Toby (Blazor)

Requires: .NET 5 preview

This is a rewrite of Toby using C# and Blazor. This project is using the server-side hosting model.

This is a simple YouTube player for your favorite videos.

Status

We are using SQLite with Entity Framework Core which makes it easy to interface with our database. I'm using DB Browser as a way to manage the db graphically.

The UI is built with Bootstrap. I'm using Bootstrap directly at the moment instead of using libraries such as BlazorStrap or Blazorise. I'm using the Cyborg theme from Bootswatch.

Usage

NOTE: Currently the database shipping in the repo is a slighly modified one from Toby. It's pre-populated with videos I like (LOL!). Use the command /all to list them or /manage to delete them all. Or if using Visual Studio you can just delete the included database and run the Entity Framework migration to create an new empty database.

NOTE: If you want to search YouTube you'll need a YouTube Data API key. This code needs to be added to an environment variable on your machine called YOUTUBE_API_KEY.

To obtain a YouTube Data API key you need a Google account and need to go to Google's developer console to obtain one.

Search commands:

• /all or /ls: lists all videos in the database
• /clear: clear search results
• /crp or /clear-recently-played: clear recently played
• /group [name] or /g [name]: lists videos in a specific group
• /favorites or /fav: list favorite videos
• /manage or /mg: video management
• /manage-recently-played or /mgrp: recently played management
• /manage-groups or /mgg: group management
• /recently-played or /rp: list all recently played videos
• [search term]: search locally for video
• /youtube [search term] or /yt [search term]: search YouTube for videos

NOTE: When using manage there is a search box to search within the videos you are managing. You can use /all to show all videos after a narrow search.

The Recently Played videos are limited to 30 videos.

Screenshots

Basic UI with Recently Played Preview

Video Playback

Video Management

Group Management

Folder Layout

• server: Blazor server-side project
• client: Electron and NW.js drivers

Author(s)

Frank Hale <frankhale@gmail.com>

Date

19 August 2020

License

MIT - see LICENSE