2016-04-09, 16:36
Hi all,
Before I go to real issue, you might think that I'm new to Kodi but in fact been a supporter of XBMC since ages and I'm forever grateful to the community who is working to make Kodi what is it. Awesome. Maybe this post is not for here but I was feared that If I post at Scrappers nobody would notice (why would you reply to a new forum user anyway
I use Edge.org website very often to educate myself on science and exploration beyond what we see around us. Its a fantastic non-commercial initiative (disclaimer: I am only the fan and not affiliated). Since they have every week different thinkers to discuss in a video different aspects I thought to create an add-on for Kodi Jarvis.
The link where all videos are displayed (in Vimeo hidden format) is: https://www.edge.org/videos
I've started to build a scraper and hence I need your advice and help from experienced users.
addon.xml looks like this:
While python script default.py I tried to base similar to 80s music videos addon script
I dont have Github account but I encourage someone to start this addon to bring Edge quality conversations inside Kodi.
I use Raspberry PI with OpenElec, and happy to contribute, donate for fantastic work you are doing.
Lets do this!!!!
Thank you in advance everyone!!!!!
p.s. I promise to be an active user to test, report and further develop Kodi addons. Dont pay attention that this is my first post, I got to start from somewhere
#Update 1: There is a workaround if you install Vimeo Addon and you go to Edge website to "like" the video. It does not appear as video is listed as private, so maybe video scrapper can play what is in web-browser.
Before I go to real issue, you might think that I'm new to Kodi but in fact been a supporter of XBMC since ages and I'm forever grateful to the community who is working to make Kodi what is it. Awesome. Maybe this post is not for here but I was feared that If I post at Scrappers nobody would notice (why would you reply to a new forum user anyway
I use Edge.org website very often to educate myself on science and exploration beyond what we see around us. Its a fantastic non-commercial initiative (disclaimer: I am only the fan and not affiliated). Since they have every week different thinkers to discuss in a video different aspects I thought to create an add-on for Kodi Jarvis.
The link where all videos are displayed (in Vimeo hidden format) is: https://www.edge.org/videos
I've started to build a scraper and hence I need your advice and help from experienced users.
addon.xml looks like this:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<addon id="plugin.video.edgevideos" name="Edge Org Videos" version="0.0.1" provider-name="spoyser">
<requires>
<import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.1.0"/>
</requires>
<extension point="xbmc.python.pluginsource" library="default.py">
<provides>video</provides>
</extension>
<extension point="xbmc.addon.metadata">
<summary>Edge Org Videos</summary>
<description lang="en">Videos from Edge.</description>
<platform>all</platform>
</extension>
</addon>While python script default.py I tried to base similar to 80s music videos addon script
Code:
import urllib
import re
import xbmc
import xbmcaddon
import xbmcplugin
import xbmcgui
import os
import geturllib
ADDON = xbmcaddon.Addon()
TITLE = 'Edge.org Videos'
VERSION = '0.0.1'
DIR = 'plugin.video.edgevideos'
_PLAY = 100
_LETTER = 200
_YEAR = 300
def main():
checkVersion()
addDecade('edge', 'http://www.edge.org/')
def addDecade(year, url):
thumbnail = 'DefaultPlaylist.png'
u = sys.argv[0]
u += "?url=" + urllib.quote_plus(url)
u += "&mode=" + str(_YEAR)
liz = xbmcgui.ListItem(year, iconImage=thumbnail, thumbnailImage=thumbnail)
xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle = int(sys.argv[1]), url = u, listitem = liz, isFolder = True)
def checkVersion():
prev = ADDON.getSetting('VERSION')
curr = VERSION
if prev == curr:
return
#new version, inform user of new features
ADDON.setSetting('VERSION', curr)
if prev == '0.0.0':
d = xbmcgui.Dialog()
d.ok(TITLE, '', 'Now with 90s Edge Videos')
def addLetters(url):
for i in range(65, 91):
addLetter(url, chr(i))
def addLetter(url, letter):
thumbnail = 'DefaultPlaylist.png'
u = sys.argv[0]
u += "?letter=" + letter
u += "&mode=" + str(_LETTER)
u += "&url=" + urllib.quote_plus(url)
liz = xbmcgui.ListItem(letter, iconImage=thumbnail, thumbnailImage=thumbnail)
xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle = int(sys.argv[1]), url = u, listitem = liz, isFolder = True)
def addItem(url, item):
items = item.split('&a=a">')
root = items[0]
title = items[1]
url += 'vid/' + root + '.flv'
thumbnail = 'DefaultPlaylist.png'
u = sys.argv[0]
u += "?url=" + urllib.quote_plus(url)
u += "&title=" + urllib.quote_plus(title)
u += "&mode=" + str(_PLAY)
liz = xbmcgui.ListItem(title, iconImage=thumbnail, thumbnailImage=thumbnail)
liz.setProperty("IsPlayable","true")
xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle = int(sys.argv[1]), url = u, listitem = liz, isFolder = False)
def requestLetter(url, letter):
response = geturllib.GetURL(url, 60*60*24) # 1 day
r = 'vid=(.+?)</a>'
match = re.compile(r).findall(response)
for item in match:
if item[0].upper() == letter:
addItem(url, item)
def play(url, title):
pl = xbmc.PlayList(xbmc.PLAYLIST_VIDEO)
pl.clear()
liz = xbmcgui.ListItem (title)
liz.setInfo( type="Video", infoLabels={ "Title": title} )
liz.setPath(url)
xbmcplugin.setResolvedUrl(int(sys.argv[1]), True, liz)
#pl.add(url, liz)
#xbmc.Player().play(pl)
def get_params():
param = []
paramstring = sys.argv[2]
if len(paramstring) >= 2:
params = sys.argv[2]
cleanedparams = params.replace('?','')
if params[len(params)-1] == '/':
params = params[0:len(params)-2]
pairsofparams = cleanedparams.split('&')
param = {}
for i in range(len(pairsofparams)):
splitparams = {}
splitparams = pairsofparams[i].split('=')
if len(splitparams) == 2:
param[splitparams[0]] = splitparams[1]
return param
geturllib.SetCacheDir(xbmc.translatePath(os.path.join("special://profile", "addon_data", DIR,'cache')))
params = get_params()
mode = None
url = None
try:
mode=int(params["mode"])
except:
pass
try:
url=urllib.unquote_plus(params["url"])
except:
pass
if mode == None:
main()
elif mode == _PLAY:
try:
title = urllib.unquote_plus(params["title"])
play(url, title)
except:
pass
elif mode == _LETTER:
try:
letter = urllib.unquote_plus(params["letter"])
requestLetter(url, letter)
except:
pass
elif mode == _YEAR:
addLetters(url)
xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(int(sys.argv[1]))I dont have Github account but I encourage someone to start this addon to bring Edge quality conversations inside Kodi.
I use Raspberry PI with OpenElec, and happy to contribute, donate for fantastic work you are doing.
Lets do this!!!!
Thank you in advance everyone!!!!!
p.s. I promise to be an active user to test, report and further develop Kodi addons. Dont pay attention that this is my first post, I got to start from somewhere
#Update 1: There is a workaround if you install Vimeo Addon and you go to Edge website to "like" the video. It does not appear as video is listed as private, so maybe video scrapper can play what is in web-browser.
