[Bug] /API/V1/VIDEOS/:ID doesn't awlays return view and dislike count

[Explicit12]

I try to use some of open api instances in my personal project, and when I try to fetch some data with code below, sometimes I'm getting dislikeCount and viewCount fields with zeroes.

export async function getVideo(videoId) {
  const response = await invidious.get("/videos/" + videoId, {
    params: {
      fields:
        "title,author,authorId,videoId,viewCount,published,videoThumbnails,likeCount,dislikeCount",
    },
  });
  const data = await response.data;
  return data;
}

The response data:

{
    "title": "A fresh start 🙂",
    "videoId": "-YcbGC1z8TA",
    "videoThumbnails": [
        { ... },
        { ... },
        { ... } .
        ...
    ],
    "published": 1668988800,
    "viewCount": 0,
    "likeCount": 10060,
    "dislikeCount": 0,
    "author": "Louis Rossmann",
    "authorId": "UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w"
}

I've tried a couple of different instances, but looks like this bug is featured in everyone.

[iBicha]

This because Youtube does not even provide that info anymore. This is why projects like https://returnyoutubedislike.com/ exists

[SamantazFox]

Views should be there. Only dislikes are unavailable.

[SamantazFox]

What instance are you using? I've tried multiple instances and they all show viex count. Is the instance out of date?

[Explicit12]

Okay, if dislikes unavailable, It would be nice to have a note in documentation.

I've tried the following instances and met the issue: https://vid.puffyan.us/ (2022.11.17-516efd2), https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/ (2022.11.22-a8e7a805), https://inv.bp.projectsegfau.lt/ (2022.11.21-09b9b75).

And I can get views from https://inv.vern.cc/ (2022.11.03-b925fb96), but likes are zeroes.

[SamantazFox]

Yeah, sorry, the documentation is barely maintained :/ We had to stub the value to not break downstream apps that expected a value here.

Do you have specific video IDs, or it happens on all videos?

[Explicit12]

No, it's not specific, looks like it happens randomly with any video. Sometimes It may have views count, sometimes not.

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