PBS Kids Video Downloader

pbskids.py

import json
import requests
import subprocess

home = requests.get("https://content.services.pbskids.org/v2/kidspbsorg/home/").text
home = json.loads(home)

shows = {}
episodes = {}

print("==========PBS Kids Show Downloader by Larsenv==========\n")

def title(j, k, data):
    i = 0
    for f in data:
        i += 1
        number = str(j) + str(i).zfill(2)
        number = number.zfill(3)
        if k == 0:
            shows[number] = f
        elif k == 1:
            episodes[number] = f
        print(number + ". " + f["title"])

print("Show List:")

print("\nWeekly Promo:\n")

promo = home["collections"]["kids-promo"]
shows["000"] = promo
print("000. " + promo["title"])

print("\nSpotlight:\n")

spotlight = home["collections"]["kids-show-spotlight"]["content"]
shows["001"] = spotlight[0]
print("001. " + spotlight[0]["title"])

for i in range(1, 4):
    print("\nTier {}:\n".format(i))

    title(i, 0, home["collections"]["kids-programs-tier-{}".format(i)]["content"])
    
selection = input("\nPlease enter the number of the show you want to download: ")

url = shows[selection]["URI"].replace("pbs.org", "pbskids.org")
showhome = json.loads(requests.get(url).text)

print("\nEpisode and Clips List:")

print("\nClips:\n")

title("", 1, showhome["collections"]["clips"]["content"])

print("\nEpisodes:\n")

title(2, 1, showhome["collections"]["episodes"]["content"])

print("\nPromoted Content:\n")

title(3, 1, showhome["collections"]["promoted_content"]["content"])

selection2 = input("\nPlease enter the number of the episode or clip you want to download: ")

print("\nDownloading...")

vtt = None

for cc in episodes[selection2]["closedCaptions"]:
    if cc["format"] == "WebVTT":
        vtt = cc["URI"]

filename = (shows[selection]["title"] + " - " + episodes[selection2]["title"] + ".mp4").replace("/", " - ")

if vtt:
    subprocess.call(["ffmpeg", "-i", episodes[selection2]["URI"], "-i", vtt, "-c:s", "mov_text", "-metadata:s:s:0", "language=eng", filename])
else:
    subprocess.call(["ffmpeg", "-i", episodes[selection2]["URI"], filename])

print("\nDone!")