TVCatchup.com Plugin

docs/plugin_matrix.rst

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ tga                 - star.plu.cn        Yes   No
 tv4play             - tv4play.se         Yes   Yes   Streams may be geo-restricted to Sweden.
                                                      Only non-premium streams currently supported.
                     - fotbollskanalen.se
+tvcatchup           - tvcatchup.com      Yes   No    Streams may be geo-restricted to Great Britain.
 twitch              twitch.tv            Yes   Yes   Possible to authenticate for access to
                                                      subscription streams.
 ustreamtv           ustream.tv           Yes   Yes

src/livestreamer/plugins/tvcatchup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import re
+
+from livestreamer.plugin import Plugin
+from livestreamer.plugin.api import http
+from livestreamer.stream import HLSStream
+
+SUCCESS_HTTP_CODES = (200,)
+
+STREAM_URL_FORMAT = "http://tvcatchup.com/stream.php?chan={0}"
+_url_re = re.compile("http://(?:www\.)?tvcatchup.com/watch/(?P<channel_id>[0-9]+)")
+
+
+class TVCatchup(Plugin):
+    @classmethod
+    def can_handle_url(cls, url):
+        return _url_re.match(url)
+
+    def _get_streams(self):
+        """
+        Finds the stream from tvcatchup, they only provide a single 480p stream per channel.
+        """
+        match = _url_re.match(self.url).groupdict()
+        channel_id = match["channel_id"]
+
+        res = http.get(STREAM_URL_FORMAT.format(channel_id))
+
+        stream_url = http.json(res).get('url')
+
+        if stream_url:
+            return {"480p": HLSStream(self.session, stream_url)}
+
+
+__plugin__ = TVCatchup