[Feature request] [API] Show channel avatars in search results

[DarkCat09]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm writing a proxy translating Invidious API into Piped API schema, and have noticed that Invidious doesn't provide channel avatars in search results (neither in API nor official frontend), so, if I wanted to get them, I would need to make a lot of requests on /api/v1/channels/:id.

Also, I think this will be useful to (many?) people, logos/avatars are remembered very well, and firstly we look at the avatar instead of a channel name.

Describe the solution you'd like

1. Send authorAvatar field in API
2. Add optional avatar-showing feature to frontend

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Additional context

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[aarcex3]

Hi @unixfox,

I would like to work on this, but I’m a bit lost after reading the code. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the way Invidious works is by consuming the YouTube API, right? After looking into it, it seems that the endpoint /youtubei/v1/search does not return the author's avatar.

So, my question is: is this feature achievable? If so, how? Should I make a separate call (per item) when parsing the results from /youtubei/v1/search to retrieve the authorAvatar?

What do you suggest?

Thanks!

[unixfox]

hey @aarcex3 you should ask this kind of question on matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#invidious:matrix.org. More developers will be able to help you.