Import original publication date (web UI)

Import original publication date when importing a video from YouTube in the web UI

server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts

@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ function buildVideo (channelId: number, body: VideoImportCreate, importData: You
     support: body.support || null,
     privacy: body.privacy || VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE,
     duration: 0, // duration will be set by the import job
-    channelId: channelId
+    channelId: channelId,
+    originallyPublishedAt: importData.originallyPublishedAt
   }
   const video = new VideoModel(videoData)
   video.url = getVideoActivityPubUrl(video)

server/helpers/youtube-dl.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export type YoutubeDLInfo = {
   nsfw?: boolean
   tags?: string[]
   thumbnailUrl?: string
+  originallyPublishedAt?: string
 }
 
 const processOptions = {
@@ -173,6 +174,9 @@ function normalizeObject (obj: any) {
 }
 
 function buildVideoInfo (obj: any) {
+
+  const date = obj.upload_date.slice(0,4)+","+obj.upload_date.slice(4,6)+","+obj.upload_date.slice(6,8)
+
   return {
     name: titleTruncation(obj.title),
     description: descriptionTruncation(obj.description),
@@ -180,7 +184,8 @@ function buildVideoInfo (obj: any) {
     licence: getLicence(obj.license),
     nsfw: isNSFW(obj),
     tags: getTags(obj.tags),
-    thumbnailUrl: obj.thumbnail || undefined
+    thumbnailUrl: obj.thumbnail || undefined,
+    originallyPublishedAt: new Date(date).toISOString()
   }
 }
 

shared/models/videos/import/video-import.model.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface VideoImport {
 
   createdAt: string
   updatedAt: string
+  originallyPublishedAt?: string
   state: VideoConstant<VideoImportState>
   error?: string