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Skip video search results with invalid channel IDs #945

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion YoutubeExplode/Search/SearchClient.cs
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using System.Net.Http;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Threading;
using YoutubeExplode.Channels;
using YoutubeExplode.Common;
using YoutubeExplode.Exceptions;
using YoutubeExplode.Utils.Extensions;
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videoData.ChannelId
?? throw new YoutubeExplodeException("Failed to extract the video channel ID.");

// Some videos have invalid channel IDs (e.g. just "UC"). Such videos appear to generally
// be unplayable anyway, so it's safe to skip them.
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// https://github.com/Tyrrrz/YoutubeExplode/issues/944
var parsedVideoChannelId = ChannelId.TryParse(videoChannelId);
if (parsedVideoChannelId is null)
continue;
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var videoThumbnails = videoData
.Thumbnails.Select(t =>
{
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var video = new VideoSearchResult(
videoId,
videoTitle,
new Author(videoChannelId, videoChannelTitle),
new Author(parsedVideoChannelId.Value, videoChannelTitle),
videoData.Duration,
videoThumbnails
);
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