From 7e83b17b69f991b37faeabcfb7c138ab26b2c435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niko Storni <niko@lbry.io>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 02:31:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add fallback for socialblade API failures

---
 manager/setup.go | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manager/setup.go b/manager/setup.go
index ec1e771..17de7fe 100644
--- a/manager/setup.go
+++ b/manager/setup.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ func (s *Sync) walletSetup() error {
 
 	videosOnYoutube, err := ytapi.CountVideosInChannel(s.DbChannelData.ChannelId)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		logUtils.SendErrorToSlack(errors.FullTrace(errors.Prefix("failed to get video count through socialblade. Falling back to API count", err)))
+		videosOnYoutube = int(s.DbChannelData.TotalVideos)
 	}
 
 	log.Debugf("Source channel has %d videos", videosOnYoutube)
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ func (s *Sync) ensureChannelOwnership() error {
 	//}
 	var locations []jsonrpc.Location = nil
 	if channelInfo.Topbar.DesktopTopbarRenderer.CountryCode != "" {
-		locations = []jsonrpc.Location{{Country: util.PtrToString(channelInfo.Topbar.DesktopTopbarRenderer.CountryCode)}}
+		locations = []jsonrpc.Location{{Country: &channelInfo.Topbar.DesktopTopbarRenderer.CountryCode}}
 	}
 	var c *jsonrpc.TransactionSummary
 	claimCreateOptions := jsonrpc.ClaimCreateOptions{