-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        video_url = self._html_search_regex(r'<source src="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'video URL')
-
-        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
-        description = self._og_search_description(webpage, default='')
-        thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
-        timestamp = int_or_none(self._og_search_property('updated_time', webpage, fatal=False))
-        width = int_or_none(self._og_search_property('video:width', webpage, fatal=False))
-        height = int_or_none(self._og_search_property('video:height', webpage, fatal=False))
-        duration = float_or_none(self._html_search_regex(
-            r'data-duration="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'duration', fatal=False))
-        view_count = str_to_int(self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<span class="video_views">\s*([\d,\.]+)\s*plays?', webpage, 'view count', fatal=False))
-        like_count = str_to_int(self._html_search_regex(
-            r'class="score js-video-vote-score"[^>]+data-score="([\d,\.\s]+)">',
-            webpage, 'like count', fatal=False))
-        comment_count = str_to_int(self._html_search_regex(
-            r'class="js-comment-count"[^>]+data-count="([\d,\.\s]+)">',
-            webpage, 'comment count', fatal=False))
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        try:
+            response = self._download_json(
+                'https://api.vid.me/videoByUrl/%s' % video_id, video_id)
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 400:
+                response = self._parse_json(e.cause.read(), video_id)
+            else:
+                raise
+
+        error = response.get('error')
+        if error:
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                '%s returned error: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, error), expected=True)
+
+        video = response['video']
+
+        if video.get('state') == 'deleted':
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'Vidme said: Sorry, this video has been deleted.',
+                expected=True)
+
+        if video.get('state') in ('user-disabled', 'suspended'):
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'Vidme said: This video has been suspended either due to a copyright claim, '
+                'or for violating the terms of use.',
+                expected=True)
+
+        formats = [{
+            'format_id': f.get('type'),
+            'url': f['uri'],
+            'width': int_or_none(f.get('width')),
+            'height': int_or_none(f.get('height')),
+            'preference': 0 if f.get('type', '').endswith('clip') else 1,
+        } for f in video.get('formats', []) if f.get('uri')]
+
+        if not formats and video.get('complete_url'):
+            formats.append({
+                'url': video.get('complete_url'),
+                'width': int_or_none(video.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(video.get('height')),
+            })
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        title = video['title']
+        description = video.get('description')
+        thumbnail = video.get('thumbnail_url')
+        timestamp = parse_iso8601(video.get('date_created'), ' ')
+        uploader = video.get('user', {}).get('username')
+        uploader_id = video.get('user', {}).get('user_id')
+        age_limit = 18 if video.get('nsfw') is True else 0
+        duration = float_or_none(video.get('duration'))
+        view_count = int_or_none(video.get('view_count'))
+        like_count = int_or_none(video.get('likes_count'))
+        comment_count = int_or_none(video.get('comment_count'))