Tyrrrz/YoutubeExplode

`Playlists.GetVideosAsync` does not return all videos of a playlist

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#749 opened on Nov 4, 2023

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Description

Version

v6.3.6

Platform

.NET 6.0 / Windows 10

Steps to reproduce

youtube.Playlists.GetVideosAsync("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI_eFW8NAFzYAXZ5DrU6E6mQ_XfhaLBUX")

Details

GetVideosAsync only returns the first ~900 videos from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI_eFW8NAFzYAXZ5DrU6E6mQ_XfhaLBUX. The official api returns ~4500 videos of which about 500 are duplicates.

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Research direction
Inspect how GetVideosAsync handles pagination; compare with YouTube's official API response details.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
api
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C#async programming
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