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ public String getUrl(final String id,
* @return whether the value conform to short channel URLs
*/
private boolean isCustomShortChannelUrl(@Nonnull final String[] splitPath) {
return splitPath.length == 1 && !EXCLUDED_SEGMENTS.matcher(splitPath[0]).matches();
return splitPath.length == 1 && !splitPath[0].isEmpty()
&& !EXCLUDED_SEGMENTS.matcher(splitPath[0]).matches();
}

/**
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// Remove leading "/"
path = path.substring(1);

String[] splitPath = path.split("/");
final String[] splitPath = path.split("/");

if (isHandle(splitPath)) {
// Handle YouTube handle URLs like youtube.com/@yourhandle
if (isHandle(splitPath) || isCustomShortChannelUrl(splitPath)) {
// Handle YouTube handle URLs like youtube.com/@yourhandle and
// custom short channel URLs like youtube.com/yourcustomname
return splitPath[0];
} else if (isCustomShortChannelUrl(splitPath)) {
// Handle custom short channel URLs like youtube.com/yourcustomname
path = "c/" + path;
splitPath = path.split("/");
}

if (!path.startsWith("user/") && !path.startsWith("channel/")
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion ...a/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactoryTest.java
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Expand Up @@ -53,12 +53,18 @@ void acceptUrlTest() throws ParsingException {

// do not accept URLs which are not channels
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZViOEv90dI&t=100"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=uEJuoEs1UxY"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW5y1tjAOzI3orQNF1yGGVL5x-pR2K1d"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/playlist"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/embed/jZViOEv90dI"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/embed"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions?list=PLz8YL4HVC87WJQDzVoY943URKQCsHS9XV"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/?app=desktop&persist_app=1"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com/feed"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://www.youtube.com"));
assertFalse(linkHandler.acceptUrl("https://m.youtube.com/select_site"));
}

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assertEquals("@Gronkh", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/@Gronkh?ucbcb=1").getId());
assertEquals("@YouTubeCreators", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/@YouTubeCreators/shorts").getId());

assertEquals("PewDiePie", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/PewDiePie").getId());
assertEquals("DreamTraps", linkHandler.fromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/DreamTraps").getId());
}
}