[Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious.

[Cyanide-1]

Guidelines

• I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
• I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success.
• This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

How to achieve bug

1. go to data settings
2. click on "import subscriptions"
3. click on the desired file
4. no data is imported

Expected Behavior

clicking on the file should import the data into freetube.

Issue Labels

feature stopped working

FreeTube Version

0.18.0 Beta

Operating System Version

Void Linux x86-64 (Rolling Release)

Installation Method

Flathub

Primary API used

Invidious API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

0.18.0 Beta

Additional Information

basically i have tried importing data from every available source i could, none of it worked, not sure how to resolve this issue, i have use my freetube data from my last installation, as well as imported data using both invidious and newpipe, none of it seemed to register into freetube.

Nightly Build

• I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Hi @Cyanide-1 could u test this out using the latest nightly build. Or provide the file u would like to import so we can take a look.

[kwg]

I was able to duplicate the result with my subscription list from YT. After trial and error, I found a single entry to a channel that had been banned. I removed the channel and imported 477 entries without an issue.

With the entry left in, the import would freeze and never provide an error or finish.

Confirmed with the current release build and nightly build 3106.

[Cyanide-1]

Hi @Cyanide-1 could u test this out using the latest nightly build. Or provide the file u would like to import so we can take a look.

yeah sure give me a second

[Cyanide-1]

its not letting me upload the files for some reason, i suppose ill try it out on the lastest nightly build

[Cyanide-1]

I was able to duplicate the result with my subscription list from YT. After trial and error, I found a single entry to a channel that had been banned. I removed the channel and imported 477 entries without an issue.

With the entry left in, the import would freeze and never provide an error or finish.

Confirmed with the current release build and nightly build 3106.

this could be my issue, i have a large list and its likely one of the channels got banned or something

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

@kwg @Cyanide-1 is it possible for u to provide the files u want to import into FT, so we can take a look at it. Please keep the banned channels in the file because we would like to troubleshoot whats going wrong.

[kwg]

SubscriptionsError.csv
SubscriptionsNoError.csv

[whowantsmybigdata]

Same problem on kubuntu 22.04.1 with FT-version 0.18.
can't import anything although its only like 15 subs and nothing is banned/removed.
unfortunately nightly-3112 doesn't solve it

[absidue]

Are you all using the Invidious API as your primary API?

[whowantsmybigdata]

tried both local and invidious...
btw subscribing to any new channel in FT works

[kwg]

Both files I posted have the same behavior in both APIs. My complete (large) list only works in local. That looks like a different issue.

[Cyanide-1]

@kwg @Cyanide-1 is it possible for u to provide the files u want to import into FT, so we can take a look at it. Please keep the banned channels in the file because we would like to troubleshoot whats going wrong.

sorry for the wait, here is the link im trying to upload: https://jmp.sh/IDN9u99g

[Cyanide-1]

Are you all using the Invidious API as your primary API?

been trying it with both invidious API and without, still doent work for some reason

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Data dump incoming (All tests were conducted on Local API):

Testing PR #2283:

• I found that the listed Test Subscriptions.db in Allow Unsubscribing from Deleted Channels #2283 was successfully imported and i also saw the expected channels with errors section
• csv listed in Improve Importing Subscriptions #2604 imported but with error one or more subscriptions failed to import which is expected
• db listed in comment section of [Bug]: Freetube removes all subscriptions and channels, and does not allow you to subsrcibe to more. #3731 was successfully imported
• SubscriptionsError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported but with one or more subscriptions failed to import error which is expected
• SubscriptionsNoError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported but with one or more subscriptions failed to import error which is expected
• freetube-subscriptions.json listed in the comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 did not import and i got error TypeError: textDecode.forEach is not a function

Testing v0.17.0 beta:

• I found that the listed Test Subscriptions.db in Allow Unsubscribing from Deleted Channels #2283 was successfully imported and i also saw the expected channels with errors section
• csv listed in Improve Importing Subscriptions #2604 imported but with error one or more subscriptions failed to import which is expected
• db listed in comment section of [Bug]: Freetube removes all subscriptions and channels, and does not allow you to subsrcibe to more. #3731 was successfully imported
• SubscriptionsError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported but with one or more subscriptions failed to import error which is expected
• SubscriptionsNoError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported but with one or more subscriptions failed to import error which is expected
• freetube-subscriptions.json listed in the comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 did not import and i got error TypeError: textDecode.forEach is not a function

Testing PR #2604:

• I found that the listed Test Subscriptions.db in Allow Unsubscribing from Deleted Channels #2283 was successfully imported and i also saw the expected channels with errors section
• csv listed in Improve Importing Subscriptions #2604 imported but with error one or more subscriptions failed to import which is expected (i thought this error would be fixed by this PR but i could be wrong)
• db listed in comment section of [Bug]: Freetube removes all subscriptions and channels, and does not allow you to subsrcibe to more. #3731 was successfully imported
• SubscriptionsError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported but now i get another error failed to import kraz3yivan
• SubscriptionsNoError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported successfully
• freetube-subscriptions.json listed in the comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 did not import and got no error

Testing v0.18.0 beta:

• I found that the listed Test Subscriptions.db in Allow Unsubscribing from Deleted Channels #2283 was successfully imported and i also saw the expected channels with errors section
• csv listed in Improve Importing Subscriptions #2604 imported but with error one or more subscriptions failed to import which is expected and also got an error in console failed to import Deleted Channel
• db listed in comment section of [Bug]: Freetube removes all subscriptions and channels, and does not allow you to subsrcibe to more. #3731 imported successfully
• SubscriptionsError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported but now i get another error failed to import kraz3yivan
• SubscriptionsNoError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 was imported successfully
• freetube-subscriptions.json listed in the comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 did not import and got no error

Testing latest dev:

• I found that the listed Test Subscriptions.db in Allow Unsubscribing from Deleted Channels #2283 imported successfully and i also saw the expected channels with errors section
• csv listed in Improve Importing Subscriptions #2604 did not import at all and i got an error TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'author')
• db listed in comment section of [Bug]: Freetube removes all subscriptions and channels, and does not allow you to subsrcibe to more. #3731 imported successfully
• SubscriptionsError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 did not import at all and i got an error TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'author')
• SubscriptionsNoError.csv listed in comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 imported successfully
• freetube-subscriptions.json listed in the comment section of [Bug]: Cannot import any data from Freetube, Newpipe, Youtube, or Invidious. #3735 did not import and got no error

So from what it looks like is that a deleted channel is the culprit here, while doing the import it craps itself because it doesnt know what to do with that deleted channel because it probably cant retrieve any info of it on the YT side and just cancels importing