+        lessons = self._download_json(
+            'https://egghead.io/api/v1/series/%s/lessons' % playlist_id,
+            playlist_id, 'Downloading course lessons JSON')
+
+        entries = []
+        for lesson in lessons:
+            lesson_url = url_or_none(lesson.get('http_url'))
+            if not lesson_url:
+                continue
+            lesson_id = lesson.get('id')
+            if lesson_id:
+                lesson_id = compat_str(lesson_id)
+            entries.append(self.url_result(
+                lesson_url, ie=EggheadLessonIE.ie_key(), video_id=lesson_id))
+
+        course = self._download_json(
+            'https://egghead.io/api/v1/series/%s' % playlist_id,
+            playlist_id, 'Downloading course JSON', fatal=False) or {}
+
+        playlist_id = course.get('id')
+        if playlist_id:
+            playlist_id = compat_str(playlist_id)
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            entries, playlist_id, course.get('title'),
+            course.get('description'))
+
+
+class EggheadLessonIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'egghead.io lesson'
+    IE_NAME = 'egghead:lesson'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://egghead\.io/(?:api/v1/)?lessons/(?P<id>[^/?#&]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://egghead.io/lessons/javascript-linear-data-flow-with-container-style-types-box',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1196',
+            'display_id': 'javascript-linear-data-flow-with-container-style-types-box',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Create linear data flow with container style types (Box)',
+            'description': 'md5:9aa2cdb6f9878ed4c39ec09e85a8150e',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?:.*\.jpg$',
+            'timestamp': 1481296768,
+            'upload_date': '20161209',
+            'duration': 304,
+            'view_count': 0,
+            'tags': ['javascript', 'free'],
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+            'format': 'bestvideo',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://egghead.io/api/v1/lessons/react-add-redux-to-a-react-application',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        lesson = self._download_json(
+            'https://egghead.io/api/v1/lessons/%s' % display_id, display_id)
+
+        lesson_id = compat_str(lesson['id'])
+        title = lesson['title']