--- /dev/null
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+ get_element_by_attribute,
+ parse_duration,
+ update_url_query,
+ ExtractorError,
+)
+from ..compat import compat_str
+
+
+class USATodayIE(InfoExtractor):
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?usatoday\.com/(?:[^/]+/)*(?P<id>[^?/#]+)'
+ _TEST = {
+ 'url': 'http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/video/81729424/us-france-warn-syrian-regime-ahead-of-new-peace-talks/',
+ 'md5': '4d40974481fa3475f8bccfd20c5361f8',
+ 'info_dict': {
+ 'id': '81729424',
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'title': 'US, France warn Syrian regime ahead of new peace talks',
+ 'timestamp': 1457891045,
+ 'description': 'md5:7e50464fdf2126b0f533748d3c78d58f',
+ 'uploader_id': '29906170001',
+ 'upload_date': '20160313',
+ }
+ }
+ BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/29906170001/38a9eecc-bdd8-42a3-ba14-95397e48b3f8_default/index.html?videoId=%s'
+
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ display_id = self._match_id(url)
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(update_url_query(url, {'ajax': 'true'}), display_id)
+ ui_video_data = get_element_by_attribute('class', 'ui-video-data', webpage)
+ if not ui_video_data:
+ raise ExtractorError('no video on the webpage', expected=True)
+ video_data = self._parse_json(ui_video_data, display_id)
+
+ return {
+ '_type': 'url_transparent',
+ 'url': self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % video_data['brightcove_id'],
+ 'id': compat_str(video_data['id']),
+ 'title': video_data['title'],
+ 'thumbnail': video_data.get('thumbnail'),
+ 'description': video_data.get('description'),
+ 'duration': parse_duration(video_data.get('length')),
+ 'ie_key': 'BrightcoveNew',
+ }