A quick python script to download videos from the food network site. Written on Dec. 30, 2022 and may not work on all playlists, or for a long time

dl_food_network.py

import sys
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

import subprocess

FFMPEG = 'ffmpeg'

def DLPath(path, filename):
    url = 'https://www.foodnetwork.com/apps/api/playback?path=' + path

    print('Using FFMPEG to DL "%s" -> "%s"' % (url, filename))
    subprocess.run([FFMPEG, '-i', url, '-c', 'copy', filename])
    

def DLVid(url):
    print('Downloading "%s"...' % url)

    with urlopen(url) as fNet:
        txt = fNet.read().decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
        
        for config in txt.split('<script type="text/x-config">')[1:]:
            config = config.split('</script>',1)[0]
            config_js = None
            try:
                config_js = json.loads(config)
            except:
                continue

            if config_js is not None and 'webPlayer' in config_js:
                if 'channels' in config_js['webPlayer']:
                    channel = config_js['webPlayer']['channels'][0]
                    for video in channel['videos']:
                        path = video['path']
                        video_id = video['videoID']
                        metadata = video['mux']['metaData']
                        vid_filename = '%s - %s.mp4' % (metadata['videoTitle'], metadata['videoId'])
                        meta_filename = '%s - %s.json' % (metadata['videoTitle'], metadata['videoId'])
                        
                        with open(meta_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                            f.write(json.dumps(video))
                        
                        DLPath(path, vid_filename)

                    break


for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
    DLVid(arg)