diff --git a/test/tests.json b/test/tests.json
index 5f4f642e8..aa540792e 100644
--- a/test/tests.json
+++ b/test/tests.json
@@ -695,5 +695,15 @@
"info_dict": {
"title": "卡马乔国足开大脚长传冲吊集锦"
}
+ },
+ {
+ "name": "CSpan",
+ "url": "http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/HolderonV",
+ "file": "315139.flv",
+ "md5": "74a623266956f69e4df0068ab6c80fe4",
+ "info_dict": {
+ "title": "Attorney General Eric Holder on Voting Rights Act Decision"
+ },
+ "skip": "Requires rtmpdump"
}
]
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 0ea990860..eaa213609 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from .bliptv import BlipTVIE, BlipTVUserIE
from .breakcom import BreakIE
from .collegehumor import CollegeHumorIE
from .comedycentral import ComedyCentralIE
+from .cspan import CSpanIE
from .dailymotion import DailymotionIE
from .depositfiles import DepositFilesIE
from .eighttracks import EightTracksIE
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ def gen_extractors():
VevoIE(),
JukeboxIE(),
TudouIE(),
+ CSpanIE(),
GenericIE()
]
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2246515f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+ compat_urllib_parse,
+)
+
+class CSpanIE(InfoExtractor):
+ _VALID_URL = r'http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/(.*)'
+
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+ prog_name = mobj.group(1)
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(url, prog_name)
+ video_id = self._search_regex(r'programid=(.*?)&', webpage, 'video id')
+ data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'programid': video_id,
+ 'dynamic':'1'})
+ info_url = 'http://www.c-spanvideo.org/common/services/flashXml.php?' + data
+ video_info = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id, u'Downloading video info')
+
+ self.report_extraction(video_id)
+
+ title = self._html_search_regex(r'(.*?)',
+ video_info, 'title')
+ description = self._html_search_regex(r'(.*?)',
+ video_info, 'video url')
+ url = url.replace('$(protocol)', 'rtmp').replace('$(port)', '443')
+ path = self._search_regex(r'(.*?)',
+ video_info, 'rtmp play path')
+
+ return {'id': video_id,
+ 'title': title,
+ 'ext': 'flv',
+ 'url': url,
+ 'play_path': path,
+ 'description': description,
+ 'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+ }