Add an extractor for theplatform.com

youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ from .teamcoco import TeamcocoIE
 from .techtalks import TechTalksIE
 from .ted import TEDIE
 from .tf1 import TF1IE
+from .theplatform import ThePlatformIE
 from .thisav import ThisAVIE
 from .toutv import TouTvIE
 from .traileraddict import TrailerAddictIE

youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import re
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    xpath_with_ns,
+    find_xpath_attr,
+)
+
+_x = lambda p: xpath_with_ns(p, {'smil': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/SMIL21/Language'})
+
+
+class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://link\.theplatform\.com/s/[^/]+/(?P<id>[^/\?]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        # from http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-e9I_cZgTgIPd/blackberrys_big_bold_z30/
+        u'url': u'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/e9I_cZgTgIPd/meta.smil?format=smil&Tracking=true&mbr=true',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'id': u'e9I_cZgTgIPd',
+            u'ext': u'flv',
+            u'title': u'Blackberry\'s big, bold Z30',
+            u'description': u'The Z30 is Blackberry\'s biggest, baddest mobile messaging device yet.',
+            u'duration': 247,
+        },
+        u'params': {
+            # rtmp download
+            u'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _get_info(self, video_id):
+        smil_url = ('http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}/meta.smil?'
+            'format=smil&mbr=true'.format(video_id))
+        meta = self._download_xml(smil_url, video_id)
+        info_url = 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}?format=preview'.format(video_id)
+        info_json = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id)
+        info = json.loads(info_json)
+
+        head = meta.find(_x('smil:head'))
+        body = meta.find(_x('smil:body'))
+        base_url = head.find(_x('smil:meta')).attrib['base']
+        switch = body.find(_x('smil:switch'))
+        formats = []
+        for f in switch.findall(_x('smil:video')):
+            attr = f.attrib
+            formats.append({
+                'url': base_url,
+                'play_path': 'mp4:' + attr['src'],
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'width': int(attr['width']),
+                'height': int(attr['height']),
+                'vbr': int(attr['system-bitrate']),
+            })
+        formats.sort(key=lambda f: (f['height'], f['width'], f['vbr']))
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': info['title'],
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': info['description'],
+            'thumbnail': info['defaultThumbnailUrl'],
+            'duration': info['duration']//1000,
+        }
+        
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        return self._get_info(video_id)