Script for parsing m3u8 content and downloading videos from iQIYI (爱奇艺)

[CrymanChen]

Hey guys, An idea just hit me when last night I was watching a movie, that why not try to write a script in Python to automatically download the video we want.

So the iQIYI-Downloader was wrote. I uploaded it onto GitHub so everyone could use it.

There may be some problems since I haven't really debug it. I did several tests and found out that it functions well, so why not share it on GitHub with y'all?

iQIYI-Downloader: https://github.com/CrymanChen/iQIYI-Downloader

This thread can be used to debug, maybe I'll try my best to improve it when you guys give me suggestions. Criticize me hardly

[CrymanChen]

What mainly my script did was to parse the m3u8 content from the network traffic. And I used another open-source (I guess so because it's on GitHub too) tool to generate a command to let the download begin.

P.S. Now it works for NORMAL MOVIES!
I'll try harder to make it work for OTHER KINDS OF MOVIES AND SERIES!

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Well done. We need more like this.

[CrymanChen]

No worries. Happy that y'all like it.

[madcat_ninja]

Do you know how to parse 4K videos from Iqiyi?

[CrymanChen]

4K (2160p) in some titles require downloading their app to watch it in there.
But I don't know how to intercept those in-app traffic, maybe someone could join me (put a post here to see if any friends to join)

[CrymanChen]

Guys, Managed to download nearly all m3u8 videos from iQIYI.
Including those from "云影院", the Cloud Cinema.

[Attachment 72565 - Click to enlarge]

[piaohua]

All of them. Does that mean you have to be a VIP?

[madcat_ninja]

CrymanChen, are you in China? IQiyi have China ver and International version.

[CrymanChen]

All of them. Does that mean you have to be a VIP?

Yes, of course.

[CrymanChen]

CrymanChen, are you in China? IQiyi have China ver and International version.

Right now I have only tested the Chinese version.

[piaohua]

Guys, Managed to download nearly all m3u8 videos from iQIYI.
Including those from "云影院", the Cloud Cinema.

[Attachment 72565 - Click to enlarge]

Your itest.py is not uploaded to GitHub!

[piaohua]

I borrowed a VIP6 account from a friend and used your script to successfully download the VIP TV series, which are not encrypted, but the "云影院" has to be purchased for an additional fee, so I didn't try it!

[piaohua]

I grabbed the m3u8 link with the client, but I can't download it, and the dash link is shorter than the web version, I know very little about the code, do you have any clue?

Hypertext Transfer Protocol
     [truncated]GET /20230527/c9/59/271e663c6deceed23ffe4dad12a6b618.m3u8?qdv=2&qd_uid=0&qd_vip=0&qd_src=01012001010000000000&qd_tm=1690280168220&qd_p=da41fc70&qd_k=7366c3faf2f0c357cfbdae688b7e1cf8&qd_index=vod&qd_tvid=7447809085423600&qd_sc=
    Host: meta-cdn.video.iqiyi.com\r\n
    Accept: */*\r\n
    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
    qyid: zbqabijtp3t5mwf66w7ianoj32ssuq3w\r\n
    User-Agent: QYPlayer/Windows/6.2306.1070;BT/mcto;NetType/unknown;Hv/;QTP/2.0.89.4\r\n
    \r\n
    [Full request URI [truncated]: http://meta-cdn.video.iqiyi.com/20230527/c9/59/271e663c6deceed23ffe4dad12a6b618.m3u8?qdv=2&qd_uid=0&qd_vip=0&qd_src=01012001010000000000&qd_tm=1690280168220&qd_p=da41fc70&qd_k=7366c3faf2f0c357cfbdae688b7e1cf8]
    [HTTP request 1/1]
    [Response in frame: 10825]



Hypertext Transfer Protocol
     [truncated]GET /dash?tvid=7447809085423600&np=1&ut=0&ps=0&d=1&pm=0&vid=254817724db8a1366084add2543b4c14&src=01012001010000000000&k_tag=1&k_uid=zbqabijtp3t5mwf66w7ianoj32ssuq3w&tm=1690280167205&bid=1&fr=25&pt=0&s=0&rs=1&slid=0&sver=2&k_ve
    Host: cache.video.iqiyi.com\r\n
    Accept: */*\r\n
    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
    qyid: zbqabijtp3t5mwf66w7ianoj32ssuq3w\r\n
    bop: {"version":"4.0"}\r\n
    prio: [{"dr":-1,"code":1},{"dr":-1,"code":2}]\r\n
    User-Agent: QYPlayer/Windows/6.2306.1070;BT/mcto;NetType/unknown;Hv/;QTP/2.0.89.4\r\n
    \r\n
    [Full request URI [truncated]: http://cache.video.iqiyi.com/dash?tvid=7447809085423600&np=1&ut=0&ps=0&d=1&pm=0&vid=254817724db8a1366084add2543b4c14&src=01012001010000000000&k_tag=1&k_uid=zbqabijtp3t5mwf66w7ianoj32ssuq3w&tm=1690280167205&bi]
    [HTTP request 1/1]
    [Response in frame: 10697]

The client can't select 4K for viewing, but it can download 4K, and the downloaded video format is QSV, which must be used to view the client. Below is the information captured during the download:

Hypertext Transfer Protocol
     [truncated]GET /dash?tvid=3243657877503800&bid=0&vid=367be60b160313d748337e1411024345&src=01012001010000000000&vt=1&ori=cube&rs=1&uid=1442188499&pck=51AxB5xm2hM7E4l602m3rEo2JK8MBK656isCZH8FhE3LXuNkUdTooFHQ72poHpKYJm33Xc6&ut=1&messageId=c
    Host: cache.video.iqiyi.com\r\n
    Accept: */*\r\n
    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, sdch\r\n
    Accept-Language: zh-cn\r\n
    Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
    Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n
    Range: bytes=0-\r\n
    User-Agent: Cube_WINPC/16.0.3.7803;NetType/unknown;ccr/0;QTP/2.0.89.4\r\n
    \r\n
    [Full request URI [truncated]: http://cache.video.iqiyi.com/dash?tvid=3243657877503800&bid=0&vid=367be60b160313d748337e1411024345&src=01012001010000000000&vt=1&ori=cube&rs=1&uid=1442188499&pck=51AxB5xm2hM7E4l602m3rEo2JK8MBK656isCZH8FhE3LXu]
    [HTTP request 1/2]
    [Response in frame: 7254]
    [Next request in frame: 7266]

[CrymanChen]

The decryption and automatic download of movies from the Cloud Cinema is still under maintenance so I won't upload it.
Try writing your own code before asking via your mouth.

[TetianaBFM]

Hey guys, An idea just hit me when last night I was watching a movie, that why not try to write a script in Python to automatically download the video we want.

So the iQIYI-Downloader was wrote. I uploaded it onto GitHub so everyone could use it.

There may be some problems since I haven't really debug it. I did several tests and found out that it functions well, so why not share it on GitHub with y'all?

iQIYI-Downloader: https://github.com/CrymanChen/iQIYI-Downloader

This thread can be used to debug, maybe I'll try my best to improve it when you guys give me suggestions. Criticize me hardly

Hello! Thank you for sharing your work!
I have some problems with finding a dash address
"Please open the developer tools of the browser and search by keyword. For each video, there should be "only one" "dash address". The search result should be only one, and it should start with "cache.video.iqiyi.com"."

the URL is https://www.iq.com/play/deep-night-episode-1-1vqzwx8ii8s?lang=en_us

Can you explain to me where I should search it?
Thank you.

[CrymanChen]

Hey guys, An idea just hit me when last night I was watching a movie, that why not try to write a script in Python to automatically download the video we want.

So the iQIYI-Downloader was wrote. I uploaded it onto GitHub so everyone could use it.

There may be some problems since I haven't really debug it. I did several tests and found out that it functions well, so why not share it on GitHub with y'all?

iQIYI-Downloader: https://github.com/CrymanChen/iQIYI-Downloader

This thread can be used to debug, maybe I'll try my best to improve it when you guys give me suggestions. Criticize me hardly

Hello! Thank you for sharing your work!
I have some problems with finding a dash address
"Please open the developer tools of the browser and search by keyword. For each video, there should be "only one" "dash address". The search result should be only one, and it should start with "cache.video.iqiyi.com"."

the URL is https://www.iq.com/play/deep-night-episode-1-1vqzwx8ii8s?lang=en_us

Can you explain to me where I should search it?
Thank you.

Since I don't have iQIYI International account, this script is only for iqiyi.com rather than iq.com
But the logic stays the same on both sites. You can try editing for your own.

[lomero]

download m3u8 file (720p) https://www.upload.ee/files/16417987/Deep.Night.Episode.11280x720.m3u8.html

then run N_m3u8DL-RE "Deep.Night.Episode.11280x720.m3u8"

[Lotos2007]

How to download this video?
https://www.iqiyi.com/v_1uzgsbtae58.html

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

How to download this video?
https://www.iqiyi.com/v_1uzgsbtae58.html

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/2024072404Zoz5E0

[stupid.345]

Hi there, I get some issues when trying impersonate the dash request.

I tried Copy as cURL, which also gives me no dash with m3u, whilst I can see in the response of the request on the website.

Is this something to do with this video?
https://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrjac83w.html?vfm=2008_aldbd&fv=p_02_01

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

There's no need to impersonate. Works directly from https://curlconverter.com/ with basic requests import.

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240912FJ0wCG87

[stupid.345]

Hi there,
Just got home and it seems that you can no longer access the series in italy, apart from some terrible tape scans on the CCTV YouTube.
I tried a chinese VPN and it works fine.

Thank you for helping with the first episode, I think I can now do it.

[stupid.345]

this works for now if anyone is interested:

import requests
import os

# you don't actually need any cookies for free content at least, just the names
cookies = {
    'QP0034': '',
    'PD005': '',
    'QC006': '',
    'QP0037': '',
    'QC005': '',
    'QC008': '',
    'QC010': '',
    'QC007': '',
    'QP0035': '',
    'QP0030': '',
    'T00404': '',
    'IMS': '',
    'QC234': '',
    'QC142': '',
    'QP0027': '',
    'QP0036': '',
    'QP007': '',
    '__dfp': '',
    'QC173': '',
    'QC189': '',
}

headers = {
    'Referer': 'https://www.iqiyi.com',
    'Origin': 'https://www.iqiyi.com',
}

url = input("Paste url here:")

m3u8DataJson = requests.get(url, cookies=cookies, headers=headers).json()

for i in m3u8DataJson["data"]["program"]["video"]:
    if "m3u8" in i:
        m3u8 = (i["m3u8"])

with open("iqiyi.m3u", "w") as f:
    f.write(m3u8)

os.system(f'n-m3u8dl-re iqiyi.m3u')