ndtv_dl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
import re
import requests
import sys
import subprocess
def download(furl,title):
    wget = subprocess.Popen(['wget','-c','-O',title, furl])
    wget.wait()
    return wget.returncode


def main():
    if len(sys.argv)<2:
        print 'url missing'
        sys.exit()
    else:
        url=sys.argv[1]
    template='http://bitcast-b.bitgravity.com/ndtvod/23372/ndtv/{}'.format

    # title=re.search('(.+?)-\d+',url.rsplit('/',1)[-1]).group(1)+'.mp4'
    r=requests.get(url)
    vid_id=re.search("__id = '(\d+)'",r.content).group(1)
    title=re.search('<meta property="og:title" content="(.+?)"/>',r.content).group(1)+'.mp4'
    fn=re.search(" __filename='(.+?)'",r.content).group(1)
    furl=template(fn)
    result = download(furl, title)

    if result==0:
        print title,'downloaded'
    else:
        print 'Failed'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()