1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
index 9e233a8cc..49f0e4630 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import {
   quickAndDirtyUpdateVideoToFriends,
   addVideoToFriends,
   updateVideoToFriends,
-  JobScheduler
+  JobScheduler,
+  fetchRemoteDescription
 } from '../../../lib'
 import {
   authenticate,
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ videosRouter.post('/upload',
   videosAddValidator,
   asyncMiddleware(addVideoRetryWrapper)
 )
+
+videosRouter.get('/:id/description',
+  videosGetValidator,
+  asyncMiddleware(getVideoDescription)
+)
 videosRouter.get('/:id',
   videosGetValidator,
   getVideo
@@ -328,6 +334,19 @@ function getVideo (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
   return res.json(videoInstance.toFormattedDetailsJSON())
 }
 
+async function getVideoDescription (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
+  const videoInstance = res.locals.video
+  let description = ''
+
+  if (videoInstance.isOwned()) {
+    description = videoInstance.description
+  } else {
+    description = await fetchRemoteDescription(videoInstance)
+  }
+
+  return res.json({ description })
+}
+
 async function listVideos (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
   const resultList = await db.Video.listForApi(req.query.start, req.query.count, req.query.sort)