addon.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from xbmcswift import Plugin, download_page
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup as BS, SoupStrainer as SS
from urlparse import urljoin
import re

__plugin_name__ = 'Academic Earth'
__plugin_id__ = 'plugin.video.academicearth'

plugin = Plugin(__plugin_name__, __plugin_id__)

BASE_URL = 'http://academicearth.org'
def full_url(path):
    return urljoin(BASE_URL, path)

# Default view
@plugin.route('/')
def show_lectures():
    COURSE_URL = 'http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming'
    src = download_page(COURSE_URL)
    html = BS(src)
    parent_div = html.find('div', {'class': 'results-list'})
    lectures = parent_div.findAll('li')

    items = []
    for lecture in lectures:
        item = {}
        item['label'] = lecture.h4.a.string
        item['url'] = plugin.url_for('watch_lecture', url=full_url(lecture.h4.a['href']))
        item['thumbnail'] = full_url(lecture.find('img', {'class': 'thumb-144'})['src'])
        item['info'] = {}
        item['info']['plot'] = lecture.p.string
        items.append(item)

    from pprint import pprint
    pprint(items)

@plugin.route('/watch/<url>')
def watch_lecture(url):
    pass


if __name__ == '__main__': 
    plugin.run()