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YouChoose.AI

There are two components that compose this project.

1. The browser extension. the core product of YouChoose.AI, sponsored by Ledger project round 3
2. The backend of https://youtube.tracking.exposed, free software developed in 2018 under the ERC project ALEX (https://algorithms.exposed). This package since 2019 is maintained as an independent mechanism for Youtube algorithm accountability and enhanced to be the backend supporting YouChoose.

The backend in point 2 belongs to an existing repository that we link via git submodule.

Browser extension building

The extension building process would produces a build/ directory. It contains the browser extension for development as well as a the .zip file for the public.

For developers and local testing

yarn install
yarn build:dev

Or, tu run the compilation in continuous mode while developing:

yarn watch

At this point you can load it in your browser. Firefox and Chrome have slightly different action required.

To create a production build, run:

yarn build

Chrome:

1. Open a new Tab in chrome://extensions
2. Enable developer mode
3. click load extension from file
4. select the path YouChoose/build
5. Optionally you can pin the extension from the top bar menu

Firefox:

1. Navigate to about:debugging
2. Click This Firefox
3. Click Load Temporary Add-on
4. Select the YouChoose/build/manifest.json file

Running the backend locally

Requirements

1. docker with docker-compose installed
2. Follow this initialization (submodule, dependency) from the YouChoose directory

git submodule init
git submodule update
cd yttrex-backend/backend
yarn install
docker-compose up -d mongo
yarn run watch

API used by YouChoose

The API endpoints used by the YouChoose extension are automatically described in a dedicated page, including a swagger user interface to test them, under the "Settings" tab within the extension.