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Return YouTube Dislike is an open-source browser extension that brings back the dislike count on YouTube videos after Google hid it from the API.
Return YouTube Dislike is an open-source browser extension that brings back the dislike count on YouTube videos after Google hid it from the API.Is this a browser extension or a standalone app?It is a Web Extension for Chrome and Firefox, and also ships as a plain JS userscript so it can run in other browsers.
It is a Web Extension for Chrome and Firefox, and also ships as a plain JS userscript so it can run in other browsers.Do I need anything extra to run the userscript version?For browsers that aren't Chrome or Firefox, you'll need a userscript manager (like Tampermonkey) to load the project's JS userscript build.
For browsers that aren't Chrome or Firefox, you'll need a userscript manager (like Tampermonkey) to load the project's JS userscript build.Are the dislike numbers real-time YouTube data?No — since YouTube pulled dislikes from its API, the counts shown come from the project's own backend, which mixes scraped historical dislike data with estimates extrapolated from the extension's own users.
No — since YouTube pulled dislikes from its API, the counts shown come from the project's own backend, which mixes scraped historical dislike data with estimates extrapolated from the extension's own users.Why did the dislike count disappear from YouTube in the first place?Google announced on November 10, 2021 that it would hide the dislike count, and then removed the dislike field from the YouTube API entirely on December 13, 2021, which is what this extension works around.
Google announced on November 10, 2021 that it would hide the dislike count, and then removed the dislike field from the YouTube API entirely on December 13, 2021, which is what this extension works around.Can I pull this dislike data into my own app?Yes, the project exposes a public API (e.g. a /votes endpoint by video ID), but third-party use requires attribution to returnyoutubedislike.com and is rate-limited to 100 requests per minute and 10,000 per day.
Yes, the project exposes a public API (e.g. a /votes endpoint by video ID), but third-party use requires attribution to returnyoutubedislike.com and is rate-limited to 100 requests per minute and 10,000 per day.What are similar projects?SponsorBlock, desktop_gifs, cat-catch, kiss-translator, Telegram-Media-Downloader, uBlock, ext-saladict, Card-master-browser-extension-public
SponsorBlock, desktop_gifs, cat-catch, kiss-translator, Telegram-Media-Downloader, uBlock, ext-saladict, Card-master-browser-extension-publicWhich topics is it in?firefox-addon, userscript, firefox, extension, firefox-extension, webpack, youtube, chrome-extension, browser-extension, i18n, video, rest-api
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