Best ITVX Downloader with Subtitles

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

ITVX batch downloader that downloads and merges subtitles.

Pick and Mix Mode
Use the Stream Detectorfor pick and mix selection of programme URLs


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Configure the stream detector to store page urls.


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Copy to clipboard from the Stream Detector

Series Mode;
Or there is a Series Mode where you enter a start end end series number to download.
Or when in series mode, enter 'all', where prompted, to download everything.

Enter series mode by starting the program with 'S' as an argument, for example:-

python bestITVX.py  S

Note that some ITVX programmes have missing series. To cope, this script uses absolute numbers. ITVX may have three series listed. Called series 9,10 and 15, for example The script sees them as series 1 2 and 3

Three style of CDM choices
Choose pywidevine, WKS-KEYS Decryption Module to call. See the script text to set your preference.

I post scripts as examples of possibilities; and for you to adapt. Scripts works for me at the point of posting. Sort out your own issues.



bestITVX.py

# Angela 26:07:2023

# requirements - use pip install for each python module below
'''
httpx
pyfiglet
pyperclip
pywidevine
selectolax
termcolor
pysubs2
'''
# google installing python modules if you need help.

# also needed will be N_m3u8DL-RE and it's dependencies; ffmpeg, mkvmerge
# see https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/408557-Decryption-The-Last-Crusade for details

# for PICK & MIX DOWNLOAD
#------------------------------------------------------
# PowerShell or terminal window:
# start script with
# python bestITVX.py  
# and have a clipboard of video page urls - as many as you like from ITVX

# For SERIES DOWNLOAD
#-------------------------------------------------------
# start program by 'python bestITVX.py S' (use S or s)
# and have a single URL ready to PASTE when asked.
# Enter:-
# 'all' for all series or use series start and end number.
# Note:-
# ITVX misses out series from sequence sometimes, e.g. Monster Carp - missing series 5
# script uses absolute numbering. If series five is missing, script sees series 6 as the missing 5 etc.


## This program can use The Stream Detector to capture 
## multiple page URLs
## Stream Detector select 'options'
## in the box adjacent to'user-defined-commands enter -->  %origin%
## In TSD window select copy stream url as User-Defined-Command 1

## Or for one-off programmes copy the url address in the screen window.

## Changes at ITVX provide better programme curation so now episode titles
## as well as the series name are included in the videoname

# Permission to use this software means accepting that
# =======there is absolutley no support.============= 
# Target users are proficient at running python scripts; 
# if that doesn't decribe you, do not use this software.

import re
import subprocess
from base64 import b64encode
from pathlib import Path
import httpx
from httpx import URL, Client
from selectolax.lexbor import LexborHTMLParser
import os
import pyperclip as PC
import pyfiglet as PF
from termcolor import colored
import json


# GLOBALS
OUT_PATH = Path('output')
OUT_PATH.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)

global SUBS
SERIES = False
global PYWIDEVINE

#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
# There are choices of Content Decryption Module to use
#
# 1 Use your own CDM within WKS-KEYS subfolders
# Options needs pywidevine/L3/decrypt/wvdecryptcustom   and
# pywidevine/L3/cdm  sub-folder structures in WKS-KEYS (some versions differ)

# 2 Local CDM using pywidevine module and a wvd file instead of WKS-KEYS
# set PYWIDEVINE= True 
#
# Also set the WVD_PATH point to the location of your wvd file, if not already set, see below.
# Ensure the script is not run within the WKS-KEYS folder for this option.

# Crib to create wvd file (use full paths):
# pywidevine create-device -k "path/to/device_private_key" -c "path/to/device_client_id_blob" -t "ANDROID" -l 3 -o "output_path"
# 
# Running a system with both WKS-KEYS and pywidevine installed is possible.
# WKS-KEYS uses an older protobuf version 3.20.3 installed by pip
# if you 'pip install pywidevine' after that, pywidevinve expects the protobuf version to be 4.x.x
# It will complain that the protobufs need re-compiling
# See here for instruction how'
# https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/409040-Correcting-Protobuf-Downgrade-to-3-19-0-error#post2684955

#Set false for WKS-KEYS use
PYWIDEVINE = False
# if using pywidevine set below to your wvd path
WVD_PATH = "/home/angela/android_sdk.wvd"



class ITV:
    def __init__(self):
        self.host = 'itvpnpdotcom.blue.content.itv.com'
        timeout = httpx.Timeout(10.0, connect=60.0)
        self.client = Client(
            headers={
                'authority': 'www.itv.com',
                'user-agent': 'Dalvik/2.9.8 (Linux; U; Android 9.9.2; ALE-L94 Build/NJHGGF)',
            },
        timeout=timeout,
        )
        return

    def download(self, url: str) -> None:
        title, data = self.get_data(url)
    
        video = data['Playlist']['Video']
        media = video['MediaFiles']
        illegals = "*'%$!(),.:;"
        replacements = {
            '  Episode ': 'E',
            '  Series ': '_S',
            'otherepisodes': '_extra',
            'ITVX': '',
            ' ': '_',
            '&': 'and',
            '?': '',
        }

        # replace  extraneous title data and 'illegal' characters
        videoname = ''.join(c for c in title if c.isprintable() and c not in illegals)
        # standardize and compact videoname    
        for rep in replacements:  
            videoname = videoname.replace(rep, replacements[rep])
        videoname = re.sub(r"(\d+)", pad_number, videoname).lstrip('_').rstrip('_')
        result = re.search(r"(^.*S\d+)_(E\d*.*)", videoname)
        # not always a series with episodes
        try:
            pre = result.group(1)
            post = result.group(2)
            videoname = pre+post
        except:
            pass

        print(videoname)
        try:
            subs_url = video['Subtitles'][0]['Href']
            subs = self.client.get(subs_url)
            if subs.status_code==200:
                SUBS = True
                f = open(f"{videoname}.subs.vtt", "wb") # bytes needed for N_m's subtitles
                subtitles = subs.content
                f.write(subtitles)
                f.close()
                # convert subtitles
                os.system(f"python -m pysubs2 --to srt {videoname}.subs.vtt")
            else:
                SUBS=False
        except:
            SUBS = False    
        myvideoname = videoname
        mpd_url = [f'{video["Base"]}{y}' for x in media if (y := URL(x['Href'])).path.endswith('.mpd')][0]
        lic_url = [x['KeyServiceUrl'] for x in media][0]

        pssh = self._get_pssh(mpd_url)
        key = self._get_key(pssh, lic_url)
        temp = URL(mpd_url).params['hdnea']
        temp = temp.replace('nohubplus', 'hdntl,nohubplus')
        cookie = f"cookie: {re.sub(r'^.*(?<=exp=)', 'hdntl=exp=', temp)}"

        if SUBS: 
            subs = f"--mux-import:path=./{videoname}.subs.srt:lang=eng::name='English'"
        else:
            subs = '--no-log'

        m3u8dl = 'N_m3u8DL-RE'
        
        subprocess.run([
            m3u8dl,
            mpd_url,
            '--append-url-params',
            '--header',
            cookie,
            '--header',
            f'host: {self.host}',
            '--header',
            f'user-agent: {self.client.headers["user-agent"]}',
            '--auto-select',
            '--save-name',
            myvideoname,
            '--save-dir',
            './output',
            '--tmp-dir',
            './',
            '-mt',
            '--key',
            key,
            '-M',
            'format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge',
            subs, 
        ])
        
        print(f"[info] {myvideoname}.mkv is in {OUT_PATH}")
        if SUBS:
            os.remove(f"{videoname}.subs.vtt")

    def get_series_json(self, url: str) -> list:
        urls = [] # list
        r = self.client.get(url)
        if r.status_code == 200:
            tree = LexborHTMLParser(r.text)
            jsondata = tree.root.css_first('#__NEXT_DATA__').text()
            myjson = json.loads(jsondata)
            jsonseriesdata = len(myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["seriesList"])
            print("To download all series, enter 'all' below.\nOr to download a range, enter the series\nstart number")
            series_num_start = input("Which series start number? ")
            if series_num_start == 'all':
                series_num_start = 0     
                series_num_end = jsonseriesdata 
            else:
                series_num_start = int(series_num_start)             
                series_num_end = int(input("Which series end number? "))
                series_num_start -= 1 
            # trap for non sequential and missing series numbers 
            # where last series number is greater that total series
            if series_num_end > jsonseriesdata:
                series_num_end = jsonseriesdata

            parturl = url.rsplit('/',2)[0]
            #series search
            programmeId = myjson["query"]["programmeId"]  # 
            for j in range(series_num_start, series_num_end):
                numepisodes = myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["seriesList"][j]["numberOfAvailableEpisodes"]
                for i in range(0,numepisodes): 
                    letterA = myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["seriesList"][j]["titles"][i]["encodedEpisodeId"]["letterA"]
                    urls.append(f"{parturl}/{programmeId}/{letterA}")

        return urls

    def get_data(self, url: str) -> tuple:
        r = self.client.get(url)
        if r.status_code == 200:
            tree = LexborHTMLParser(r.text)
            jsondata = tree.root.css_first('#__NEXT_DATA__').text()
            myjson = json.loads(jsondata)
            title = myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["programme"]["title"]
            try:
                extendtitle = myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["episode"]["contentInfo"]
                title = f"{title}_{extendtitle}"
            except:
                pass
            try:
                magni_url = myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["episode"]["playlistUrl"]
            except:
                magni_url = myjson["props"]["pageProps"]["seriesList"][0]["titles"][0]["playlistUrl"]      

            features = ['mpeg-dash', 'widevine', 'outband-webvtt', 'hd', 'single-track']
            payload = {
                'client': {'id': 'browser'},
                'variantAvailability': {
                    'featureset': {'min': features, 'max': features},
                    'platformTag': 'dotcom',
                }
            }
            r = self.client.post(magni_url, json=payload)
            return title, r.json()
        else:
            print(f"The response code {r.status_code} did not indicate successs!")
            print(f"The web page content returned was:-\n\n {r.content}\n\nExiting!")
            print(f"Be sure to copy a page url for a playable video ")
            exit(1)

    # Local WKS-KEYS CDM or ywidevine module and wvd file pointing to local CDM
    # note: create a wvd using the template below
    # pywidevine create-device -k "KEY_PATH" -c "BLOB_PATH" -t "ANDROID" -l 3 -o "OUTPUT_PATH"
    def _get_key(self, pssh: str, lic_url: str , cert_b64=None) -> str:
        
        if PYWIDEVINE:  
            print("Using pywidevine WVD on this machine")   
            from pywidevine.cdm import Cdm
            from pywidevine.device import Device
            from pywidevine.pssh import PSSH
            pssh = PSSH(pssh)
            device = Device.load(WVD_PATH)
            cdm = Cdm.from_device(device)
            session_id = cdm.open()
            challenge = cdm.get_license_challenge(session_id, pssh)
            licence = httpx.post(lic_url, data=challenge, headers=None)
            #licence.raise_for_status()
            cdm.parse_license(session_id, licence.content)
            mykeys = ''
            for key in cdm.get_keys(session_id):
                if key.type=='SIGNING':
                    pass
                else:
                    print(f"Keys found {key.kid.hex}:{key.key.hex()}")
                    mykeys += f"{key.kid.hex}:{key.key.hex()}"
            cdm.close(session_id)
            return mykeys 
        else:
            print("Using CDM on this machine")
            from pywidevine.L3.cdm import deviceconfig 
            from pywidevine.L3.decrypt.wvdecryptcustom import WvDecrypt
            wvdecrypt = WvDecrypt(init_data_b64=pssh, cert_data_b64=cert_b64, device=deviceconfig.device_android_generic)                   
            widevine_license = httpx.post(url=lic_url, data=wvdecrypt.get_challenge(), headers=None)
            license_b64 = b64encode(widevine_license.content)
            wvdecrypt.update_license(license_b64)
            Correct, keyswvdecrypt = wvdecrypt.start_process()
            if Correct:
                mykeys = ''
                for key in keyswvdecrypt:
                    mykeys += key +' '
            print(f"Keys found {mykeys}\n")
            return mykeys 
        
    def _get_pssh(self, mpd_url: str) -> str:
        r = self.client.get(mpd_url)
        kid = (
            LexborHTMLParser(r.text)
            .css_first('ContentProtection')
            .attributes.get('cenc:default_kid')
            .replace('-', '')
        )
        s = f'000000387073736800000000edef8ba979d64acea3c827dcd51d21ed000000181210{kid}48e3dc959b06'
        return b64encode(bytes.fromhex(s)).decode()

# add leading zero to series or episode
def pad_number(match):
    number = int(match.group(1))
    return format(number, "02d")

def main() -> int:
    myITV = ITV()
    if SERIES:
        urls = []
        input("SERIES download: Have the first video link ready in clipboard.\n" + \
              "Enter when ready!\n")
        # ignores any extra urls, 
        # use first for series collection
        mystr = PC.paste().split('\n')[0] 
        urls = myITV.get_series_json(mystr)
    else:
        input("Press enter with PAGE urls in clipboard ")
        urls = PC.paste().split('\n')  
        
    count = 0
    count = len(urls)
    print(f"The URL list has {count} video(s)")
    for url in urls:
        url = url.encode('utf-8', 'ignore').decode().strip()
        myITV.download(url)
    return 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from sys import argv
    if argv and len(argv) > 1:
        if argv[1]=='S' or argv[1]=='s':
            SERIES = True
    title = PF.figlet_format(' I T V X ', font='smslant')
    print(colored(title, 'green'))
    main()
    exit(0)

Absolutely no support! If you choose to use this software you are expected to be proficient at running python scripts and finding and installing dependencies .

[vidsrme]

Sweet, works like a charm, thanks!


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Edit: First time I tried this it worked fine but complained about missing mkvmerge at the end:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'mkvmerge'

So I installed mkvtoolnix and when the download was finished all the files (subs/video/audio) were deleted, then the output was:

20:53:31.038 WARN : Reading media info...                                               
20:53:31.129 INFO : NaN: Audio, aac (mp4a), 96 kb/s                                                 
                                                                                                    
20:53:41.420 WARN : Force Exit...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  30% 48.32MB/164.01MB 4.92MBps 00:00:24 ⣷
                                                                                                    
Vid 1280x720 | 1874 Kbps ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  30% 48.32MB/164.01MB 4.92MBps 00:00:24 ⣷Aud 96 Kbps | 2CH        ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  20%   9.93MB/49.55MB 1.04MBps 00:00:39 ⣷
                                                                                                    
Error: The file 'Bodies_of_Evidence__The_Butcher_Surgeon.mp4' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
mv: cannot stat 'Bodies_of_Evidence__The_Butcher_Surgeon.mkv': No such file or directory

But it was the script that deleted them. The only way I can stop this happening is to remove mkvtoolnix, then I end up with video and audio in 1 file and subs separate. Also the files don't go in the output folder, which I presume they're supposed to.

Still works fine for me as I don't need subs just thought I would point this out.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Sweet, works like a charm, thanks!


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Edit: First time I tried this it worked fine but complained about missing mkvmerge at the end:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'mkvmerge'

So I installed mkvtoolnix and when the download was finished all the files (subs/video/audio) were deleted, then the output was:

20:53:31.038 WARN : Reading media info...                                               
20:53:31.129 INFO : NaN: Audio, aac (mp4a), 96 kb/s                                                 
                                                                                                    
20:53:41.420 WARN : Force Exit...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  30% 48.32MB/164.01MB 4.92MBps 00:00:24 ⣷
                                                                                                    
Vid 1280x720 | 1874 Kbps ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  30% 48.32MB/164.01MB 4.92MBps 00:00:24 ⣷Aud 96 Kbps | 2CH        ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  20%   9.93MB/49.55MB 1.04MBps 00:00:39 ⣷
                                                                                                    
Error: The file 'Bodies_of_Evidence__The_Butcher_Surgeon.mp4' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
mv: cannot stat 'Bodies_of_Evidence__The_Butcher_Surgeon.mkv': No such file or directory

But it was the script that deleted them. The only way I can stop this happening is to remove mkvtoolnix, then I end up with video and audio in 1 file and subs separate. Also the files don't go in the output folder, which I presume they're supposed to.

Still works fine for me as I don't need subs just thought I would point this out.

This error had me going for quite while a few months back.
The full title to the video is

Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Surgeon

And N_m3u8DL-RE does not cope with colons. It changes them to a full-stop and that messes up the code!
I have corrected that to trap it and other 'illegal' characters that cause hiccups. See the edited version above.


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Try again it should work this time.

[ampersand]

Does it download 1080p streams?

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Does it download 1080p streams?

1280x720 is the best they provide on the web. STV have much the same portfolio and have 1080p

[PhilipG]

Great!

I gotta say, though, y'all should be very careful of running a script that has

os.system("rm *.mp4 *.vtt *.srt")

in it.

Some of us prefer mp4 to mkv. If you've already downloaded other mp4s etc to that folder (i.e. from another script), this script will happily delete them all.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Great!

I gotta say, though, y'all should be very careful of running a script that has

os.system("rm *.mp4 *.vtt *.srt")

in it.

Some of us prefer mp4 to mkv. If you've already downloaded other mp4s etc to that folder (i.e. from another script), this script will happily delete them all.

Yes sorry about that. I did consider the problem and thought no-one is going to mix programs and videos. Are they?

If you do mix video and python scripts
Make these edits

Insert this line.

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remove this line

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The line to insert

os.system(f"rm {videoname}.mp4 {videoname}.subs.vtt {videoname}.subs.srt")

[ringy9]

Hi I'm trying to copy @Angela's script and keep getting the following error
https://files.videohelp.com/u/305113/TSD.png
https://files.videohelp.com/u/305113/Options.png
https://files.videohelp.com/u/305113/bestITVX.png

Hoping someone can help please

[PhilipG]

Thanks very much, just the ticket!

I don't mix programs and videos but a couple of months ago a similar script wiped out my mp4s in my Completed folder, it was only a couple of hours' worth of downloads but since then I do pay attention to rm commands in scripts!

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Hi I'm trying to copy @Angela's script and keep getting the following error


Hoping someone can help please

It all looks well set up. Reading through the error response the issue seems to be an unrecognised character in the url. I myself have download this series with no issues.
My copy from the stream detector

https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0006
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0005
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0004
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0003
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0002
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001

Is your clipboard doing anything different?

I see Australia is home. ITVX will need a VPN - are you using one? And what is it doing to the urls?

[PhilipG]

Hi I'm trying to copy @Angela's script and keep getting the following error
https://files.videohelp.com/u/305113/TSD.png

Hoping someone can help please

Maybe you need to run it like this:

python bestITVX.py

or (possibly)

python3 bestITVX.py

?

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Thanks very much, just the ticket!

I don't mix programs and videos but a couple of months ago a similar script wiped out my mp4s in my Completed folder, it was only a couple of hours' worth of downloads but since then I do pay attention to rm commands in scripts!

Absolutely! And I have edited the program to avoid wildcard deletes

Hi I'm trying to copy @Angela's script and keep getting the following error
https://files.videohelp.com/u/305113/TSD.png

Hoping someone can help please

Maybe you need to run it like this:

python bestITVX.py

or (possibly)

python3 bestITVX.py

?

They may have made the python executable by setting the 'run as program' bit. chmod +x program name (On my system)

[akduyurye]

How flattering, looks like someone has copied my code


Those looking for a much simpler solution, see below for the original implementation:


No browser extensions, no clipboard dependencies, just paste your URLs and go.

Simply copy URLs from the address bar

E.g.

python itv.py https://www.itv.com/watch/love-island/2a3697/2a3697a0460

Setup

sudo pacman -S mkvtoolnix-gui
yay -S n-m3u8dl-re-bin
pip install httpx selectolax

Get mp4decrypt
https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4#on-linux-and-other-platforms-using-cmake


Script

itv.py

import sys
import platform
import subprocess
from base64 import b64encode
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
from pathlib import Path

from httpx import URL, Client
from selectolax.lexbor import LexborHTMLParser

out = Path('out')
out.mkdir(exist_ok=True,parents=True)


def download(url: str) -> None:
    client = Client(headers={'authority':'www.itv.com','user-agent':'AppleWebKit/537.36'},timeout=20)
    title,data = get_data(client,url)
    video = data['Playlist']['Video']
    media = video['MediaFiles']
    mpd_url = [f'{video["Base"]}{y}' for x in media if (y:=URL(x['Href'])).path.endswith('.mpd')][0]
    lic_url = [x['KeyServiceUrl'] for x in media][0]
    pssh = get_pssh(client,mpd_url)
    key = get_key(client,pssh,lic_url)
    m3u8dl = 'N_m3u8DL-RE' if platform.system() in {'Windows','Darwin'} else 'n-m3u8dl-re'
    subprocess.run([
        m3u8dl,
        mpd_url,
        '--append-url-params',
        '--header','cookie: hdntl=~data=hdntl~hmac=' + '.',  # append any random byte
        '--header','host: itvpnpdotcom.blue.content.itv.com',
        '--header',f'user-agent: {client.headers["user-agent"]}',
        '--auto-select',
        '--save-name',title,
        '--save-dir','./out',
        '--tmp-dir','./',
        '-mt',
        '--key',key,
        '-M',
        'format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge',
        '--no-log',
    ])


def get_data(client: Client, url: str) -> tuple:
    html = LexborHTMLParser(client.get(url).text)
    title = html.css_first('title').text()
    magni_url = html.css_first('[data-video-id]').attributes.get('data-video-id')
    featureset = {k:('mpeg-dash','widevine','outband-webvtt','hd','single-track') for k in ('min','max')}
    payload = {'client':{'id':'browser'},'variantAvailability':{'featureset':featureset,'platformTag':'dotcom'}}
    return title, client.post(magni_url,json=payload).json()


def get_key(client:Client, pssh:str, lic_url:str) -> str:
    payload = {'license':lic_url,'headers':'connection: keep-alive','pssh':pssh,'buildInfo':'','proxy':'','cache':True}
    return LexborHTMLParser(client.post('https://cdrm-project.com/wv',json=payload).text).css_first('li').text()


def get_pssh(client:Client, mpd_url:str) -> str:
    version = '3870737368'  # b'8pssh'
    system_id = 'EDEF8BA979D64ACEA3C827DCD51D21ED'
    data = '48E3DC959B06'
    key_id = (LexborHTMLParser(client.get(mpd_url).text).css_first('ContentProtection').attributes.get('cenc:default_kid').replace('-',''))
    s = f'000000{version}00000000{system_id}000000181210{key_id}{data}'
    return b64encode(bytes.fromhex(s)).decode()


def main():
    urls = sys.argv[1:]
    with ThreadPoolExecutor() as e: [f.result() for f in as_completed(e.submit(download,u) for u in urls)]


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

How flattering, looks like someone has copied my code

Don't deceive yourself. You are the copyist in chief aren't you? It's no good trying to hide behind pseudonyms. You had to have had an agenda to make a 'debut' post slagging others off as you did; in the process revealing your ego as big as a planet. So who do we know that fits that bill? Who has not shame?
And since I called you out before for copying my work, I thought it excellent fun to return the favour. But even your post wasn't your original work I spotted the remnants of my old ITVX script. So nothing changes code monkey; nothing much original in your head, is there?

[ringy9]

It all looks well set up. Reading through the error response the issue seems to be an unrecognised character in the url. I myself have download this series with no issues.
My copy from the stream detector

Is your clipboard doing anything different?

I see Australia is home. ITVX will need a VPN - are you using one? And what is it doing to the urls?[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the reply @Angela. My clipboard is doing the exact same as yours. I am using a VPN as you asked, "What is it doing to URLs?" They look exactly the same if that's what you mean? I'm a real newbie so perhaps you have a different thought?

Also tried as suggested python bestITVX.py and python3 BestITVX.py to no avail

[ampersand]

try this

after this line at the bottom of the file:

urls = PC.paste().split('\n')

add this code:

for url in urls:
    chars = []
    for char in url:
        chars.append(char)
    print(url)
    print(chars)

(and make sure it's aligned properly with the rest of the code in "main")

this should print out the characters that are in every link you pasted before crashing
copy the printout here (screenshot like you did already or copy/paste in code tags) and let's see if there's any hidden characters there lurking

[ringy9]

@ampersand this is the result from your extra code

C:\ffmpeg\bin>new_bestITVX.py
Press enter when urls in clipboard
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1', '0']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1', '0', 'a']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
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https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
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https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
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https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
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https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
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https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', 'a', '0', '0', '0']
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
['h', 't', 't', 'p', 's', ':', '/', '/', 'w', 'w', 'w', '.', 'i', 't', 'v', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm', '/', 'w', 'a', 't', 'c', 'h', '/', 'r', 'u', 'b', 'y', '-', 's', 'p', 'e', 'a', 'k', 'i', 'n', 'g', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', '/', '1', '0', 'a', '3', '3', '7', '7', 'a', '0', '0', '0', '1']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\new_bestITVX.py", line 178, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\new_bestITVX.py", line 173, in main
    ITV().download(url)
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\new_bestITVX.py", line 48, in download
    title, data = self.get_data(url)
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\new_bestITVX.py", line 114, in get_data
    r = self.client.get(url)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\httpx\_client.py", line 1041, in get
    return self.request(
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\httpx\_client.py", line 801, in request
    request = self.build_request(
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\httpx\_client.py", line 346, in build_request
    url = self._merge_url(url)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\httpx\_client.py", line 376, in _merge_url
    merge_url = URL(url)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\httpx\_urls.py", line 113, in __init__
    self._uri_reference = urlparse(url, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\httpx\_urlparse.py", line 160, in urlparse
    raise InvalidURL("Invalid non-printable ASCII character in URL")
httpx.InvalidURL: Invalid non-printable ASCII character in URL

C:\ffmpeg\bin>

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

@ampersand this is the result from your extra code

Nothing untoward there.

let's check your paste. Open a command window (cmd -w) from the 'type here for search' window box.

type

 curl

and use ctrl v to paste a single url for itvx

You should see a whole load of data in the command window if the connection is ok . Report back

I see you have python 3.10 any chance of updating to 3.11? But I'm clutching straws here - somehow your system is seeing a character that shouldn't be there and where it is coming from is a mystery.

[ringy9]

@Angela please forgive my ignorance as I don't quite understand your instruction "open a command window cmd -w from the 'type here for search' window box.#" Does that mean the regular search area at the bottom of the windows screen?

C:\Users\User>curl https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
curl: (35) schannel: next InitializeSecurityContext failed: Unknown error (0x80092012) - The revocation function was unable to check revocation for the certificate.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

@Angela please forgive my ignorance as I don't quite understand your instruction "open a command window cmd -w from the 'type here for search' window box.#" Does that mean the regular search area at the bottom of the windows screen?

C:\Users\User>curl https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
curl: (35) schannel: next InitializeSecurityContext failed: Unknown error (0x80092012) - The revocation function was unable to check revocation for the certificate.

Yes that box. And you've run it and it suggests things are not well with your VPN. When I run curl <url from clipboard> using an ITVX url it dumps the whole page of HTML. So your problem seems to be a connection issue and beyond the scope of my abilities. Ask for technical help from your VPN provider.

[ringy9]

@Angela thanks for your efforts

[stabbedbybrick]

It could be a Windows vs Linux issue. Different platforms will add different characters when copying stuff from the browser, and Win CMD is pretty grumpy about those. Curl on windows can also be a pain in the ass, so it's not necessarily a VPN issue either.

@ringy9: Before giving up, you can try these things:

1. At the bottom, edit the script to look like this:

def main() -> int:
    input("Press enter when urls in clipboard ")
    urls = PC.paste().split('\n')
    urls = urls.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode()
    for url in urls:
        ITV().download(url)
    return 0

2. Try PowerShell instead of CMD. It's generally more able.

If it's still not working, then it's most likely a connection issue. But it might be worth a try.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

def main() -> int:
    input("Press enter when urls in clipboard ")
    urls = PC.paste().split('\n')
    urls = urls.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode()
    for url in urls:
        ITV().download(url)
    return 0

.

Helpful intervention, thanks. But that code produces an error AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'encode'

Try this:-

def main() -> int:
    input("Press enter with urls in clipboard ")
    urls = PC.paste().split('\n')
    for url in urls:
        url = url.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode()
        ITV().download(url)
    return 0

[ringy9]

@Angela and @stabbedbybrick tried both with cmd same error. I've never used Powershell but do you just call bestITVXest.py from it's command window?

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Assume so; not a Windows user

[stabbedbybrick]

Yes, you use it in the same way.

[ringy9]

@ stabbedbybrick Thanks same error

[stabbedbybrick]

As a last ditch effort, you could activate the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and run the script and see if it works. It should be a part of Win 10+ and will allow you to run Linux in a virtual environment while in Windows.

Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Here's a quick test it should output a stream of html if the connection to itvx works. It is minimal; no longer uses the clipboard, so paste to screen, This way we will know if it is your connection or not.

qtest.py

from httpx import Client



url = input("Enter a single url \n")
print(url)
client = Client(
            headers={
                'authority': 'www.itv.com',
                'user-agent': 'Dalvik/2.9.8 (Linux; U; Android 9.9.2; ALE-L94 Build/NJHGGF)',
            })
resp = client.get(url)
html = resp.text
print(html)

[ringy9]

Got a heap of code this time
C:\ffmpeg\bin>qtest.py
Enter a single url
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
https://www.itv.com/watch/ruby-speaking/10a3377/10a3377a0001
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charSet="utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/><script id="GTM-MXQXBVC" async="">
(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:''; j.async=true;j.src=
'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-MXQXBVC');

The whole list kept failing when I tried to put into code