tiktok parser/loader for vlc

tiktok.lua

-- warning: breaks easily because there are so many assumptions made here
-- it's already kinda half broken (randomly loading forever), no clue why
function probe()
    return (vlc.access == "http" or vlc.access == "https")
        and vlc.path:match("^www%.tiktok%.com/@[^/]+/video/(%d+)")
end
function parse()
    local json = require("dkjson")
    local aweme_id = vlc.path:match("^www%.tiktok%.com/@[^/]+/video/(%d+)");
    -- workaround with less restrictive api
    local api_stream = vlc.stream('https://api-h2.tiktokv.com/aweme/v1/aweme/detail/?aweme_id=' .. aweme_id .. '&version_code=220405&device_platform=android&os_version=10&carrier_region=US&aid=1180')
    local api_json_str = api_stream:readline();
    if (not api_json_str) or api_json_str == '' then
        -- retry once
        api_stream = vlc.stream('https://api-h2.tiktokv.com/aweme/v1/aweme/detail/?aweme_id=' .. aweme_id .. '&version_code=220405&device_platform=android&os_version=10&carrier_region=US&aid=1180')
        api_json_str = api_stream:readline();
    end
    if (not api_json_str) or api_json_str == '' then vlc.msg.err('Couldn\'t access API, might be blocked') end
    local api_json, _, err = json.decode(api_json_str)
    if err then vlc.msg.err('Couldn\'t decode JSON: ' .. err) end;
    local aweme_detail = api_json.aweme_detail
    if not aweme_detail then vlc.msg.err('Couldn\'t find video info for ' .. aweme_id .. ', might be deleted') end
    local info = {
        name = aweme_detail.desc,
        description = aweme_detail.desc,
    }
    if aweme_detail.author then
        info['artist'] = aweme_detail.author.nickname
    end
    if aweme_detail.cover then
        info['art_url'] = aweme_detail.cover.url_list[1]
    end
    if aweme_detail.video then
        local video_urls = aweme_detail.video.play_addr_bytevc1 and aweme_detail.video.play_addr_bytevc1.url_list or aweme_detail.video.play_addr.url_list
        for _, url in ipairs(video_urls) do
            --[[
            -- uncomment these lines to retrieve a permanent (albeit a bit unstable) api url
            if url:find('aweme/v1') then
                info['path'] = url
                break
            end
            ]]
        end
        if not info['path'] then
            info['path'] = video_urls[1]
        end
        --info['path'] = 'https://api-h2.tiktokv.com/aweme/v1/play/?ratio=default&video_id=' .. aweme_detail.video.play_addr.uri
    end
    return {info}
end