+
+
+class TwitterIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'twitter'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.|m\.|mobile\.)?twitter\.com/(?P<user_id>[^/]+)/status/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://twitter.com/%s/status/%s'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://twitter.com/freethenipple/status/643211948184596480',
+        'md5': '31cd83a116fc41f99ae3d909d4caf6a0',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '643211948184596480',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'FREE THE NIPPLE - FTN supporters on Hollywood Blvd today!',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'duration': 12.922,
+            'description': 'FREE THE NIPPLE on Twitter: "FTN supporters on Hollywood Blvd today! http://t.co/c7jHH749xJ"',
+            'uploader': 'FREE THE NIPPLE',
+            'uploader_id': 'freethenipple',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        user_id = mobj.group('user_id')
+        twid = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(self._TEMPLATE_URL % (user_id, twid), twid)
+
+        username = remove_end(self._og_search_title(webpage), ' on Twitter')
+
+        title = self._og_search_description(webpage).strip('').replace('\n', ' ')
+
+        # strip  'https -_t.co_BJYgOjSeGA' junk from filenames
+        mobj = re.match(r'“(.*)\s+(https?://[^ ]+)”', title)
+        title, short_url = mobj.groups()
+
+        card_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'["\']/i/cards/tfw/v1/(\d+)', webpage, 'twitter card url')
+        card_url = 'https://twitter.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/' + card_id
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'ie_key': 'TwitterCard',
+            'uploader_id': user_id,
+            'uploader': username,
+            'url': card_url,
+            'webpage_url': url,
+            'description': '%s on Twitter: "%s %s"' % (username, title, short_url),
+            'title': username + ' - ' + title,
+        }