class BBCCoUkIE(InfoExtractor):
IE_NAME = 'bbc.co.uk'
IE_DESC = 'BBC iPlayer'
- _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bbc\.co\.uk/(?:(?:programmes/(?!articles/)|iplayer(?:/[^/]+)?/(?:episode/|playlist/))|music/clips[/#])(?P<id>[\da-z]{8})'
+ _ID_REGEX = r'[pb][\da-z]{7}'
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www\.)?bbc\.co\.uk/(?:(?:programmes/(?!articles/)|iplayer(?:/[^/]+)?/(?:episode/|playlist/))|music/clips[/#])|)(?P<id>%s)' % _ID_REGEX
_MEDIASELECTOR_URLS = [
# Provides HQ HLS streams with even better quality that pc mediaset but fails
if not programme_id:
programme_id = self._search_regex(
- r'"vpid"\s*:\s*"([\da-z]{8})"', webpage, 'vpid', fatal=False, default=None)
+ r'"vpid"\s*:\s*"(%s)"' % self._ID_REGEX, webpage, 'vpid', fatal=False, default=None)
if programme_id:
formats, subtitles = self._download_media_selector(programme_id)
# single video story (e.g. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150625-sri-lankas-spicy-secret)
programme_id = self._search_regex(
- [r'data-video-player-vpid="([\da-z]{8})"',
- r'<param[^>]+name="externalIdentifier"[^>]+value="([\da-z]{8})"'],
+ [r'data-video-player-vpid="(%s)"' % self._ID_REGEX,
+ r'<param[^>]+name="externalIdentifier"[^>]+value="(%s)"' % self._ID_REGEX,
+ r'videoId\s*:\s*["\'](%s)["\']' % self._ID_REGEX],
webpage, 'vpid', default=None)
if programme_id:
# Multiple video article (e.g.
# http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/3662a707-0af9-3149-963f-47bea720b460)
- EMBED_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bbc\.co\.uk/(?:[^/]+/)+[\da-z]{8}(?:\b[^"]+)?'
+ EMBED_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bbc\.co\.uk/(?:[^/]+/)+%s(?:\b[^"]+)?' % self._ID_REGEX
entries = []
for match in extract_all(r'new\s+SMP\(({.+?})\)'):
embed_url = match.get('playerSettings', {}).get('externalEmbedUrl')