vh1.py hasn't been updated in over 2 years

[joetex72]

Can someone edit it to import MTVServicesInfoExtractor from .mtv and use the links from issue #11662 as tests since the links in vh1.py are no longer valid? This could finally close issue #9613.

Or is there a way to update it ourselves? If so, I would like to see if this update would work

vh1.py

from __future__ import unicode_literals

from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
from .common import InfoExtractor

import re

from ..utils import (
    ExtractorError,
    find_xpath_attr,
    fix_xml_ampersands,
    float_or_none,
    HEADRequest,
    RegexNotFoundError,
    sanitized_Request,
    strip_or_none,
    timeconvert,
    try_get,
    unescapeHTML,
    update_url_query,
    url_basename,
    xpath_text,
)


class VH1IE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
    IE_NAME = 'vh1.com'
    _FEED_URL = 'http://www.vh1.com/player/embed/AS3/fullepisode/rss/'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'http://www.vh1.com/video/metal-evolution/full-episodes/progressive-metal/1678612/playlist.jhtml',
        'playlist': [
            {
                'md5': '7827a7505f59633983165bbd2c119b52',
                'info_dict': {
                    'id': '731565',
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'title': 'Metal Evolution: Ep. 11 Act 1',
                    'description': 'Many rock academics have proclaimed that the truly progressive musicianship of the last 20 years has been found right here in the world of heavy metal, rather than obvious locales such as jazz, fusion or progressive rock. It stands to reason then, that much of this jaw-dropping virtuosity occurs within what\'s known as progressive metal, a genre that takes root with the likes of Rush in the \'70s, Queensryche and Fates Warning in the \'80s, and Dream Theater in the \'90s. Since then, the genre has exploded with creativity, spawning mind-bending, genre-defying acts such as Tool, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, A Perfect Circle and Opeth. Episode 12 looks at the extreme musicianship of these bands, as well as their often extreme literary prowess and conceptual strength, the end result being a rich level of respect and attention such challenging acts have brought upon the world of heavy metal, from a critical community usually dismissive of the form.'
                }
            },
            {
                'md5': '34fb4b7321c546b54deda2102a61821f',
                'info_dict': {
                    'id': '731567',
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'title': 'Metal Evolution: Ep. 11 Act 2',
                    'description': 'Many rock academics have proclaimed that the truly progressive musicianship of the last 20 years has been found right here in the world of heavy metal, rather than obvious locales such as jazz, fusion or progressive rock. It stands to reason then, that much of this jaw-dropping virtuosity occurs within what\'s known as progressive metal, a genre that takes root with the likes of Rush in the \'70s, Queensryche and Fates Warning in the \'80s, and Dream Theater in the \'90s. Since then, the genre has exploded with creativity, spawning mind-bending, genre-defying acts such as Tool, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, A Perfect Circle and Opeth. Episode 11 looks at the extreme musicianship of these bands, as well as their often extreme literary prowess and conceptual strength, the end result being a rich level of respect and attention such challenging acts have brought upon the world of heavy metal, from a critical community usually dismissive of the form.'
                }
            },
            {
                'md5': '813f38dba4c1b8647196135ebbf7e048',
                'info_dict': {
                    'id': '731568',
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'title': 'Metal Evolution: Ep. 11 Act 3',
                    'description': 'Many rock academics have proclaimed that the truly progressive musicianship of the last 20 years has been found right here in the world of heavy metal, rather than obvious locales such as jazz, fusion or progressive rock. It stands to reason then, that much of this jaw-dropping virtuosity occurs within what\'s known as progressive metal, a genre that takes root with the likes of Rush in the \'70s, Queensryche and Fates Warning in the \'80s, and Dream Theater in the \'90s. Since then, the genre has exploded with creativity, spawning mind-bending, genre-defying acts such as Tool, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, A Perfect Circle and Opeth. Episode 11 looks at the extreme musicianship of these bands, as well as their often extreme literary prowess and conceptual strength, the end result being a rich level of respect and attention such challenging acts have brought upon the world of heavy metal, from a critical community usually dismissive of the form.'
                }
            },
            {
                'md5': '51adb72439dfaed11c799115d76e497f',
                'info_dict': {
                    'id': '731569',
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'title': 'Metal Evolution: Ep. 11 Act 4',
                    'description': 'Many rock academics have proclaimed that the truly progressive musicianship of the last 20 years has been found right here in the world of heavy metal, rather than obvious locales such as jazz, fusion or progressive rock. It stands to reason then, that much of this jaw-dropping virtuosity occurs within what\'s known as progressive metal, a genre that takes root with the likes of Rush in the \'70s, Queensryche and Fates Warning in the \'80s, and Dream Theater in the \'90s. Since then, the genre has exploded with creativity, spawning mind-bending, genre-defying acts such as Tool, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, A Perfect Circle and Opeth. Episode 11 looks at the extreme musicianship of these bands, as well as their often extreme literary prowess and conceptual strength, the end result being a rich level of respect and attention such challenging acts have brought upon the world of heavy metal, from a critical community usually dismissive of the form.'
                }
            },
            {
                'md5': '93d554aaf79320703b73a95288c76a6e',
                'info_dict': {
                    'id': '731570',
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'title': 'Metal Evolution: Ep. 11 Act 5',
                    'description': 'Many rock academics have proclaimed that the truly progressive musicianship of the last 20 years has been found right here in the world of heavy metal, rather than obvious locales such as jazz, fusion or progressive rock. It stands to reason then, that much of this jaw-dropping virtuosity occurs within what\'s known as progressive metal, a genre that takes root with the likes of Rush in the \'70s, Queensryche and Fates Warning in the \'80s, and Dream Theater in the \'90s. Since then, the genre has exploded with creativity, spawning mind-bending, genre-defying acts such as Tool, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, A Perfect Circle and Opeth. Episode 11 looks at the extreme musicianship of these bands, as well as their often extreme literary prowess and conceptual strength, the end result being a rich level of respect and attention such challenging acts have brought upon the world of heavy metal, from a critical community usually dismissive of the form.'
                }
            }
        ],
        'skip': 'Blocked outside the US',
    }, {
        # Clip
        'url': 'http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/706675/metal-evolution-episode-1-pre-metal-show-clip.jhtml#id=1674118',
        'md5': '7d67cf6d9cdc6b4f3d3ac97a55403844',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '706675',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'Metal Evolution: Episode 1 Pre-Metal Show Clip',
            'description': 'The greatest documentary ever made about Heavy Metal begins as our host Sam Dunn travels the globe to seek out the origins and influences that helped create Heavy Metal. Sam speaks to legends like Kirk Hammett, Alice Cooper, Slash, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tom Morello, Ace Frehley, Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Davies, and many many more. This episode is the prologue for the 11 hour series, and Sam goes back to the very beginning to reveal how Heavy Metal was created.'
        },
        'skip': 'Blocked outside the US',
    }, {
        # Short link
        'url': 'http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1678353',
        'md5': '853192b87ad978732b67dd8e549b266a',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '730355',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'Metal Evolution: Episode 11 Progressive Metal Sneak',
            'description': 'In Metal Evolution\'s finale sneak, Sam sits with Michael Giles of King Crimson and gets feedback from Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett on why the group was influential.'
        },
        'skip': 'Blocked outside the US',
    }, {
        'url': 'http://www.vh1.com/video/macklemore-ryan-lewis/900535/cant-hold-us-ft-ray-dalton.jhtml',
        'md5': 'b1bcb5b4380c9d7f544065589432dee7',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '900535',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Can\'t Hold Us ft. Ray Dalton"',
            'description': 'The Heist'
        },
        'skip': 'Blocked outside the US',
    }]

    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
        https?://www\.vh1\.com/video/
        (?:
            .+?/full-episodes/.+?/(?P<playlist_id>[^/]+)/playlist\.jhtml
        |
            (?:
            play.jhtml\?id=|
            misc/.+?/.+?\.jhtml\#id=
            )
            (?P<video_id>[0-9]+)$
        |
            [^/]+/(?P<music_id>[0-9]+)/[^/]+?
        )
    '''

    def _real_extract(self, url):
        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
        if mobj.group('music_id'):
            id_field = 'vid'
            video_id = mobj.group('music_id')
        else:
            video_id = mobj.group('playlist_id') or mobj.group('video_id')
            id_field = 'id'
        doc_url = '%s?%s=%s' % (self._FEED_URL, id_field, video_id)

        idoc = self._download_xml(
            doc_url, video_id,
            'Downloading info', transform_source=fix_xml_ampersands)
        return self.playlist_result(
            [self._get_video_info(item) for item in idoc.findall('.//item')],
            playlist_id=video_id,
        )


class vh1FullEpisodesIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
    IE_NAME = 'vh1'
    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://(?:www\.)?vh1\.com/
        (video-clips|episodes|full-episodes|shows(?=/[^/]+/(?!full-episodes)))
        /(?P<title>.*)'''
    _FEED_URL = 'http://blog.viacom.com/brand-rss/vh1/feed/'

    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/v72itv/black-ink-crew-chicago-ryan-loses-his-luggage',
        'info_dict': {
            'title': 'Ryan Loses His Luggage',
            'description': 'Ryan is left to borrow clothes from the guys while in the Dominican Republic after the airport loses his luggage.',
        },
    }, {
        'url': 'http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/cqxu0a/americas-next-top-model-business-brand-boss-season-23-ep-2301',
        'only_matching': True,
    }]

[dstftw]

Duplicate of #9613.

[joetex72]

No answer?

Can someone update it to use MTVServicesInfoExtractor?

This isn't a duplicate, it's a request.

How to do it if I'm new to this?

[yan12125]

This isn't a duplicate, it's a request.

@joetex72 #9613 is still open. Please move there for further discussions.

[joetex72]

That topic has been ignored.
But it's cool. I've given up on a fix for this because that issue has been open for almost a year now. I'll torrent whatever videos I want from vh1.