#!/usr/bin/env python __all__ = ['ehow_download'] from ..common import * def ehow_download(url, output_dir = '.', merge = True, info_only = False, **kwargs): assert re.search(r'http://www.ehow.com/video_', url), "URL you entered is not supported" html = get_html(url) contentid = r1(r'', html) vid = r1(r'"demand_ehow_videoid":"([^"]+)"', html) assert vid xml = get_html('http://www.ehow.com/services/video/series.xml?demand_ehow_videoid=%s' % vid) from xml.dom.minidom import parseString doc = parseString(xml) tab = doc.getElementsByTagName('related')[0].firstChild for video in tab.childNodes: if re.search(contentid, video.attributes['link'].value): url = video.attributes['flv'].value break title = video.attributes['title'].value assert title type, ext, size = url_info(url) print_info(site_info, title, type, size) if not info_only: download_urls([url], title, ext, size, output_dir, merge = merge) site_info = "ehow.com" download = ehow_download download_playlist = playlist_not_supported('ehow')