Searching by id for removed video or removed channel#212

Here is some information documenting what currently happens when you do a video or channel search by id for - removed video id - invalid made up that never existed video id - removed channel id - invalid made up that never existed channel id This is not a "bug" per se. It is a behaviour that has been on pipe-viewer for a long time . But I only now rememberd to report it. The feedback and "error message" given to the user might be a bit misleading, and you might want to try to improve it. Start pipe-viewer ``` =>> Select one or more videos to play (:h for help) ``` I will know enter a video id for a music video, that I know existed on youtube last year. I still have it on my computer. The channel and all of its videos was removed by youtube. You can confirm that this dead channel and its videos actually existed, example channel, UC-Bf2qmAT10wzgIM-DgqtfA example video, OzEfB170nK4 Visiting, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Bf2qmAT10wzgIM-DgqtfA, will show you ``` This account has been terminated because we received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding material the user posted. ``` visiting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzEfB170nK4, will show you ``` This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated. ``` Enter video id, ``` > OzErhB1703uu ** GET https://m.youtube.com/results?hl=en&search_query=OzErhB1703uu&sp=CAASBggAEAEYAFAe ==> 200 OK ** GET https://inv.nadeko.net/api/v1/search?date=anytime&hl=en-US&q=OzErhB1703uu&sort=relevance&type=video ==> 401 Unauthorized [401 Unauthorized] Error occurred on URL: https://inv.nadeko.net/api/v1/search?date=anytime&hl=en-US&q=OzErhB1703uu&sort=relevance&type=video [!] No video results! :: Probably the selected invidious instance is down. Try: /usr/bin/pipe-viewer --api=auto See also: https://github.com/trizen/pipe-viewer#invidious-instances ``` Pipe-viewer then auto closes. Similar behaviour if you start pipe-viewer, do some browsing and valid searches, and only after that make this "invalid" search. You get the same error message, but pipe-viewer stays open. Similar behaviour for "removed" channel ids. Whether you enter the 24-char video id. Or you enter "-sc 24-char-channel-id". Similar behaviour for made up 11-char (base32) video ids that never existed. Similar behaviour for made up 24-char (base32) channel ids that never existed. I tested this in the last years with many scenarios. Many reasons for a channel to disappear. youtube removed it (copyright, many other reasons).The user himself removed it. Many reasons for a video to dissapear. youtube removed a single video. The user himself removed that video. I've also seen cases of users hiding/deactivating hundreds of their music videos, and then comming back a year later or so, and the same video ids appear again. Probably got some copyright warning or so. I think the same behaviour happens to with playlist ids. So, conclusion. In these particular cases, the message, ``` [!] No video results! :: Probably the selected invidious instance is down. Try: /usr/bin/pipe-viewer --api=auto See also: https://github.com/trizen/pipe-viewer#invidious-instances ``` Is a bit misleading. It is not that the "instance is down". It is simply that the "id" doesnt exist or is an invalid one.