random.invidious.io (automatically redirect to random instance) #46
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automatically redirects requests to a random, healthy instance. the user may specify which region the instance should be from by setting the iv-region query parameter and the minimum 30 day uptime in percent with iv-health query parameter. if no instance matching these parameters can be found, a 404 error is returned instead. note that this behaviour is only enabled for the magic hostname 'random.invidious.io' in order to not send traffic to instances unless explicitly requested.
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This already exists in the form of |
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On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:03:52PM -0800, syeopite wrote:
though it is not automatic
exactly.
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Not sure though about this new feature because this functionality already exists, and it's called farside: https://github.com/benbusby/farside Example: https://farside.link/invidious |
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This it out of scope for api.invidious.io This is something I've been planning to implement using https://gitlab.com/gaincoder/invidious-router (or maybe a custom farside) |
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Hi all,
This is a proposal for improving the instances-api. For any URL that's not an instances-api endpoint, it redirects the user to a random instance. This is useful for sharing links with people who don't have a redirection extension installed; something that was requested before at iv-org/invidious-redirect#17.
I did not go all the way for this prototype, but I wanted to point out that its possible to filter which instances one is picked from. Adding
?iv-region=XXis hopefully obvious;?iv-health=99limits to only instances with at least 99% uptime (the default value if none was chosen is 95%). Also, it detects API requests and chooses from only instances with API enabled when necessary. This could be extended if needed.Note that for this version I decided to sniff the hostname and only enable this feature when it is
random.invidious.io- not sure if such a restriction is necessary or useful; feel free to rip it out.