Support 'sort_by' in reddit /api/v1/comments

src/invidious.cr

@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ get "/subscription_ajax" do |env|
     }
     post_url = "/subscription_ajax?#{action}=1&c=#{channel_id}"
 
-    # Sync subscription with YouTube
+    # Sync subscriptions with YouTube
     client.post(post_url, headers, form: post_req)
     email = user.email
   else
@@ -2778,12 +2778,12 @@ get "/api/v1/comments/:id" do |env|
   format = env.params.query["format"]?
   format ||= "json"
 
-  sort_by = env.params.query["sort_by"]?.try &.downcase
-  sort_by ||= "top"
-
   continuation = env.params.query["continuation"]?
+  sort_by = env.params.query["sort_by"]?.try &.downcase
 
   if source == "youtube"
+    sort_by ||= "top"
+
     begin
       comments = fetch_youtube_comments(id, PG_DB, continuation, proxies, format, locale, thin_mode, region, sort_by: sort_by)
     rescue ex
@@ -2794,8 +2794,10 @@ get "/api/v1/comments/:id" do |env|
 
     next comments
   elsif source == "reddit"
+    sort_by ||= "confidence"
+
     begin
-      comments, reddit_thread = fetch_reddit_comments(id)
+      comments, reddit_thread = fetch_reddit_comments(id, sort_by: sort_by)
       content_html = template_reddit_comments(comments, locale)
 
       content_html = fill_links(content_html, "https", "www.reddit.com")

src/invidious/comments.cr

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def fetch_youtube_comments(id, db, continuation, proxies, format, locale, thin_m
   return comments
 end
 
-def fetch_reddit_comments(id)
+def fetch_reddit_comments(id, sort_by = "confidence")
   client = make_client(REDDIT_URL)
   headers = HTTP::Headers{"User-Agent" => "web:invidious:v#{CURRENT_VERSION} (by /u/omarroth)"}
 
@@ -259,12 +259,16 @@ def fetch_reddit_comments(id)
   if search_results.status_code == 200
     search_results = RedditThing.from_json(search_results.body)
 
+    # For videos that have more than one thread, choose the one with the highest score
     thread = search_results.data.as(RedditListing).children.sort_by { |child| child.data.as(RedditLink).score }[-1]
     thread = thread.data.as(RedditLink)
 
-    result = client.get("/r/#{thread.subreddit}/comments/#{thread.id}.json?limit=100&sort=top", headers).body
+    result = client.get("/r/#{thread.subreddit}/comments/#{thread.id}.json?limit=100&sort=#{sort_by}", headers).body
     result = Array(RedditThing).from_json(result)
   elsif search_results.status_code == 302
+    # Previously, if there was only one result then the API would redirect to that result.
+    # Now, it appears it will still return a listing so this section is likely unnecessary.
+
     result = client.get(search_results.headers["Location"], headers).body
     result = Array(RedditThing).from_json(result)