How to add a user without enable registration?

[corincorvus]

Hi,

i tried to add a user with psql command "insert into" and added a "testuser" on email with passwordhash on password. After i tried fo login, but i get an error:

Title: `PG::ResultSet#read returned a Nil. A Time was expected. (Exception)`
Date: `2024-01-27T19:58:09Z`
Route: `/login?referer=%2Ffeed%2Fpopular&type=invidious`
Version: `2024.01.10-1c0b420 @ master`

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<summary>Backtrace</summary>
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PG::ResultSet#read returned a Nil. A Time was expected. (Exception)
  from lib/db/src/db/result_set.cr:83:9 in 'read'
  from lib/db/src/db/serializable.cr:105:7 in 'read'
  from lib/db/src/db/query_methods.cr:202:9 in 'query_one?:as'
  from src/invidious/routes/login.cr:58:7 in 'login'
  from lib/kemal/src/kemal/route.cr:13:9 in '->'
  from src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr:30:37 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call_next'
  from lib/kemal/src/kemal/filter_handler.cr:21:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call_next'
  from src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr:94:12 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call_next'
  from src/invidious/helpers/handlers.cr:151:29 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call_next'
  from src/ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr:112:11 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/handler.cr:30:7 in 'call'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/http/server/request_processor.cr:51:11 in 'handle_client'
  from /usr/share/crystal/src/fiber.cr:146:11 in 'run'
  from ???

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</details>

How can i add a User, without enable registration in frontend?

Thanks

[syeopite]

Registration is a bit more complicated than just inserting a username and a password hash into the database. For a quick and easy solution you can try out this script here https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/4adc95224bf0a806fbf9afcaa1cf291af4302afb/docs/register-user.md

[corincorvus]

Thank you, i will test it.

Can i change podman to docker? I dont use podman

[syeopite]

You can. Podman was just given as an example in the script

[unixfox]

We probably need to register this page on docs.invidious.io

[corincorvus]

Hm it wont work properly. Maybe i do something wrong.

Can i simply add a indivious Container with other config with enabled registration and other port to register a new user over the webgui with it? The Script wont work and i dont know, how i can runable it with the discription above.

[unixfox]

Can i simply add a indivious Container with other config with enabled registration and other port to register a new user over the webgui with it?

As long as you add these two parameters in the config.yml file for the other container so that invidious does not try to refresh the subscriptions twice:

channel_threads: 0
feed_threads: 0

And make sure that you are targeting the correct database. You should be good.