Fetch the original video file's URL on Megavideo (premium accounts) without getting through the Flash app.

fetch-megavideo.go

/*
 * Fetch the original video file's URL on Megavideo (premium accounts) without getting
 * through the Flash app.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Alexis ROBERT <[email protected]>
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 *
 * Usage :
 *      Create a config.json file in the current directory like the following :
 *      {"username": "blah", "password": "blah"}
 *
 *      Then, execute ./fetch-megavideo VIDEOID
 *
 *      VIDEOID is the ?v= part of Megavideo links.
 */

package main

import "http"
import "xml"
import "fmt"
import "os"
import "json"
import "path"
import "flag"

type Data struct {
	XMLName     xml.Name "user"
	User        string   "attr"
	Downloadurl string   "attr"
}

type Config struct {
	Username string
	Password string
}

// Get the url from a specific videoid given an userid.
func download(videoid string, userid string) string {
	c := new(http.Client)

	r, _, e := c.Get("http://www.megavideo.com/xml/player_login.php?u=" + userid + "&v=" + videoid + "&password=")

	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}

	result := Data{User: "", Downloadurl: ""}
	e = xml.Unmarshal(r.Body, &result)

	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}

	url, e := http.URLUnescape(result.Downloadurl)
	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}

	if len(url) == 0 {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Video not found !\n")
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	return url
}

// Open and parses config file
func openconfig(path string) Config {
	f, e := os.Open(path)

	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}

	d := json.NewDecoder(f)
	config := Config{}
	d.Decode(&config)

	return config
}

// Logs the user and fetch the cookie which contains the user's userid
func login(username string, password string) string {
	c := new(http.Client)

	r, e := c.PostForm("http://www.megavideo.com/?c=login", map[string]string{
		"login": "1", "redir": "1", "username": username, "password": password})

	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}

	if len(r.SetCookie) > 1 {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error : more than one cookie defined. Maybe the protocol changed.")
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	return r.SetCookie[0].Value
}

func printUsage() {
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s [videoid]\n", os.Args[0])
	flag.PrintDefaults()
}

func main() {
	trailer := flag.Bool("p", false, "Outputs \"url\" instead of url")
	flag.Usage = printUsage
	flag.Parse()

	configpath, _ := path.Split(os.Args[0])

	if flag.NArg() == 0 {
		flag.Usage()
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Logging ...\n")
	config := openconfig(path.Join(configpath, "config.json"))

	userid := login(config.Username, config.Password)

	url := download(flag.Arg(0), userid)

	if *trailer == true {
		url = "\""+url+"\""
	}

	fmt.Printf("%s\n", url)
}