Patchwork Archive API

Version MIT

API data from Patchwork Archive is public and no API key is required to access it (subject to change)

Base URL: https://archive.pinapelz.moe/api/

Path Table

Method	Path	Description
GET	/channel/<channel_id>	Gets archived videos from a particular channel
GET	/status	Get the service status
GET	/channel_name	Gets the name of a particular channel by channel id
GET	/search/results	Get paginated search results for some keyword
GET	/search/channel	Get paginated search results for channels by keyword
GET	/video/<video_id>	Get basic information regarding a specific video
GET	/random_video	Get a singular random video
GET	/discover_videos	Get multiple random videos
GET	/discover_channels	Get multiple random channels
GET	/daily_featured_videos	Get today's daily featured videos
GET	/recently_archived	Get the 6 most recently archived videos
GET	/popular	Get the 6 most popular videos
GET	/database/video_data/<video_id>	Get detailed information about the video if available
GET	/database/status	Get the database status
GET	/storage/status	Get the storage status
POST	/worker/queue	Queue a video for processing
GET	/worker/next	Get the next video in the queue
POST	/worker/heartbeat	Send a worker heartbeat
DELETE	/storage/delete	Delete an archived video

Path Details

---

[GET]/channel/<channel_id>

• Summary
  Gets archived videos from a particular channel as a paginated result.

Parameters (Query)

page: integer

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

pages: int
results: {
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/status

• Summary
  Get the service status.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

workers: {
  name: string
  status: string
  timestamp: string
}[]

---

[GET]/channel_name

• Summary
  Gets the name of a particular channel by channel id. Aliases are channels names previously associated with this channel_id

Parameters (Query)

channel_id: string

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

{
  channel_name: string
  description: string
  aliases: string[]
}

---

[GET]/search/results

• Summary
  Get paginated search results for some keyword.

Parameters (Query)

q: string
page?: integer

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

pages: integer
results: {
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/search/channel

• Summary
  Get paginated search results for channels by keyword.

Parameters (Query)

q: string
page?: integer

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

pages: integer
results: {
  channel_id: string
  channel_name: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/video/<video_id>

• Summary
  Get basic information regarding a specific video.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

{
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}

---

[GET]/random_video

• Summary
  Get a singular random video.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

{
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}

---

[GET]/discover_videos

• Summary
  Get multiple random videos.

Parameters (Query)

count?: integer

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

results: {
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/discover_channels

• Summary
  Get multiple random channels.

Parameters (Query)

count?: integer

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

results: {
  channel_id: string
  channel_name: string
  romanized: string
}[]

---

[GET]/daily_featured_videos

• Summary
  Get today's daily featured videos.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

results: {
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/recently_archived

• Summary
  Get the 6 most recently archived videos.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

results: {
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/popular

• Summary
  Get the 6 most popular videos.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

results: {
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}[]

---

[GET]/database/video_data/<video_id>

• Summary
  Get detailed information about the video if available. Used as a fallback if there is no info.json for the file

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

{
  video_id: string
  title: string
  channel_name: string
  channel_id: string
  upload_date: string
  description: string
}

---

[GET]/database/status

• Summary
  Get the database status.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

text/plain

{
  "status": "OK"
}

---

[GET]/storage/status

• Summary
  Get the storage status.

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

{
  number_of_files: integer
  storage_size: string
  number_of_channels: integer
  most_recent_archived_video_date: string
  units: string
}

---

[POST]/worker/queue

• Summary
  Queue a video for processing.

Request Headers

X-AUTHENTICATION: string

Request Body

url: string
mode: integer

Responses

• 200 successful operation

text/plain

"OK"

• 401 Unauthorized

---

[GET]/worker/next

• Summary
  Get the next video in the queue.

Request Headers

X-AUTHENTICATION: string

Responses

• 200 successful operation

application/json

{
  next_video: string
  mode: integer
}

• 204 No videos in queue

---

[POST]/worker/heartbeat

• Summary
  Send a worker heartbeat.

Request Headers

X-AUTHENTICATION: string

Request Body

name: string
status: string

Responses

• 200 successful operation

text/plain

"OK"

• 401 Unauthorized

---

[DELETE]/storage/delete

• Summary
  Delete an archived video.

Request Headers

X-AUTHENTICATION: string

Request Body

videoId: string

Responses

• 200 successful operation

text/plain

"OK"

• 401 Unauthorized