import re
from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_HTTPError
from ..utils import (
ExtractorError,
determine_ext,
int_or_none,
+ js_to_json,
strip_jsonp,
unified_strdate,
US_RATINGS,
for vid_id in video_id]
return self.playlist_result(entries, display_id)
- info = self._download_json(
- 'http://player.pbs.org/videoInfo/%s?format=json&type=partner' % video_id,
- display_id)
+ try:
+ info = self._download_json(
+ 'http://player.pbs.org/videoInfo/%s?format=json&type=partner' % video_id,
+ display_id, 'Downloading video info JSON')
+ except ExtractorError as e:
+ if not isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) or e.cause.code != 404:
+ raise
+ # videoInfo API may not work for some videos, fallback to portalplayer API
+ player = self._download_webpage(
+ 'http://player.pbs.org/portalplayer/%s' % video_id, display_id)
+ info = self._parse_json(
+ self._search_regex(
+ r'(?s)PBS\.videoData\s*=\s*({.+?});\n',
+ player, 'video data', default='{}'),
+ display_id, transform_source=js_to_json, fatal=False)
formats = []
for encoding_name in ('recommended_encoding', 'alternate_encoding'):