Fetch external links favicon and add to about page

src/invidious.cr

@@ -3879,6 +3879,39 @@ get "/vi/:id/:name" do |env|
   end
 end
 
+get "/fetch_link_favicon" do |env|
+  url = env.params.query["url"]
+  url = URI.parse(url)
+
+  if url.host.to_s.ends_with?("gstatic.com")
+    # headers = HTTP::Headers{"Content-Encoding" => "gzip"}
+    headers = HTTP::Headers{} of String => String
+
+    REQUEST_HEADERS_WHITELIST.each do |header|
+      if env.request.headers[header]?
+        headers[header] = env.request.headers[header]
+      end
+    end
+
+    begin
+      HTTP::Client.get(url.to_s, headers) do |favicon_response|
+        env.response.status_code = favicon_response.status_code
+        favicon_response.headers.each do |key, value|
+          if !RESPONSE_HEADERS_BLACKLIST.includes?(key.downcase)
+            env.response.headers[key] = value
+            break
+          end
+        end
+
+        env.response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*"
+        proxy_file(favicon_response, env)
+      end
+
+    rescue ex
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 get "/Captcha" do |env|
   headers = HTTP::Headers{":authority" => "accounts.google.com"}
   response = YT_POOL.client &.get(env.request.resource, headers)

src/invidious/channels.cr

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ struct AboutChannel
   property allowed_regions : Array(String)
   property related_channels : Array(AboutRelatedChannel)
   property tabs : Array(String)
-  property links : Array(Tuple(String, String))
+  property links : Array(Tuple(String, String, String))
 end
 
 class ChannelRedirect < Exception
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale)
   total_views = 0_i64
   joined = Time.unix(0)
   tabs = [] of String
-  links = [] of {String, String}
+  links = [] of {String, String, String}
 
   tabs_json = initdata["contents"]["twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer"]["tabs"]?.try &.as_a?
   if !tabs_json.nil?
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale)
         channel_about_meta["primaryLinks"]?.try &.as_a.each do |link|
           link_title = link["title"]["simpleText"].as_s
           link_url = URI.parse(link["navigationEndpoint"]["urlEndpoint"]["url"].to_s)
+          link_icon_url = link["icon"]?.try &.["thumbnails"][0]["url"].to_s || ""
 
           if {"m.youtube.com", "www.youtube.com", "youtu.be"}.includes? link_url.host
             if link_url.path == "/redirect"
@@ -921,7 +922,7 @@ def get_about_info(ucid, locale)
             link_url = link_url.to_s
           end
 
-          links << {link_title, link_url}
+          links << {link_title, link_url, link_icon_url}
         end
 
         country = channel_about_meta["country"]?.try &.["simpleText"].as_s || ""

src/invidious/views/channel_about.ecr

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             <h3> <%= translate(locale, "Links") %> </h3>
             <% channel.links.each do |link_tuple| %>
                 <p class="pure-u-11-24">
+                    <img src="/fetch_link_favicon?url=<%=link_tuple[2]%>">
                     <a href="<%=link_tuple[1]%>"><%=link_tuple[0]%></a>
                 </p>
             <% end %>