- video_data = self._download_json(
- 'http://api.video.mail.ru/videos/%s.json?new=1' % video_id, video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+ video_data = None
+
+ page_config = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+ r'(?s)<script[^>]+class="sp-video__page-config"[^>]*>(.+?)</script>',
+ webpage, 'page config', default='{}'), video_id, fatal=False)
+ if page_config:
+ meta_url = page_config.get('metaUrl') or page_config.get('video', {}).get('metaUrl')
+ if meta_url:
+ video_data = self._download_json(
+ meta_url, video_id, 'Downloading video meta JSON', fatal=False)
+
+ # Fallback old approach
+ if not video_data:
+ video_data = self._download_json(
+ 'http://api.video.mail.ru/videos/%s.json?new=1' % video_id,
+ video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')