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Fix extraction of media data from webpage
jmechnich Feb 8, 2026
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Add missing requirement for script.module.requests
jmechnich Feb 9, 2026
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions addon.xml
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<requires>
<import addon="xbmc.python" version="3.0.0"/>
<import addon="script.module.libmediathek4" version="0.0.1"/>
<import addon="script.module.requests"/>
</requires>
<extension point="xbmc.python.module" library="lib" />
<extension point="xbmc.addon.metadata">
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165 changes: 91 additions & 74 deletions lib/libwdrparser.py
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import requests
import json
import re
#import dateutil.parser
base = 'http://www1.wdr.de'


def parseVideo(url,signLang=False):
response = requests.get(url).text
if 'mediaLink video' in response:
j = json.loads(re.compile('<a href="javascript:void\(0\);" class="mediaLink video" data-extension=\'(.+?)\'', re.DOTALL).findall(response)[0])
url = j['mediaObj']['url']
return parseVideoJs(url,signLang)
if 'mediaLink audio' in response:
j = json.loads(re.compile('<a href="javascript:void\(0\);" class="mediaLink audio" data-extension=\'(.+?)\'', re.DOTALL).findall(response)[0])
url = j['mediaObj']['url']
return parseAudioJs(url)

def parseAudioJs(url):
response = requests.get(url).text
j = json.loads(response[38:-2])
audio = j['mediaResource']['dflt']['audioURL']
if audio.startswith('//'):
audio = f'http:{audio}'
return {'media':[{'url':audio, 'type':'video', 'stream':'audio'}]}

def parseVideoJs(url,signLang=False):
response = requests.get(url).text
j = json.loads(response[38:-2])

videos = []
subUrlTtml = False
for type in j['mediaResource']:
if type == 'dflt' or type == 'alt':
if signLang and 'slVideoURL' in j['mediaResource'][type]:
videos.append(j['mediaResource'][type]['slVideoURL'])
else:
videos.append(j['mediaResource'][type]['videoURL'])
elif type == 'captionURL':
subUrlTtml = j['mediaResource']['captionURL']
elif type == 'captionsHash':
if 'xml' in j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']:
subUrlTtml = j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']['xml']
if 'vtt' in j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']:
subUrlVtt = j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']['vtt']
if 'srt' in j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']:
subUrlSrt = j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']['srt']
video = False
for vid in videos:
if vid.startswith('//'):
vid = 'http:' + vid
if vid.endswith('.m3u8'):
video = vid
elif vid.endswith('.f4m') and (not video or video.endswith('.mp4')):
video = vid.replace('manifest.f4m','master.m3u8').replace('adaptiv.wdr.de/z/','adaptiv.wdr.de/i/')
elif vid.endswith('.mp4') and not video:
video = vid
d = {}
d['media'] = []
if video.endswith('m3u8'):
d['media'].append({'url':video, 'type': 'video', 'stream':'HLS'})
else:
d['media'].append({'url':video, 'type': 'video', 'stream':'mp4'})
if subUrlTtml:
if subUrlTtml.startswith('//'):
subUrlTtml = 'http:' + subUrlTtml
d['subtitle'] = []
d['subtitle'].append({'url':subUrlTtml, 'type': 'ttml', 'lang':'de'})
return d

def startTimeToInt(s):
HH,MM,SS = s.split(":")
return int(HH) * 60 + int(MM)
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import requests
import json
import re
#import dateutil.parser
base = 'http://www1.wdr.de'


def parseVideo(url,signLang=False):
response = requests.get(url).text
mtype = ''
ref = None

# This is "old-style" matching, not sure if it not used anywhere
matches = re.compile(r'<a href="javascript:void\(0\);" class="mediaLink (.+?)" data-extension=\'(.+?)\'', re.DOTALL).findall(response)
if len(matches):
mtype, jsonstr = matches[0]
j = json.loads(jsonstr)
url = j['mediaObj']['url']
else:
# This is "new-style" matching that works in 2026
matches = re.compile(r'(?ms)class="mediaLink (.+?)".*?data-extension-ard=\'(.+?)\'').findall(response)
if len(matches):
mtype, jsonstr = matches[0]
j = json.loads(jsonstr)
ref = j['mediaObj']['ref']
if mtype == 'video':
return parseVideoJs(url,signLang,ref)
elif mtype == 'audio':
return parseAudioJs(url,ref)

def parseAudioJs(url,ref=None):
j = parseJs(url,ref)
audio = j['mediaResource']['dflt']['audioURL']
if audio.startswith('//'):
audio = f'http:{audio}'
return {'media':[{'url':audio, 'type':'video', 'stream':'audio'}]}

def parseVideoJs(url,signLang=False,ref=None):
j = parseJs(url,ref)
videos = []
subUrlTtml = False
for type in j['mediaResource']:
if type == 'dflt' or type == 'alt':
if signLang and 'slVideoURL' in j['mediaResource'][type]:
videos.append(j['mediaResource'][type]['slVideoURL'])
else:
videos.append(j['mediaResource'][type]['videoURL'])
elif type == 'captionURL':
subUrlTtml = j['mediaResource']['captionURL']
elif type == 'captionsHash':
if 'xml' in j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']:
subUrlTtml = j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']['xml']
if 'vtt' in j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']:
subUrlVtt = j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']['vtt']
if 'srt' in j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']:
subUrlSrt = j['mediaResource']['captionsHash']['srt']
video = False
for vid in videos:
if vid.startswith('//'):
vid = 'http:' + vid
if vid.endswith('.m3u8'):
video = vid
elif vid.endswith('.f4m') and (not video or video.endswith('.mp4')):
video = vid.replace('manifest.f4m','master.m3u8').replace('adaptiv.wdr.de/z/','adaptiv.wdr.de/i/')
elif vid.endswith('.mp4') and not video:
video = vid
d = {}
d['media'] = []
if video.endswith('m3u8'):
d['media'].append({'url':video, 'type': 'video', 'stream':'HLS'})
else:
d['media'].append({'url':video, 'type': 'video', 'stream':'mp4'})
if subUrlTtml:
if subUrlTtml.startswith('//'):
subUrlTtml = 'http:' + subUrlTtml
d['subtitle'] = []
d['subtitle'].append({'url':subUrlTtml, 'type': 'ttml', 'lang':'de'})
return d

def parseJs(url,ref):
response = requests.get(url).text
if ref is None:
j = json.loads(response[38:-2])
else:
j = json.loads(re.compile(rf'(?ms)globalObject.gseaInlineMediaData\["{ref}"\] =(.*?)}};').findall(response)[0].strip() + '}')
return j

def startTimeToInt(s):
HH,MM,SS = s.split(":")
return int(HH) * 60 + int(MM)