- def _get_subtitles(self, author, clip_idx, lang, name, duration, video_id):
- captions_post = {
- 'a': author,
- 'cn': clip_idx,
- 'lc': lang,
- 'm': name,
- }
- captions = self._download_json(
- '%s/player/retrieve-captions' % self._API_BASE, video_id,
- 'Downloading captions JSON', 'Unable to download captions JSON',
- fatal=False, data=json.dumps(captions_post).encode('utf-8'),
- headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf-8'})
+ def _get_subtitles(self, author, clip_idx, clip_id, lang, name, duration, video_id):
+ captions = None
+ if clip_id:
+ captions = self._download_json(
+ '%s/transcript/api/v1/caption/json/%s/%s'
+ % (self._API_BASE, clip_id, lang), video_id,
+ 'Downloading captions JSON', 'Unable to download captions JSON',
+ fatal=False)
+ if not captions:
+ captions_post = {
+ 'a': author,
+ 'cn': int(clip_idx),
+ 'lc': lang,
+ 'm': name,
+ }
+ captions = self._download_json(
+ '%s/player/retrieve-captions' % self._API_BASE, video_id,
+ 'Downloading captions JSON', 'Unable to download captions JSON',
+ fatal=False, data=json.dumps(captions_post).encode('utf-8'),
+ headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf-8'})