👽️ Workaround for 404 avatars

- sometimes the rss feed channel_id is missing 'UC'

tests/test_youtube.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from yourss.model import RssFeed
 from yourss.youtube import (
     YoutubeScrapper,
+    youtube_get_metadata,
     youtube_get_rss_feed,
     yt_home_url,
     yt_html_get,
@@ -62,3 +63,9 @@ def test_slug_metadata():
         == "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa_Dlwrwv3ktrhCy91HpVRw"
     )
     assert metadata.avatar_url is not None
+
+def test_avatar():
+    metadata = youtube_get_metadata("@jonnygiger")
+    assert metadata is not None
+    print(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>", metadata.avatar_url)
+    assert metadata.avatar_url is not None

yourss/model.py

@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ def title(self) -> str:
     @property
     def channel_id(self) -> str:
         node = checknode(self.root.find("./yt:channelId", namespaces=NAMESPACES))
-        if node.text is not None:
-            return node.text
+        if (out := node.text) is not None:
+            # workaround, sometime channel id does not start with UC
+            if out.startswith("UC"):
+                return out
         # no channel id, parse the url to retrieve it
         params = parse_qs(urlparse(self.url).query)
         channel_id = params.get("channel_id")