cc_southpark.py uses #BeautifulSoup to produce a list of links to #SouthPark episodes

cc_southpark.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json
from beautifulscraper import BeautifulScraper
from pprint import pprint as pp

URL = "http://southpark.cc.com/feeds/carousel/video/08f60a6f-24a8-4d88-88a3-eb5588494cbc/30/1/json/views/season-"

# a sample item:
'''
    {
      "contentType": "Video",
      "itemId": "8f5ef4a4-8300-4e52-95ff-459008c74996",
      "title": "It’s Like Mango and Kiwi",
      "description": "Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman confront the person who has been selling Vape Pens to Kyle’s little brother.",
      "shortDescription": "Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman confront the person who has been selling Vape Pens to Kyle’s little brother.",
      "images": "https://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/south-park/clip-thumbnails/season-22/2204/south-park-s22e04-Its-Like-Mango-and-Kiwi_16x9.jpg",
      "originalAirDate": "1539828000",
      "episode": {
        "title": "Tegridy Farms",
        "description": "Butters is selling vape pens and all kinds of fruity-flavored vape accessories at school. Meanwhile, Randy decides he should move the family to the country and take up farming.",
        "shortDescription": "Randy moves the family to the country and he takes up farming.",
        "originalAirDate": "1539828000",
        "episodeNumber": "2204"
      },
      "viewCount": "125392",
      "_url": {
        "default": "https://southpark.cc.com/clips/ilnk3q/its-like-mango-and-kiwi#source=08f60a6f-24a8-4d88-88a3-eb5588494cbc:896b2aa3-ac17-11e8-b956-70df2f866ace&position=2&sort=views",
        "sidebar": "https://southpark.cc.com/iframes/sidebar/8f5ef4a4-8300-4e52-95ff-459008c74996",
        "collection_creator_mobile": "/profile/collection-creator-mobile",
        "wiki": "https://southpark.cc.com/wiki/Tegridy_Farms"
      },
      "_availability": "true",
      "_carouselFlag": "/sitewide/img/carousel-flags/preview.png"
    },
'''

# The URL in _url.default up to the "#" is the VOD URL

def seasonClips(URL):
    VIDS = []
    scraper = BeautifulScraper()
    body = scraper.go(URL)
    j = json.loads(body.text)
    for d in j['results']:
        u = d.get('_url').get('default').split('#')[0]
        VIDS.append(u)
    return VIDS


for season in range(1,22):
    target = f'{URL}{season}'
    # print(target)
    [ print(u) for u in seasonClips(target) ]

    
# Put these URLs in a file, then feed them to youtube-dl:
#   cat URLS.txt | xargs youtube-dl