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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+ compat_urllib_request,
+ compat_urllib_parse,
+)
+
+
+class NFBIE(InfoExtractor):
+ IE_NAME = 'nfb'
+ IE_DESC = 'National Film Board of Canada'
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nfb\.ca/film/(?P<id>[\da-z_-]+)'
+
+ _TEST = {
+ 'url': 'https://www.nfb.ca/film/qallunaat_why_white_people_are_funny',
+ 'info_dict': {
+ 'id': 'qallunaat_why_white_people_are_funny',
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'title': 'Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny ',
+ 'description': 'md5:836d8aff55e087d04d9f6df554d4e038',
+ 'duration': 3128,
+ 'uploader': 'Mark Sandiford',
+ 'uploader_id': 'mark-sandiford',
+ },
+ 'params': {
+ # rtmp download
+ 'skip_download': True,
+ }
+ }
+
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+ video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+ page = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, 'Downloading film page')
+
+ uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(r'<a class="director-link" href="/explore-all-directors/([^/]+)/"',
+ page, 'director id', fatal=False)
+ uploader = self._html_search_regex(r'<em class="director-name" itemprop="name">([^<]+)</em>',
+ page, 'director name', fatal=False)
+
+ request = compat_urllib_request.Request('https://www.nfb.ca/film/%s/player_config' % video_id,
+ compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'getConfig': 'true'}))
+ request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+ request.add_header('X-NFB-Referer', 'http://www.nfb.ca/medias/flash/NFBVideoPlayer.swf')
+
+ config = self._download_xml(request, video_id, 'Downloading player config XML')
+
+ thumbnail = config.find("./player/stream/media[@type='posterImage']/assets/asset[@quality='high']/default/url").text
+ video = config.find("./player/stream/media[@type='video']")
+ duration = int(video.get('duration'))
+ title = video.find('title').text
+ description = video.find('description').text
+
+ # It seems assets always go from lower to better quality, so no need to sort
+ formats = [{
+ 'url': x.find('default/streamerURI').text + '/',
+ 'play_path': x.find('default/url').text,
+ 'rtmp_live': False,
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'format_id': x.get('quality'),
+ } for x in video.findall('assets/asset')]
+
+ return {
+ 'id': video_id,
+ 'title': title,
+ 'description': description,
+ 'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+ 'duration': duration,
+ 'uploader': uploader,
+ 'uploader_id': uploader_id,
+ 'formats': formats,
+ }
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