PBS Video Extractor

gistfile1.js

// PBS Video Extractor
(function () {
  var getVideoUrl = function (id, fn) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open('GET', 'http://video.pbs.org/video/' + id + '.smil');
    xhr.responseType = 'document';
    xhr.onload = function () {
      var videos = Array.prototype.slice.call(xhr.response.querySelectorAll('video'), 0);

      videos.sort(function (a, b) {
        if (a.getAttribute('width') > b.getAttribute('width')) return -1;
        if (a.getAttribute('width') < b.getAttribute('width')) return 1;
        return 0;
      });

      var url = 'http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/' + videos[0].getAttribute('src');
      fn(url);
    };
    xhr.send();
  };

  getVideoUrl(jwSettings.videoId, function (url) {
    location.href = url;
  });
})();

Very useful for getting around the region restrictions while travelling in Europe. Thank you.