A script to download game vods, condensed vods, or highlights from nbl.com.au without an account

nbl_dl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from requests import get, post
from subprocess import Popen
from os import remove
from datetime import datetime

class Category:
    HIGHLIGHTS = 71361
    CONDENSED = 71377
    FULL = 71385

def get_vods(category = None, filter_name = None, filter_date_after = None):
    if not category:
        category = Category.HIGHLIGHTS
    data = get("https://apicdn.nbl.com.au/nbl/custom/api/sportradar", params={
        "route": "content", 
        "status_id": "2,3",
        "cat3_id": "11191",
        "limit": "200",
        "page": "1",
        "content_type_id": category,
        "sort_direction": "desc",
        "content_source_id": "81387",
        "filter[tenant]": "nbl"
    }).json()["data"]
    matches = data
    if filter_name:
        matches = [match for match in matches if filter_name.lower() in match["editorial"]["translations"]["en"]["title"].lower()]
    if filter_date_after:
        matches = [match for match in matches if datetime.strptime(filter_date_after, "%Y-%m-%d") < datetime.strptime(match["startTime"].split("T",1)[0], "%Y-%m-%d")]
    return matches

def get_vod(vod_id, resolution=None):
    stream_url = post(f"https://ott.nbl.com.au/api/v2/content/{vod_id}/access/hls", headers={
        "Referer": f"https://ott.nbl.com.au/en-int/embed/{vod_id}",
        "Origin": "https://ott.nbl.com.au",
        "Content-Length": "0"
    }).json()["data"]["stream"]
    if not resolution:
        return stream_url
    m3u8 = get(stream_url).text.split("\n")
    for n,line in enumerate(m3u8):
        if line[0] == "#" and f",RESOLUTION={resolution}" in line:
            return m3u8[n+1]
    raise Exception("No stream urls matching resolution found")

def main():
    from argparse import ArgumentParser
    parser = ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("--name", default="perth wildcats")
    parser.add_argument("--category", default="highlights")
    parser.add_argument("--resolution", default="1280x720")
    parser.add_argument("--date-after", default="2021-07-01")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    category = getattr(Category, args.category.upper()) if args.category else None
    matches = get_vods(category=category, filter_name=args.name, filter_date_after=args.date_after)
    for match in matches:
        fn = match['startTime'] + " - " + match['editorial']['translations']['en']['title'] + (f" ({args.resolution.split('x')[1]}p)" if args.resolution else "") + f".{match['id']}.mp4"
        print(fn)
        try:
            # skip existing files
            with open(fn) as f:
                continue
        except FileNotFoundError:
            pass
        proc = Popen(["ffmpeg", "-v", "quiet", "-stats", "-n", "-i", get_vod(match['id'], resolution=args.resolution), "-c", "copy", "file:" + fn])
        try:
            proc.communicate()
        finally:
            # delete incomplete files
            if proc.returncode != 0:
                remove(fn)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()