added favorite streamers feature

helpers/favorites.py

@@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ def db_get_favorites(page: int, per_page: int):
 
     cur.close(); conn.close()
     return rows, total
+
+def db_get_favorite_users():
+    conn, cur = get_local_db_connection()
+    cur.execute("SELECT username FROM favorite_users")
+    favorite_users = [r['username'] for r in cur.fetchall()]
+    cur.close(); conn.close()
+    return favorite_users

routes/api.py

@@ -91,3 +91,18 @@ def get_online():
     for s in streamers:
         s["is_online"] = (s.get("status") == "Channel online")
     return jsonify(streamers)
+
+@api.route("/api/favorite_user", methods=["POST"])
+def favorite_user():
+    data = request.get_json(force=True)
+    username = data.get("username")
+    fav = bool(data.get("favorite"))
+
+    conn, cur = get_local_db_connection()
+    if fav:
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO favorite_users (username) VALUES (%s) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING", (username,))
+    else:
+        cur.execute("DELETE FROM favorite_users WHERE username = %s", (username,))
+    conn.commit()
+    cur.close(); conn.close()
+    return {"ok": True}

routes/web.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request, send_file, jsonify
 import math
 from helpers.db import db_get_videos, db_get_video, db_get_recent
-from helpers.favorites import mark_favorites, db_get_favorites, db_get_fav_set
+from helpers.favorites import mark_favorites, db_get_favorites, db_get_fav_set, db_get_favorite_users
 from helpers.cache import build_cache
 from config import VIDEOS_PER_PAGE, DASHBOARD_PER_PAGE, get_local_db_connection
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ def dashboard():
     start_idx = (page - 1) * DASHBOARD_PER_PAGE
     paginated = items[start_idx:start_idx + DASHBOARD_PER_PAGE]
 
+    favorite_users = db_get_favorite_users()
+
     return render_template(
         "main.html",
         storage_usage=paginated,
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ def dashboard():
         end_date=end_str,
         online_set=online_usernames,
         recording_offline_set=recording_offline_usernames,
+        favorite_users=favorite_users,
     )
 
 @web.route("/user/<username>")

static/styles.css

@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ tr:nth-child(even){background:#181818}
 .fav-btn[aria-pressed="true"]{color:gold}
 .fav-btn:hover{transform:scale(1.05)}
 
+.user-fav {
+  position: static;        /* no absolute positioning */
+  background: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin-right: 6px;       /* little gap before username */
+  font-size: 16px;
+  backdrop-filter: none;
+}
+
+
 /* =========================
    Responsive tweaks
    ========================= */

templates/main.html

@@ -51,7 +51,15 @@
     {% for key, stats in storage_usage %}
     {% set user, platform = key.split("::") %}
     <tr data-username="{{ user|lower }}">
+
       <td>
+        <!-- ⭐ favorite star on the left -->
+        <button class="fav-btn user-fav"
+                data-username="{{ user }}"
+                aria-pressed="{{ 'true' if user in favorite_users else 'false' }}">
+          ★
+        </button>
+
         <a href="/user/{{ user }}">{{ user }}</a>
         {% set uname = user.lower() %}
         {% if uname in online_set %}
@@ -62,10 +70,15 @@
           <span class="status-dot dot-offline" title="Offline"></span>
         {% endif %}
       </td>
+
       <td><a href="https://{{ platform }}.com/{{ user }}">{{ platform }}</a></td>
+
       <td>{{ "%.2f"|format(stats.total_size) }}</td>
+
       <td>{{ stats.video_count }}</td>
+
       <td>{{ "%.2f"|format(avg_sizes[key]) }}</td>
+
       <td>
         {% if stats.last_online %}
           {{ stats.last_online.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}
@@ -73,6 +86,7 @@
           —
         {% endif %}
       </td>
+
     </tr>
     {% endfor %}
   </tbody>
@@ -104,4 +118,32 @@ async function refreshStatusDots() {
 }
 refreshStatusDots(); setInterval(refreshStatusDots, 20000);
 </script>
+
+<script>
+document.addEventListener("click", async (e) => {
+  if (e.target.classList.contains("fav-btn")) {
+    const btn = e.target;
+    const username = btn.dataset.username;
+    const videoId = btn.dataset.videoId;
+    const isFav = btn.getAttribute("aria-pressed") === "true";
+    const newState = !isFav;
+    btn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", newState);
+
+    try {
+      if (username) {
+        await fetch("/api/favorite_user", {
+          method: "POST",
+          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+          body: JSON.stringify({ username, favorite: newState })
+        });
+      } else if (videoId) {
+        await fetch(`/api/fav/toggle/${videoId}`, { method: "POST" });
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Favorite toggle failed:", err);
+    }
+  }
+});
+</script>
+
 {% endblock %}