download_best_videos_from_ted

#!/usr/bin/python3

#  Decription
#  ===========
#  Script to run get all TED talks links from the page, then download it in HD

#  Requirements
#  ============
#  In Linux shell run:
#  sudo apt-get install python3 python3-setuptools
#  sudo easy_install3 sh

from sh import wget,mkdir
from logging import info, error, root, DEBUG
import re,os,traceback

src = "http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kfl17/what_are_the_best_ted_talks/?sort=top"
output_dir = "~/videos/ted/"

root.setLevel(DEBUG)
raw = str(wget(src,"-q","-O","-"))
talks = re.findall(r'<a.*?href="(http://www\.ted\.com/talks/.*?\.html)">',raw)

mkdir("-p", os.path.expanduser(output_dir)) 

i = 0
for talk in talks:
  try:
    talk_raw = str(wget("-q","-O","-",talk))
    download = re.findall(r'<a.*?href="(http://download\.ted\.com/talks/.*?apikey=TEDDOWNLOAD)">',talk_raw)

    if len(download)>0:  
      i+=1
      url = download[0].replace(".mp4","-480p.mp4")
      info("%d. Downloading %s" % (i,download[0]))
      wget(url, "--content-disposition", "-P", os.path.expanduser(output_dir))
  except:
    error("Error while trying to download %s: %s" % (talk, traceback.print_exc()))