How to Use

This is a temporary hack to fix new videos not appearing on the feed.

1. Follow self-hosting instructions here up to cd Piped-Docker.
2. Inside Piped-Docker/template, modify the relevant template with the following:

    piped: # This is the backend service
        # image: 1337kavin/piped:latest # Removed this line
        build: # Build the image with the workaround
            context: https://github.com/firejoust/Piped-Backend.git # Tells docker-compose where to get the source
            dockerfile: Dockerfile # Specifies the Dockerfile within the context

3. Append the following to Piped-Docker/config/config.properties:

# Enable feed polling workaround
ENABLE_FEED_POLLING=true
POLLING_INTERVAL_MINUTES=15
POLLING_FETCH_LIMIT_PER_CHANNEL=10
FEED_RETENTION=30

4. After running ./configure-instance.sh and selecting the relevant template, run the following to start the container:

sudo DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker-compose up -d

Workaround Configuration (config.properties)

• ENABLE_FEED_POLLING:

  • Set to true to enable the backend to periodically check subscribed channels for new videos, bypassing PubSub. Set to false (default) to disable this polling.

• POLLING_INTERVAL_MINUTES:

  • Specifies how often (in minutes) the backend should perform the polling cycle for all subscribed channels. Default: 15.

• POLLING_FETCH_LIMIT_PER_CHANNEL:

  • Limits how many of the most recent videos are checked for each channel during a polling cycle. Helps improve performance and reduce load. Default: 10.

• FEED_RETENTION:

  • Determines how many days old a video can be and still be added to the feed database (by polling or PubSub). Also affects how long videos are kept before cleanup. Default: 30.

README.md:

# Piped-Backend

An advanced open-source privacy friendly alternative to YouTube, crafted with the help of [NewPipeExtractor](https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor).

## Official Frontend

-   VueJS frontend - [Piped](https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped)

## Community Projects

-   See https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped#made-with-piped