src/websites/youtube.rb

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   2 # Copyright Michael Orlitzky
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  18
  19 require 'src/website'
  20
  21
  22 class Youtube < Website
  23
  24   VALID_YOUTUBE_URL_REGEX = /^(http:\/\/)?([a-z0-9]+\.)?youtube\.com\/((watch\?v=)|(v\/))[a-z0-9_\-]+(\&.*)?\#?$/i
  25
  26   def self.owns_url?(url)
  27     return url =~ VALID_YOUTUBE_URL_REGEX
  28   end
  29
  30
  31   def get_video_url()
  32     video_id = self.parse_video_id()
  33
  34     # The video's URL (the "page data" URL) may be different from the
  35     # URL that was passed to the program. We support the /v/video_id
  36     # URL format, but that is *not* the main video page where we can
  37     # retrieve the "t" parameter. We can only get that from the
  38     # /watch?v=video_id form.
  39     page_data_url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{video_id}"
  40     page_data = self.get_page_data(page_data_url)
  41
  42     # Magic.
  43     t_parameter = self.parse_t_parameter(page_data)
  44
  45     video_url = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=#{video_id}&t=#{t_parameter}"
  46
  47     return video_url
  48   end
  49
  50
  51   def get_video_filename()
  52     return (self.parse_video_id() + '.flv')
  53   end
  54
  55
  56   protected;
  57
  58   # Get the video id from the URL. Should be relatively easy,
  59   # unless Youtube supports some URL formats of which I'm unaware.
  60   def parse_video_id()
  61     # Return nil if we get no matches below.
  62     video_id = nil
  63
  64     # Both URLs are fairly easy to parse if you handle
  65     # them one at a time. The only tricky situation is when
  66     # parameters like "&hl=en" are tacked on to the end.
  67     # We'll call /watch?v=video_id the "first form."
  68     first_form_video_id_regex = /v=([0-9a-z_\-]+)/i
  69     first_form_matches = first_form_video_id_regex.match(@url)
  70     return first_form_matches[1] if not (first_form_matches.nil? ||
  71                                          first_form_matches.length < 2)
  72
  73     # First form didn't work? Try the second.
  74     second_form_video_id_regex = /\/v\/([0-9a-z_\-]+)/i
  75     second_form_matches = second_form_video_id_regex.match(@url)
  76     video_id = second_form_matches[1] if not (second_form_matches.nil? ||
  77                                               second_form_matches.length < 2)
  78
  79     return video_id
  80   end
  81
  82
  83   # Parse out the "t" parameter from the video's page. I'm not sure
  84   # what "t" stands for, but it's located in some JSON, and is required
  85   # for the final video URL to work.
  86   def parse_t_parameter(page_data)
  87     t_parameter = nil
  88
  89     t_parameter_regex = /\"t\"\:[[:space:]]\"([^\"]+?)\"/
  90     matches = t_parameter_regex.match(page_data)
  91     t_parameter = matches[1] if not (matches.nil? || matches.length < 2)
  92
  93     return t_parameter
  94   end
  95
  96
  97 end