Add support for Adobe Pass Auth TV provider Frontier Communications

[SonnyJim66]

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Would like to request support for Frontier Communications as an Adobe Pass MSO option. I believe the MSO ID is FRONTIER.

[kingkenrod]

I was able to get Frontier working by just adding an entry for Frontier in adobepass.py. This is what I did:

Fork the respository and checkout the source (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#developer-instructions)
Edit extractor/adobepass.py, adding this entry under MSO_INFO:

'FRONTIER': {
'name': 'FRONTIER',
'username_field': 'username',
'password_field': 'password',
},

Saved it and ran a test download like this:

python -m youtube_dl --ap-mso FRONTIER --ap-username myuser --ap-password mypassword http://www.trutv.com/full-episodes/im-sorry/2128654/index.html

My Frontier credentials worked and downloaded the video.

I then deleted the username_field and password_field lines from the FRONTIER entry in adobepass.py and the download still worked. So it looks like these entries are not necessary.

[BeefTater]

If possible this would be a great addition to the MSO list. I wouldn't have this need if Verizon hadn't sold us all off in CA, FL, and TX. :(

[albino1]

I'd just like to bump this in the hopes that Frontier can get added. It's a Top 10 US cable provider since aquiring a large portion of the Verizon FiOS customer base, and should really be supported.

If you look at the master MSO lists they all say the MSO ID is FRONTIER. For example, here's ESPN:

<provider>
  <id>FRONTIER</id>
  <websiteURL>http://frontier.com/</websiteURL>
  <displayName>Frontier Communications</displayName>
</provider>

http://www.espn.com/watchespn/feeds/adobepassProviders

And from Adobe themselves:

<mvpd>
  <id visible="true">FRONTIER</id>
  <displayName visible="true">Frontier Communications</displayName>
  <logoUrl visible="true">https://tveverywhere.clearleap.com/cltve/subscriberPortal/showLogo/101</logoUrl>
  <foregroundLogout>true</foregroundLogout>
  <authPerAggregator>false</authPerAggregator>
  <iFrameRequired visible="true">false</iFrameRequired>
  <isProxy visible="true">true</isProxy>
</mvpd>

https://sp.auth.adobe.com/adobe-services/config/olychannel?_=1515530648253&noflash=true

If a testing account is absolutely necessary to get it to work I can provide a temporary one to an actual youtube-dl dev.

[Kaihogan]

bumping yet again as this was posted 2017, bumped 2018 and yet near the need of 2019 we are still waiting for it to be added. Frontier Communications is a top 10 provider and those of us that were stuck with it really need to to be added.