handle scientific timestamp string parsing

backend/download/src/queue.py

@@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ class PendingList(PendingIndex):
         if timestamp and isinstance(timestamp, float):
             return int(timestamp)
 
+        if timestamp and isinstance(timestamp, str):
+            try:
+                # scientific string
+                return int(float(timestamp))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+
         upload_date = video_data.get("upload_date")
         if upload_date:
             try:

backend/download/tests/test_src/test_pending_list.py

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ def test_returns_scientific_timestamp_if_present():
     assert result == 1513573200
 
 
+def test_returns_scientific_timestamp_string_if_present():
+    video_data = {"timestamp": "1.5135732e9"}
+    result = PendingList._extract_published(video_data)
+    assert result == 1513573200
+
+
 def test_returns_timestamp_if_present():
     video_data = {"timestamp": 1508457600}
     result = PendingList._extract_published(video_data)

backend/video/src/index.py

@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ class YoutubeVideo(YouTubeItem, YoutubeSubtitle):
         if timestamp and isinstance(timestamp, float):
             return int(timestamp)
 
+        if timestamp and isinstance(timestamp, str):
+            try:
+                # scientific string
+                return int(float(timestamp))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+
         upload_date = self.youtube_meta["upload_date"]
         if not upload_date:
             raise ValueError(