[cnet] Update to new theplatform infrastructure (Fixes #2736)

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -622,15 +622,13 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 ie_result['url'], ie_key=ie_result.get('ie_key'),
                 extra_info=extra_info, download=False, process=False)
 
-            new_result = ie_result.copy()
-            for f in ('_type', 'id', 'url', 'ext', 'player_url', 'formats',
-                      'entries', 'ie_key', 'duration',
-                      'subtitles', 'annotations', 'format',
-                      'thumbnail', 'thumbnails'):
-                if f in new_result:
-                    del new_result[f]
-                if f in info:
-                    new_result[f] = info[f]
+            force_properties = dict(
+                (k, v) for k, v in ie_result.items() if v is not None)
+            for f in ('_type', 'url'):
+                if f in force_properties:
+                    del force_properties[f]
+            new_result = info.copy()
+            new_result.update(force_properties)
 
             assert new_result.get('_type') != 'url_transparent'
 

youtube_dl/extractor/cnet.py

@@ -15,23 +15,24 @@ class CNETIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?cnet\.com/videos/(?P<id>[^/]+)/'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://www.cnet.com/videos/hands-on-with-microsofts-windows-8-1-update/',
-        'md5': '041233212a0d06b179c87cbcca1577b8',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '56f4ea68-bd21-4852-b08c-4de5b8354c60',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'ext': 'flv',
             'title': 'Hands-on with Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update',
             'description': 'The new update to the Windows 8 OS brings improved performance for mouse and keyboard users.',
             'thumbnail': 're:^http://.*/flmswindows8.jpg$',
-            'uploader_id': 'sarah.mitroff@cbsinteractive.com',
+            'uploader_id': '6085384d-619e-11e3-b231-14feb5ca9861',
             'uploader': 'Sarah Mitroff',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': 'requires rtmpdump',
         }
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        display_id = mobj.group('id')
-
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+
         data_json = self._html_search_regex(
             r"<div class=\"cnetVideoPlayer\"\s+.*?data-cnet-video-options='([^']+)'",
             webpage, 'data json')
@@ -42,37 +43,31 @@ class CNETIE(InfoExtractor):
         if not vdata:
             raise ExtractorError('Cannot find video data')
 
+        mpx_account = data['config']['players']['default']['mpx_account']
+        vid = vdata['files']['rtmp']
+        tp_link = 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/%s/%s' % (mpx_account, vid)
+
         video_id = vdata['id']
         title = vdata.get('headline')
         if title is None:
             title = vdata.get('title')
         if title is None:
             raise ExtractorError('Cannot find title!')
-        description = vdata.get('dek')
         thumbnail = vdata.get('image', {}).get('path')
         author = vdata.get('author')
         if author:
             uploader = '%s %s' % (author['firstName'], author['lastName'])
-            uploader_id = author.get('email')
+            uploader_id = author.get('id')
         else:
             uploader = None
             uploader_id = None
 
-        formats = [{
-            'format_id': '%s-%s-%s' % (
-                f['type'], f['format'],
-                int_or_none(f.get('bitrate'), 1000, default='')),
-            'url': f['uri'],
-            'tbr': int_or_none(f.get('bitrate'), 1000),
-        } for f in vdata['files']['data']]
-        self._sort_formats(formats)
-
         return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'url': tp_link,
             'id': video_id,
             'display_id': display_id,
             'title': title,
-            'formats': formats,
-            'description': description,
             'uploader': uploader,
             'uploader_id': uploader_id,
             'thumbnail': thumbnail,