]> jfr.im git - yt-dlp.git/blobdiff - yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
[extractors] Use new framework for existing embeds (#4307)
[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / extractor / common.py
index f3ae3fd4c55b2d68f2d24e6517021686c92ffebe..a6933e738b1c41316f76694d62e87853ac619ad3 100644 (file)
@@ -1,66 +1,58 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import base64
 import collections
+import getpass
 import hashlib
+import http.client
+import http.cookiejar
+import http.cookies
 import itertools
 import json
+import math
 import netrc
 import os
 import random
 import re
 import sys
 import time
-import math
+import types
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_cookiejar_Cookie,
-    compat_cookies_SimpleCookie,
-    compat_etree_Element,
-    compat_etree_fromstring,
-    compat_expanduser,
-    compat_getpass,
-    compat_http_client,
-    compat_os_name,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-    compat_urlparse,
-    compat_xml_parse_error,
-)
+from ..compat import functools  # isort: split
+from ..compat import compat_etree_fromstring, compat_expanduser, compat_os_name
 from ..downloader import FileDownloader
-from ..downloader.f4m import (
-    get_base_url,
-    remove_encrypted_media,
-)
+from ..downloader.f4m import get_base_url, remove_encrypted_media
 from ..utils import (
+    IDENTITY,
+    JSON_LD_RE,
+    NO_DEFAULT,
+    ExtractorError,
+    GeoRestrictedError,
+    GeoUtils,
+    LenientJSONDecoder,
+    RegexNotFoundError,
+    UnsupportedError,
     age_restricted,
     base_url,
     bug_reports_message,
+    classproperty,
     clean_html,
-    compiled_regex_type,
     determine_ext,
     determine_protocol,
     dict_get,
     encode_data_uri,
     error_to_compat_str,
     extract_attributes,
-    ExtractorError,
+    filter_dict,
     fix_xml_ampersands,
     float_or_none,
     format_field,
-    GeoRestrictedError,
-    GeoUtils,
     int_or_none,
     join_nonempty,
     js_to_json,
-    JSON_LD_RE,
     mimetype2ext,
     network_exceptions,
-    NO_DEFAULT,
     orderedSet,
     parse_bitrate,
     parse_codecs,
     parse_iso8601,
     parse_m3u8_attributes,
     parse_resolution,
-    RegexNotFoundError,
     sanitize_filename,
+    sanitize_url,
     sanitized_Request,
     str_or_none,
     str_to_int,
     strip_or_none,
     traverse_obj,
+    try_call,
     try_get,
     unescapeHTML,
-    UnsupportedError,
     unified_strdate,
     unified_timestamp,
     update_Request,
@@ -92,7 +84,7 @@
 )
 
 
-class InfoExtractor(object):
+class InfoExtractor:
     """Information Extractor class.
 
     Information extractors are the classes that, given a URL, extract
@@ -110,7 +102,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     For a video, the dictionaries must include the following fields:
 
     id:             Video identifier.
-    title:          Video title, unescaped.
+    title:          Video title, unescaped. Set to an empty string if video has
+                    no title as opposed to "None" which signifies that the
+                    extractor failed to obtain a title
 
     Additionally, it must contain either a formats entry or a url one:
 
@@ -138,6 +132,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                    for HDS - URL of the F4M manifest,
                                    for DASH - URL of the MPD manifest,
                                    for MSS - URL of the ISM manifest.
+                    * manifest_stream_number  (For internal use only)
+                                 The index of the stream in the manifest file
                     * ext        Will be calculated from URL if missing
                     * format     A human-readable description of the format
                                  ("mp4 container with h264/opus").
@@ -213,8 +209,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     * no_resume  The server does not support resuming the
                                  (HTTP or RTMP) download. Boolean.
                     * has_drm    The format has DRM and cannot be downloaded. Boolean
-                    * downloader_options  A dictionary of downloader options as
-                                 described in FileDownloader
+                    * downloader_options  A dictionary of downloader options
+                                 (For internal use only)
+                                 * http_chunk_size Chunk size for HTTP downloads
+                                 * ffmpeg_args     Extra arguments for ffmpeg downloader
                     RTMP formats can also have the additional fields: page_url,
                     app, play_path, tc_url, flash_version, rtmp_live, rtmp_conn,
                     rtmp_protocol, rtmp_real_time
@@ -248,14 +246,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     license:        License name the video is licensed under.
     creator:        The creator of the video.
     timestamp:      UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was uploaded
-    upload_date:    Video upload date (YYYYMMDD).
+    upload_date:    Video upload date in UTC (YYYYMMDD).
                     If not explicitly set, calculated from timestamp
     release_timestamp: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was released.
                     If it is not clear whether to use timestamp or this, use the former
-    release_date:   The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released.
+    release_date:   The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released in UTC.
                     If not explicitly set, calculated from release_timestamp
     modified_timestamp: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video was last modified.
-    modified_date:   The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was last modified.
+    modified_date:   The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was last modified in UTC.
                     If not explicitly set, calculated from modified_timestamp
     uploader_id:    Nickname or id of the video uploader.
     uploader_url:   Full URL to a personal webpage of the video uploader.
@@ -317,7 +315,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     live stream that goes on instead of a fixed-length video.
     was_live:       True, False, or None (=unknown). Whether this video was
                     originally a live stream.
-    live_status:    'is_live', 'is_upcoming', 'was_live', 'not_live' or None (=unknown)
+    live_status:    None (=unknown), 'is_live', 'is_upcoming', 'was_live', 'not_live'
+                    or 'post_live' (was live, but VOD is not yet processed)
                     If absent, automatically set from is_live, was_live
     start_time:     Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as
                     specified in the URL.
@@ -335,6 +334,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     'private', 'premium_only', 'subscriber_only', 'needs_auth',
                     'unlisted' or 'public'. Use 'InfoExtractor._availability'
                     to set it
+    _old_archive_ids: A list of old archive ids needed for backward compatibility
     __post_extractor: A function to be called just before the metadata is
                     written to either disk, logger or console. The function
                     must return a dict which will be added to the info_dict.
@@ -384,6 +384,15 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     release_year:   Year (YYYY) when the album was released.
     composer:       Composer of the piece
 
+    The following fields should only be set for clips that should be cut from the original video:
+
+    section_start:  Start time of the section in seconds
+    section_end:    End time of the section in seconds
+
+    The following fields should only be set for storyboards:
+    rows:           Number of rows in each storyboard fragment, as an integer
+    columns:        Number of columns in each storyboard fragment, as an integer
+
     Unless mentioned otherwise, the fields should be Unicode strings.
 
     Unless mentioned otherwise, None is equivalent to absence of information.
@@ -393,7 +402,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     There must be a key "entries", which is a list, an iterable, or a PagedList
     object, each element of which is a valid dictionary by this specification.
 
-    Additionally, playlists can have "id", "title", and any other relevent
+    Additionally, playlists can have "id", "title", and any other relevant
     attributes with the same semantics as videos (see above).
 
     It can also have the following optional fields:
@@ -426,14 +435,26 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     title, description etc.
 
 
-    Subclasses of this should define a _VALID_URL regexp and, re-define the
-    _real_extract() and (optionally) _real_initialize() methods.
-    Probably, they should also be added to the list of extractors.
+    Subclasses of this should also be added to the list of extractors and
+    should define a _VALID_URL regexp and, re-define the _real_extract() and
+    (optionally) _real_initialize() methods.
 
     Subclasses may also override suitable() if necessary, but ensure the function
     signature is preserved and that this function imports everything it needs
     (except other extractors), so that lazy_extractors works correctly.
 
+    Subclasses can define a list of _EMBED_REGEX, which will be searched for in
+    the HTML of Generic webpages. It may also override _extract_embed_urls
+    or _extract_from_webpage as necessary. While these are normally classmethods,
+    _extract_from_webpage is allowed to be an instance method.
+
+    _extract_from_webpage may raise self.StopExtraction() to stop further
+    processing of the webpage and obtain exclusive rights to it. This is useful
+    when the extractor cannot reliably be matched using just the URL.
+    Eg: invidious/peertube instances
+
+    Embed-only extractors can be defined by setting _VALID_URL = False.
+
     To support username + password (or netrc) login, the extractor must define a
     _NETRC_MACHINE and re-define _perform_login(username, password) and
     (optionally) _initialize_pre_login() methods. The _perform_login method will
@@ -469,14 +490,21 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     _GEO_IP_BLOCKS = None
     _WORKING = True
     _NETRC_MACHINE = None
+    IE_DESC = None
+    SEARCH_KEY = None
+    _VALID_URL = None
+    _EMBED_REGEX = []
 
-    _LOGIN_HINTS = {
-        'any': 'Use --cookies, --cookies-from-browser, --username and --password, or --netrc to provide account credentials',
-        'cookies': (
-            'Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. '
-            'See  https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl  for how to manually pass cookies'),
-        'password': 'Use --username and --password, or --netrc to provide account credentials',
-    }
+    def _login_hint(self, method=NO_DEFAULT, netrc=None):
+        password_hint = f'--username and --password, or --netrc ({netrc or self._NETRC_MACHINE}) to provide account credentials'
+        return {
+            None: '',
+            'any': f'Use --cookies, --cookies-from-browser, {password_hint}',
+            'password': f'Use {password_hint}',
+            'cookies': (
+                'Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. '
+                'See  https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl  for how to manually pass cookies'),
+        }[method if method is not NO_DEFAULT else 'any' if self.supports_login() else 'cookies']
 
     def __init__(self, downloader=None):
         """Constructor. Receives an optional downloader (a YoutubeDL instance).
@@ -489,12 +517,12 @@ def __init__(self, downloader=None):
 
     @classmethod
     def _match_valid_url(cls, url):
+        if cls._VALID_URL is False:
+            return None
         # This does not use has/getattr intentionally - we want to know whether
         # we have cached the regexp for *this* class, whereas getattr would also
         # match the superclass
         if '_VALID_URL_RE' not in cls.__dict__:
-            if '_VALID_URL' not in cls.__dict__:
-                cls._VALID_URL = cls._make_valid_url()
             cls._VALID_URL_RE = re.compile(cls._VALID_URL)
         return cls._VALID_URL_RE.match(url)
 
@@ -539,7 +567,7 @@ def initialize(self):
                 if username:
                     self._perform_login(username, password)
             elif self.get_param('username') and False not in (self.IE_DESC, self._NETRC_MACHINE):
-                self.report_warning(f'Login with password is not supported for this website. {self._LOGIN_HINTS["cookies"]}')
+                self.report_warning(f'Login with password is not supported for this website. {self._login_hint("cookies")}')
             self._real_initialize()
             self._ready = True
 
@@ -605,8 +633,7 @@ def _initialize_geo_bypass(self, geo_bypass_context):
 
             if ip_block:
                 self._x_forwarded_for_ip = GeoUtils.random_ipv4(ip_block)
-                self._downloader.write_debug(
-                    '[debug] Using fake IP %s as X-Forwarded-For' % self._x_forwarded_for_ip)
+                self.write_debug(f'Using fake IP {self._x_forwarded_for_ip} as X-Forwarded-For')
                 return
 
             # Path 2: bypassing based on country code
@@ -625,7 +652,7 @@ def _initialize_geo_bypass(self, geo_bypass_context):
             if country:
                 self._x_forwarded_for_ip = GeoUtils.random_ipv4(country)
                 self._downloader.write_debug(
-                    'Using fake IP %s (%s) as X-Forwarded-For' % (self._x_forwarded_for_ip, country.upper()))
+                    f'Using fake IP {self._x_forwarded_for_ip} ({country.upper()}) as X-Forwarded-For')
 
     def extract(self, url):
         """Extracts URL information and returns it in list of dicts."""
@@ -639,10 +666,10 @@ def extract(self, url):
                         return None
                     if self._x_forwarded_for_ip:
                         ie_result['__x_forwarded_for_ip'] = self._x_forwarded_for_ip
-                    subtitles = ie_result.get('subtitles')
-                    if (subtitles and 'live_chat' in subtitles
-                            and 'no-live-chat' in self.get_param('compat_opts', [])):
-                        del subtitles['live_chat']
+                    subtitles = ie_result.get('subtitles') or {}
+                    if 'no-live-chat' in self.get_param('compat_opts'):
+                        for lang in ('live_chat', 'comments', 'danmaku'):
+                            subtitles.pop(lang, None)
                     return ie_result
                 except GeoRestrictedError as e:
                     if self.__maybe_fake_ip_and_retry(e.countries):
@@ -661,7 +688,7 @@ def extract(self, url):
             if hasattr(e, 'countries'):
                 kwargs['countries'] = e.countries
             raise type(e)(e.orig_msg, **kwargs)
-        except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+        except http.client.IncompleteRead as e:
             raise ExtractorError('A network error has occurred.', cause=e, expected=True, video_id=self.get_temp_id(url))
         except (KeyError, StopIteration) as e:
             raise ExtractorError('An extractor error has occurred.', cause=e, video_id=self.get_temp_id(url))
@@ -685,8 +712,16 @@ def set_downloader(self, downloader):
         """Sets a YoutubeDL instance as the downloader for this IE."""
         self._downloader = downloader
 
+    @property
+    def cache(self):
+        return self._downloader.cache
+
+    @property
+    def cookiejar(self):
+        return self._downloader.cookiejar
+
     def _initialize_pre_login(self):
-        """ Intialization before login. Redefine in subclasses."""
+        """ Initialization before login. Redefine in subclasses."""
         pass
 
     def _perform_login(self, username, password):
@@ -706,13 +741,13 @@ def ie_key(cls):
         """A string for getting the InfoExtractor with get_info_extractor"""
         return cls.__name__[:-2]
 
-    @property
-    def IE_NAME(self):
-        return compat_str(type(self).__name__[:-2])
+    @classproperty
+    def IE_NAME(cls):
+        return cls.__name__[:-2]
 
     @staticmethod
     def __can_accept_status_code(err, expected_status):
-        assert isinstance(err, compat_urllib_error.HTTPError)
+        assert isinstance(err, urllib.error.HTTPError)
         if expected_status is None:
             return False
         elif callable(expected_status):
@@ -720,7 +755,14 @@ def __can_accept_status_code(err, expected_status):
         else:
             return err.code in variadic(expected_status)
 
-    def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
+    def _create_request(self, url_or_request, data=None, headers=None, query=None):
+        if isinstance(url_or_request, urllib.request.Request):
+            return update_Request(url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
+        if query:
+            url_or_request = update_url_query(url_or_request, query)
+        return sanitized_Request(url_or_request, data, headers or {})
+
+    def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, data=None, headers=None, query=None, expected_status=None):
         """
         Return the response handle.
 
@@ -738,9 +780,9 @@ def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fa
             self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
         elif note is not False:
             if video_id is None:
-                self.to_screen('%s' % (note,))
+                self.to_screen(str(note))
             else:
-                self.to_screen('%s: %s' % (video_id, note))
+                self.to_screen(f'{video_id}: {note}')
 
         # Some sites check X-Forwarded-For HTTP header in order to figure out
         # the origin of the client behind proxy. This allows bypassing geo
@@ -748,21 +790,13 @@ def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fa
         # geo unrestricted country. We will do so once we encounter any
         # geo restriction error.
         if self._x_forwarded_for_ip:
-            if 'X-Forwarded-For' not in headers:
-                headers['X-Forwarded-For'] = self._x_forwarded_for_ip
+            headers = (headers or {}).copy()
+            headers.setdefault('X-Forwarded-For', self._x_forwarded_for_ip)
 
-        if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
-            url_or_request = update_Request(
-                url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
-        else:
-            if query:
-                url_or_request = update_url_query(url_or_request, query)
-            if data is not None or headers:
-                url_or_request = sanitized_Request(url_or_request, data, headers)
         try:
-            return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
+            return self._downloader.urlopen(self._create_request(url_or_request, data, headers, query))
         except network_exceptions as err:
-            if isinstance(err, compat_urllib_error.HTTPError):
+            if isinstance(err, urllib.error.HTTPError):
                 if self.__can_accept_status_code(err, expected_status):
                     # Retain reference to error to prevent file object from
                     # being closed before it can be read. Works around the
@@ -776,21 +810,49 @@ def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fa
             if errnote is None:
                 errnote = 'Unable to download webpage'
 
-            errmsg = '%s: %s' % (errnote, error_to_compat_str(err))
+            errmsg = f'{errnote}: {error_to_compat_str(err)}'
             if fatal:
                 raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=err)
             else:
                 self.report_warning(errmsg)
                 return False
 
-    def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
+    def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True,
+                                 encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
         """
         Return a tuple (page content as string, URL handle).
 
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
+        Arguments:
+        url_or_request -- plain text URL as a string or
+            a urllib.request.Request object
+        video_id -- Video/playlist/item identifier (string)
+
+        Keyword arguments:
+        note -- note printed before downloading (string)
+        errnote -- note printed in case of an error (string)
+        fatal -- flag denoting whether error should be considered fatal,
+            i.e. whether it should cause ExtractionError to be raised,
+            otherwise a warning will be reported and extraction continued
+        encoding -- encoding for a page content decoding, guessed automatically
+            when not explicitly specified
+        data -- POST data (bytes)
+        headers -- HTTP headers (dict)
+        query -- URL query (dict)
+        expected_status -- allows to accept failed HTTP requests (non 2xx
+            status code) by explicitly specifying a set of accepted status
+            codes. Can be any of the following entities:
+                - an integer type specifying an exact failed status code to
+                  accept
+                - a list or a tuple of integer types specifying a list of
+                  failed status codes to accept
+                - a callable accepting an actual failed status code and
+                  returning True if it should be accepted
+            Note that this argument does not affect success status codes (2xx)
+            which are always accepted.
         """
+
         # Strip hashes from the URL (#1038)
-        if isinstance(url_or_request, (compat_str, str)):
+        if isinstance(url_or_request, str):
             url_or_request = url_or_request.partition('#')[0]
 
         urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
@@ -845,247 +907,178 @@ def __check_blocked(self, content):
                 'Visit http://blocklist.rkn.gov.ru/ for a block reason.',
                 expected=True)
 
+    def _request_dump_filename(self, url, video_id):
+        basen = f'{video_id}_{url}'
+        trim_length = self.get_param('trim_file_name') or 240
+        if len(basen) > trim_length:
+            h = '___' + hashlib.md5(basen.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+            basen = basen[:trim_length - len(h)] + h
+        filename = sanitize_filename(f'{basen}.dump', restricted=True)
+        # Working around MAX_PATH limitation on Windows (see
+        # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx)
+        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
+            absfilepath = os.path.abspath(filename)
+            if len(absfilepath) > 259:
+                filename = fR'\\?\{absfilepath}'
+        return filename
+
+    def __decode_webpage(self, webpage_bytes, encoding, headers):
+        if not encoding:
+            encoding = self._guess_encoding_from_content(headers.get('Content-Type', ''), webpage_bytes)
+        try:
+            return webpage_bytes.decode(encoding, 'replace')
+        except LookupError:
+            return webpage_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
+
     def _webpage_read_content(self, urlh, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, prefix=None, encoding=None):
-        content_type = urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
         webpage_bytes = urlh.read()
         if prefix is not None:
             webpage_bytes = prefix + webpage_bytes
-        if not encoding:
-            encoding = self._guess_encoding_from_content(content_type, webpage_bytes)
         if self.get_param('dump_intermediate_pages', False):
             self.to_screen('Dumping request to ' + urlh.geturl())
             dump = base64.b64encode(webpage_bytes).decode('ascii')
             self._downloader.to_screen(dump)
-        if self.get_param('write_pages', False):
-            basen = '%s_%s' % (video_id, urlh.geturl())
-            trim_length = self.get_param('trim_file_name') or 240
-            if len(basen) > trim_length:
-                h = '___' + hashlib.md5(basen.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
-                basen = basen[:trim_length - len(h)] + h
-            raw_filename = basen + '.dump'
-            filename = sanitize_filename(raw_filename, restricted=True)
-            self.to_screen('Saving request to ' + filename)
-            # Working around MAX_PATH limitation on Windows (see
-            # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx)
-            if compat_os_name == 'nt':
-                absfilepath = os.path.abspath(filename)
-                if len(absfilepath) > 259:
-                    filename = '\\\\?\\' + absfilepath
+        if self.get_param('write_pages'):
+            filename = self._request_dump_filename(urlh.geturl(), video_id)
+            self.to_screen(f'Saving request to {filename}')
             with open(filename, 'wb') as outf:
                 outf.write(webpage_bytes)
 
-        try:
-            content = webpage_bytes.decode(encoding, 'replace')
-        except LookupError:
-            content = webpage_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
-
+        content = self.__decode_webpage(webpage_bytes, encoding, urlh.headers)
         self.__check_blocked(content)
 
         return content
 
+    def __print_error(self, errnote, fatal, video_id, err):
+        if fatal:
+            raise ExtractorError(f'{video_id}: {errnote}', cause=err)
+        elif errnote:
+            self.report_warning(f'{video_id}: {errnote}: {err}')
+
+    def _parse_xml(self, xml_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True, errnote=None):
+        if transform_source:
+            xml_string = transform_source(xml_string)
+        try:
+            return compat_etree_fromstring(xml_string.encode('utf-8'))
+        except xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError as ve:
+            self.__print_error('Failed to parse XML' if errnote is None else errnote, fatal, video_id, ve)
+
+    def _parse_json(self, json_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True, errnote=None, **parser_kwargs):
+        try:
+            return json.loads(
+                json_string, cls=LenientJSONDecoder, strict=False, transform_source=transform_source, **parser_kwargs)
+        except ValueError as ve:
+            self.__print_error('Failed to parse JSON' if errnote is None else errnote, fatal, video_id, ve)
+
+    def _parse_socket_response_as_json(self, data, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._parse_json(data[data.find('{'):data.rfind('}') + 1], *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __create_download_methods(name, parser, note, errnote, return_value):
+
+        def parse(ie, content, *args, errnote=errnote, **kwargs):
+            if parser is None:
+                return content
+            if errnote is False:
+                kwargs['errnote'] = errnote
+            # parser is fetched by name so subclasses can override it
+            return getattr(ie, parser)(content, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        def download_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote, transform_source=None,
+                            fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
+            res = self._download_webpage_handle(
+                url_or_request, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote, fatal=fatal, encoding=encoding,
+                data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
+            if res is False:
+                return res
+            content, urlh = res
+            return parse(self, content, video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, errnote=errnote), urlh
+
+        def download_content(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote, transform_source=None,
+                             fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
+            if self.get_param('load_pages'):
+                url_or_request = self._create_request(url_or_request, data, headers, query)
+                filename = self._request_dump_filename(url_or_request.full_url, video_id)
+                self.to_screen(f'Loading request from {filename}')
+                try:
+                    with open(filename, 'rb') as dumpf:
+                        webpage_bytes = dumpf.read()
+                except OSError as e:
+                    self.report_warning(f'Unable to load request from disk: {e}')
+                else:
+                    content = self.__decode_webpage(webpage_bytes, encoding, url_or_request.headers)
+                    return parse(self, content, video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, errnote=errnote)
+            kwargs = {
+                'note': note,
+                'errnote': errnote,
+                'transform_source': transform_source,
+                'fatal': fatal,
+                'encoding': encoding,
+                'data': data,
+                'headers': headers,
+                'query': query,
+                'expected_status': expected_status,
+            }
+            if parser is None:
+                kwargs.pop('transform_source')
+            # The method is fetched by name so subclasses can override _download_..._handle
+            res = getattr(self, download_handle.__name__)(url_or_request, video_id, **kwargs)
+            return res if res is False else res[0]
+
+        def impersonate(func, name, return_value):
+            func.__name__, func.__qualname__ = name, f'InfoExtractor.{name}'
+            func.__doc__ = f'''
+                @param transform_source     Apply this transformation before parsing
+                @returns                    {return_value}
+
+                See _download_webpage_handle docstring for other arguments specification
+            '''
+
+        impersonate(download_handle, f'_download_{name}_handle', f'({return_value}, URL handle)')
+        impersonate(download_content, f'_download_{name}', f'{return_value}')
+        return download_handle, download_content
+
+    _download_xml_handle, _download_xml = __create_download_methods(
+        'xml', '_parse_xml', 'Downloading XML', 'Unable to download XML', 'xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element')
+    _download_json_handle, _download_json = __create_download_methods(
+        'json', '_parse_json', 'Downloading JSON metadata', 'Unable to download JSON metadata', 'JSON object as a dict')
+    _download_socket_json_handle, _download_socket_json = __create_download_methods(
+        'socket_json', '_parse_socket_response_as_json', 'Polling socket', 'Unable to poll socket', 'JSON object as a dict')
+    __download_webpage = __create_download_methods('webpage', None, None, None, 'data of the page as a string')[1]
+
     def _download_webpage(
             self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None,
-            fatal=True, tries=1, timeout=5, encoding=None, data=None,
-            headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
+            fatal=True, tries=1, timeout=NO_DEFAULT, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Return the data of the page as a string.
 
-        Arguments:
-        url_or_request -- plain text URL as a string or
-            a compat_urllib_request.Requestobject
-        video_id -- Video/playlist/item identifier (string)
-
         Keyword arguments:
-        note -- note printed before downloading (string)
-        errnote -- note printed in case of an error (string)
-        fatal -- flag denoting whether error should be considered fatal,
-            i.e. whether it should cause ExtractionError to be raised,
-            otherwise a warning will be reported and extraction continued
         tries -- number of tries
         timeout -- sleep interval between tries
-        encoding -- encoding for a page content decoding, guessed automatically
-            when not explicitly specified
-        data -- POST data (bytes)
-        headers -- HTTP headers (dict)
-        query -- URL query (dict)
-        expected_status -- allows to accept failed HTTP requests (non 2xx
-            status code) by explicitly specifying a set of accepted status
-            codes. Can be any of the following entities:
-                - an integer type specifying an exact failed status code to
-                  accept
-                - a list or a tuple of integer types specifying a list of
-                  failed status codes to accept
-                - a callable accepting an actual failed status code and
-                  returning True if it should be accepted
-            Note that this argument does not affect success status codes (2xx)
-            which are always accepted.
+
+        See _download_webpage_handle docstring for other arguments specification.
         """
 
-        success = False
+        R''' # NB: These are unused; should they be deprecated?
+        if tries != 1:
+            self._downloader.deprecation_warning('tries argument is deprecated in InfoExtractor._download_webpage')
+        if timeout is NO_DEFAULT:
+            timeout = 5
+        else:
+            self._downloader.deprecation_warning('timeout argument is deprecated in InfoExtractor._download_webpage')
+        '''
+
         try_count = 0
-        while success is False:
+        while True:
             try:
-                res = self._download_webpage_handle(
-                    url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal,
-                    encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-                    expected_status=expected_status)
-                success = True
-            except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+                return self.__download_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, None, fatal, *args, **kwargs)
+            except http.client.IncompleteRead as e:
                 try_count += 1
                 if try_count >= tries:
                     raise e
                 self._sleep(timeout, video_id)
-        if res is False:
-            return res
-        else:
-            content, _ = res
-            return content
-
-    def _download_xml_handle(
-            self, url_or_request, video_id, note='Downloading XML',
-            errnote='Unable to download XML', transform_source=None,
-            fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
-            expected_status=None):
-        """
-        Return a tuple (xml as an compat_etree_Element, URL handle).
-
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
-        """
-        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal,
-            encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-            expected_status=expected_status)
-        if res is False:
-            return res
-        xml_string, urlh = res
-        return self._parse_xml(
-            xml_string, video_id, transform_source=transform_source,
-            fatal=fatal), urlh
-
-    def _download_xml(
-            self, url_or_request, video_id,
-            note='Downloading XML', errnote='Unable to download XML',
-            transform_source=None, fatal=True, encoding=None,
-            data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
-        """
-        Return the xml as an compat_etree_Element.
-
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
-        """
-        res = self._download_xml_handle(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote,
-            transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, encoding=encoding,
-            data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-            expected_status=expected_status)
-        return res if res is False else res[0]
-
-    def _parse_xml(self, xml_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True):
-        if transform_source:
-            xml_string = transform_source(xml_string)
-        try:
-            return compat_etree_fromstring(xml_string.encode('utf-8'))
-        except compat_xml_parse_error as ve:
-            errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse XML ' % video_id
-            if fatal:
-                raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
-            else:
-                self.report_warning(errmsg + str(ve))
-
-    def _download_json_handle(
-            self, url_or_request, video_id, note='Downloading JSON metadata',
-            errnote='Unable to download JSON metadata', transform_source=None,
-            fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
-            expected_status=None):
-        """
-        Return a tuple (JSON object, URL handle).
-
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
-        """
-        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal,
-            encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-            expected_status=expected_status)
-        if res is False:
-            return res
-        json_string, urlh = res
-        return self._parse_json(
-            json_string, video_id, transform_source=transform_source,
-            fatal=fatal), urlh
-
-    def _download_json(
-            self, url_or_request, video_id, note='Downloading JSON metadata',
-            errnote='Unable to download JSON metadata', transform_source=None,
-            fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
-            expected_status=None):
-        """
-        Return the JSON object as a dict.
-
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
-        """
-        res = self._download_json_handle(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote,
-            transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, encoding=encoding,
-            data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-            expected_status=expected_status)
-        return res if res is False else res[0]
-
-    def _parse_json(self, json_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True):
-        if transform_source:
-            json_string = transform_source(json_string)
-        try:
-            return json.loads(json_string)
-        except ValueError as ve:
-            errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse JSON ' % video_id
-            if fatal:
-                raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
-            else:
-                self.report_warning(errmsg + str(ve))
-
-    def _parse_socket_response_as_json(self, data, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True):
-        return self._parse_json(
-            data[data.find('{'):data.rfind('}') + 1],
-            video_id, transform_source, fatal)
-
-    def _download_socket_json_handle(
-            self, url_or_request, video_id, note='Polling socket',
-            errnote='Unable to poll socket', transform_source=None,
-            fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
-            expected_status=None):
-        """
-        Return a tuple (JSON object, URL handle).
-
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
-        """
-        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal,
-            encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-            expected_status=expected_status)
-        if res is False:
-            return res
-        webpage, urlh = res
-        return self._parse_socket_response_as_json(
-            webpage, video_id, transform_source=transform_source,
-            fatal=fatal), urlh
-
-    def _download_socket_json(
-            self, url_or_request, video_id, note='Polling socket',
-            errnote='Unable to poll socket', transform_source=None,
-            fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={},
-            expected_status=None):
-        """
-        Return the JSON object as a dict.
-
-        See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
-        """
-        res = self._download_socket_json_handle(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote,
-            transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, encoding=encoding,
-            data=data, headers=headers, query=query,
-            expected_status=expected_status)
-        return res if res is False else res[0]
 
     def report_warning(self, msg, video_id=None, *args, only_once=False, **kwargs):
-        idstr = format_field(video_id, template='%s: ')
+        idstr = format_field(video_id, None, '%s: ')
         msg = f'[{self.IE_NAME}] {idstr}{msg}'
         if only_once:
             if f'WARNING: {msg}' in self._printed_messages:
@@ -1095,10 +1088,10 @@ def report_warning(self, msg, video_id=None, *args, only_once=False, **kwargs):
 
     def to_screen(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         """Print msg to screen, prefixing it with '[ie_name]'"""
-        self._downloader.to_screen('[%s] %s' % (self.IE_NAME, msg), *args, **kwargs)
+        self._downloader.to_screen(f'[{self.IE_NAME}] {msg}', *args, **kwargs)
 
     def write_debug(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
-        self._downloader.write_debug('[%s] %s' % (self.IE_NAME, msg), *args, **kwargs)
+        self._downloader.write_debug(f'[{self.IE_NAME}] {msg}', *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_param(self, name, default=None, *args, **kwargs):
         if self._downloader:
@@ -1131,11 +1124,7 @@ def raise_login_required(
                 self.get_param('ignore_no_formats_error') or self.get_param('wait_for_video')):
             self.report_warning(msg)
             return
-        if method is NO_DEFAULT:
-            method = 'any' if self.supports_login() else 'cookies'
-        if method is not None:
-            assert method in self._LOGIN_HINTS, 'Invalid login method'
-            msg = '%s. %s' % (msg, self._LOGIN_HINTS[method])
+        msg += format_field(self._login_hint(method), None, '. %s')
         raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
 
     def raise_geo_restricted(
@@ -1172,10 +1161,12 @@ def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None, video_title=None, *, url_transparent
             'url': url,
         }
 
-    def playlist_from_matches(self, matches, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, getter=None, ie=None, video_kwargs=None, **kwargs):
-        urls = (self.url_result(self._proto_relative_url(m), ie, **(video_kwargs or {}))
-                for m in orderedSet(map(getter, matches) if getter else matches))
-        return self.playlist_result(urls, playlist_id, playlist_title, **kwargs)
+    @classmethod
+    def playlist_from_matches(cls, matches, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None,
+                              getter=IDENTITY, ie=None, video_kwargs=None, **kwargs):
+        return cls.playlist_result(
+            (cls.url_result(m, ie, **(video_kwargs or {})) for m in orderedSet(map(getter, matches), lazy=True)),
+            playlist_id, playlist_title, **kwargs)
 
     @staticmethod
     def playlist_result(entries, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, playlist_description=None, *, multi_video=False, **kwargs):
@@ -1199,7 +1190,9 @@ def _search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, f
         In case of failure return a default value or raise a WARNING or a
         RegexNotFoundError, depending on fatal, specifying the field name.
         """
-        if isinstance(pattern, (str, compat_str, compiled_regex_type)):
+        if string is None:
+            mobj = None
+        elif isinstance(pattern, (str, re.Pattern)):
             mobj = re.search(pattern, string, flags)
         else:
             for p in pattern:
@@ -1225,6 +1218,33 @@ def _search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, f
             self.report_warning('unable to extract %s' % _name + bug_reports_message())
             return None
 
+    def _search_json(self, start_pattern, string, name, video_id, *, end_pattern='',
+                     contains_pattern='(?s:.+)', fatal=True, default=NO_DEFAULT, **kwargs):
+        """Searches string for the JSON object specified by start_pattern"""
+        # NB: end_pattern is only used to reduce the size of the initial match
+        if default is NO_DEFAULT:
+            default, has_default = {}, False
+        else:
+            fatal, has_default = False, True
+
+        json_string = self._search_regex(
+            rf'{start_pattern}\s*(?P<json>{{\s*{contains_pattern}\s*}})\s*{end_pattern}',
+            string, name, group='json', fatal=fatal, default=None if has_default else NO_DEFAULT)
+        if not json_string:
+            return default
+
+        _name = self._downloader._format_err(name, self._downloader.Styles.EMPHASIS)
+        try:
+            return self._parse_json(json_string, video_id, ignore_extra=True, **kwargs)
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    f'Unable to extract {_name} - Failed to parse JSON', cause=e.cause, video_id=video_id)
+            elif not has_default:
+                self.report_warning(
+                    f'Unable to extract {_name} - Failed to parse JSON: {e}', video_id=video_id)
+        return default
+
     def _html_search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, flags=0, group=None):
         """
         Like _search_regex, but strips HTML tags and unescapes entities.
@@ -1252,7 +1272,7 @@ def _get_netrc_login_info(self, netrc_machine=None):
                 else:
                     raise netrc.NetrcParseError(
                         'No authenticators for %s' % netrc_machine)
-            except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as err:
+            except (OSError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as err:
                 self.report_warning(
                     'parsing .netrc: %s' % error_to_compat_str(err))
 
@@ -1289,14 +1309,14 @@ def _get_tfa_info(self, note='two-factor verification code'):
         if tfa is not None:
             return tfa
 
-        return compat_getpass('Type %s and press [Return]: ' % note)
+        return getpass.getpass('Type %s and press [Return]: ' % note)
 
     # Helper functions for extracting OpenGraph info
     @staticmethod
     def _og_regexes(prop):
         content_re = r'content=(?:"([^"]+?)"|\'([^\']+?)\'|\s*([^\s"\'=<>`]+?))'
-        property_re = (r'(?:name|property)=(?:\'og[:-]%(prop)s\'|"og[:-]%(prop)s"|\s*og[:-]%(prop)s\b)'
-                       % {'prop': re.escape(prop)})
+        property_re = (r'(?:name|property)=(?:\'og%(sep)s%(prop)s\'|"og%(sep)s%(prop)s"|\s*og%(sep)s%(prop)s\b)'
+                       % {'prop': re.escape(prop), 'sep': '(?:&#x3A;|[:-])'})
         template = r'<meta[^>]+?%s[^>]+?%s'
         return [
             template % (property_re, content_re),
@@ -1327,9 +1347,8 @@ def _og_search_thumbnail(self, html, **kargs):
     def _og_search_description(self, html, **kargs):
         return self._og_search_property('description', html, fatal=False, **kargs)
 
-    def _og_search_title(self, html, **kargs):
-        kargs.setdefault('fatal', False)
-        return self._og_search_property('title', html, **kargs)
+    def _og_search_title(self, html, *, fatal=False, **kargs):
+        return self._og_search_property('title', html, fatal=fatal, **kargs)
 
     def _og_search_video_url(self, html, name='video url', secure=True, **kargs):
         regexes = self._og_regexes('video') + self._og_regexes('video:url')
@@ -1340,9 +1359,8 @@ def _og_search_video_url(self, html, name='video url', secure=True, **kargs):
     def _og_search_url(self, html, **kargs):
         return self._og_search_property('url', html, **kargs)
 
-    def _html_extract_title(self, html, name, **kwargs):
-        return self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<title>(.*?)</title>', html, name, **kwargs)
+    def _html_extract_title(self, html, name='title', *, fatal=False, **kwargs):
+        return self._html_search_regex(r'(?s)<title\b[^>]*>([^<]+)</title>', html, name, fatal=fatal, **kwargs)
 
     def _html_search_meta(self, name, html, display_name=None, fatal=False, **kwargs):
         name = variadic(name)
@@ -1355,12 +1373,20 @@ def _html_search_meta(self, name, html, display_name=None, fatal=False, **kwargs
     def _dc_search_uploader(self, html):
         return self._html_search_meta('dc.creator', html, 'uploader')
 
-    def _rta_search(self, html):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _rta_search(html):
         # See http://www.rtalabel.org/index.php?content=howtofaq#single
         if re.search(r'(?ix)<meta\s+name="rating"\s+'
                      r'     content="RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-RTA"',
                      html):
             return 18
+
+        # And then there are the jokers who advertise that they use RTA, but actually don't.
+        AGE_LIMIT_MARKERS = [
+            r'Proudly Labeled <a href="http://www\.rtalabel\.org/" title="Restricted to Adults">RTA</a>',
+        ]
+        if any(re.search(marker, html) for marker in AGE_LIMIT_MARKERS):
+            return 18
         return 0
 
     def _media_rating_search(self, html):
@@ -1399,27 +1425,25 @@ def _twitter_search_player(self, html):
         return self._html_search_meta('twitter:player', html,
                                       'twitter card player')
 
-    def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, expected_type=None, **kwargs):
-        json_ld_list = list(re.finditer(JSON_LD_RE, html))
-        default = kwargs.get('default', NO_DEFAULT)
-        # JSON-LD may be malformed and thus `fatal` should be respected.
-        # At the same time `default` may be passed that assumes `fatal=False`
-        # for _search_regex. Let's simulate the same behavior here as well.
-        fatal = kwargs.get('fatal', True) if default is NO_DEFAULT else False
-        json_ld = []
-        for mobj in json_ld_list:
-            json_ld_item = self._parse_json(
-                mobj.group('json_ld'), video_id, fatal=fatal)
-            if not json_ld_item:
-                continue
-            if isinstance(json_ld_item, dict):
-                json_ld.append(json_ld_item)
-            elif isinstance(json_ld_item, (list, tuple)):
-                json_ld.extend(json_ld_item)
-        if json_ld:
-            json_ld = self._json_ld(json_ld, video_id, fatal=fatal, expected_type=expected_type)
-        if json_ld:
-            return json_ld
+    def _yield_json_ld(self, html, video_id, *, fatal=True, default=NO_DEFAULT):
+        """Yield all json ld objects in the html"""
+        if default is not NO_DEFAULT:
+            fatal = False
+        for mobj in re.finditer(JSON_LD_RE, html):
+            json_ld_item = self._parse_json(mobj.group('json_ld'), video_id, fatal=fatal)
+            for json_ld in variadic(json_ld_item):
+                if isinstance(json_ld, dict):
+                    yield json_ld
+
+    def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, expected_type=None, *, fatal=True, default=NO_DEFAULT):
+        """Search for a video in any json ld in the html"""
+        if default is not NO_DEFAULT:
+            fatal = False
+        info = self._json_ld(
+            list(self._yield_json_ld(html, video_id, fatal=fatal, default=default)),
+            video_id, fatal=fatal, expected_type=expected_type)
+        if info:
+            return info
         if default is not NO_DEFAULT:
             return default
         elif fatal:
@@ -1429,7 +1453,7 @@ def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, expected_type=None, **kwargs):
             return {}
 
     def _json_ld(self, json_ld, video_id, fatal=True, expected_type=None):
-        if isinstance(json_ld, compat_str):
+        if isinstance(json_ld, str):
             json_ld = self._parse_json(json_ld, video_id, fatal=fatal)
         if not json_ld:
             return {}
@@ -1450,6 +1474,10 @@ def _json_ld(self, json_ld, video_id, fatal=True, expected_type=None):
             'ViewAction': 'view',
         }
 
+        def is_type(e, *expected_types):
+            type = variadic(traverse_obj(e, '@type'))
+            return any(x in type for x in expected_types)
+
         def extract_interaction_type(e):
             interaction_type = e.get('interactionType')
             if isinstance(interaction_type, dict):
@@ -1463,9 +1491,7 @@ def extract_interaction_statistic(e):
             if not isinstance(interaction_statistic, list):
                 return
             for is_e in interaction_statistic:
-                if not isinstance(is_e, dict):
-                    continue
-                if is_e.get('@type') != 'InteractionCounter':
+                if not is_type(is_e, 'InteractionCounter'):
                     continue
                 interaction_type = extract_interaction_type(is_e)
                 if not interaction_type:
@@ -1502,22 +1528,23 @@ def extract_chapter_information(e):
                 info['chapters'] = chapters
 
         def extract_video_object(e):
-            assert e['@type'] == 'VideoObject'
+            assert is_type(e, 'VideoObject')
             author = e.get('author')
             info.update({
                 'url': url_or_none(e.get('contentUrl')),
                 'title': unescapeHTML(e.get('name')),
                 'description': unescapeHTML(e.get('description')),
-                'thumbnails': [{'url': url_or_none(url)}
-                               for url in variadic(traverse_obj(e, 'thumbnailUrl', 'thumbnailURL'))],
+                'thumbnails': [{'url': unescapeHTML(url)}
+                               for url in variadic(traverse_obj(e, 'thumbnailUrl', 'thumbnailURL'))
+                               if url_or_none(url)],
                 'duration': parse_duration(e.get('duration')),
                 'timestamp': unified_timestamp(e.get('uploadDate')),
                 # author can be an instance of 'Organization' or 'Person' types.
                 # both types can have 'name' property(inherited from 'Thing' type). [1]
                 # however some websites are using 'Text' type instead.
                 # 1. https://schema.org/VideoObject
-                'uploader': author.get('name') if isinstance(author, dict) else author if isinstance(author, compat_str) else None,
-                'filesize': float_or_none(e.get('contentSize')),
+                'uploader': author.get('name') if isinstance(author, dict) else author if isinstance(author, str) else None,
+                'filesize': int_or_none(float_or_none(e.get('contentSize'))),
                 'tbr': int_or_none(e.get('bitrate')),
                 'width': int_or_none(e.get('width')),
                 'height': int_or_none(e.get('height')),
@@ -1533,13 +1560,12 @@ def traverse_json_ld(json_ld, at_top_level=True):
                 if at_top_level and set(e.keys()) == {'@context', '@graph'}:
                     traverse_json_ld(variadic(e['@graph'], allowed_types=(dict,)), at_top_level=False)
                     break
-                item_type = e.get('@type')
-                if expected_type is not None and expected_type != item_type:
+                if expected_type is not None and not is_type(e, expected_type):
                     continue
                 rating = traverse_obj(e, ('aggregateRating', 'ratingValue'), expected_type=float_or_none)
                 if rating is not None:
                     info['average_rating'] = rating
-                if item_type in ('TVEpisode', 'Episode'):
+                if is_type(e, 'TVEpisode', 'Episode'):
                     episode_name = unescapeHTML(e.get('name'))
                     info.update({
                         'episode': episode_name,
@@ -1549,37 +1575,39 @@ def traverse_json_ld(json_ld, at_top_level=True):
                     if not info.get('title') and episode_name:
                         info['title'] = episode_name
                     part_of_season = e.get('partOfSeason')
-                    if isinstance(part_of_season, dict) and part_of_season.get('@type') in ('TVSeason', 'Season', 'CreativeWorkSeason'):
+                    if is_type(part_of_season, 'TVSeason', 'Season', 'CreativeWorkSeason'):
                         info.update({
                             'season': unescapeHTML(part_of_season.get('name')),
                             'season_number': int_or_none(part_of_season.get('seasonNumber')),
                         })
                     part_of_series = e.get('partOfSeries') or e.get('partOfTVSeries')
-                    if isinstance(part_of_series, dict) and part_of_series.get('@type') in ('TVSeries', 'Series', 'CreativeWorkSeries'):
+                    if is_type(part_of_series, 'TVSeries', 'Series', 'CreativeWorkSeries'):
                         info['series'] = unescapeHTML(part_of_series.get('name'))
-                elif item_type == 'Movie':
+                elif is_type(e, 'Movie'):
                     info.update({
                         'title': unescapeHTML(e.get('name')),
                         'description': unescapeHTML(e.get('description')),
                         'duration': parse_duration(e.get('duration')),
                         'timestamp': unified_timestamp(e.get('dateCreated')),
                     })
-                elif item_type in ('Article', 'NewsArticle'):
+                elif is_type(e, 'Article', 'NewsArticle'):
                     info.update({
                         'timestamp': parse_iso8601(e.get('datePublished')),
                         'title': unescapeHTML(e.get('headline')),
                         'description': unescapeHTML(e.get('articleBody') or e.get('description')),
                     })
-                    if traverse_obj(e, ('video', 0, '@type')) == 'VideoObject':
+                    if is_type(traverse_obj(e, ('video', 0)), 'VideoObject'):
                         extract_video_object(e['video'][0])
-                elif item_type == 'VideoObject':
+                    elif is_type(traverse_obj(e, ('subjectOf', 0)), 'VideoObject'):
+                        extract_video_object(e['subjectOf'][0])
+                elif is_type(e, 'VideoObject'):
                     extract_video_object(e)
                     if expected_type is None:
                         continue
                     else:
                         break
                 video = e.get('video')
-                if isinstance(video, dict) and video.get('@type') == 'VideoObject':
+                if is_type(video, 'VideoObject'):
                     extract_video_object(video)
                 if expected_type is None:
                     continue
@@ -1587,7 +1615,7 @@ def traverse_json_ld(json_ld, at_top_level=True):
                     break
         traverse_json_ld(json_ld)
 
-        return dict((k, v) for k, v in info.items() if v is not None)
+        return filter_dict(info)
 
     def _search_nextjs_data(self, webpage, video_id, *, transform_source=None, fatal=True, **kw):
         return self._parse_json(
@@ -1596,15 +1624,13 @@ def _search_nextjs_data(self, webpage, video_id, *, transform_source=None, fatal
                 webpage, 'next.js data', fatal=fatal, **kw),
             video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
 
-    def _search_nuxt_data(self, webpage, video_id, context_name='__NUXT__'):
-        ''' Parses Nuxt.js metadata. This works as long as the function __NUXT__ invokes is a pure function. '''
-        # not all website do this, but it can be changed
-        # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67463109/how-to-change-or-hide-nuxt-and-nuxt-keyword-in-page-source
+    def _search_nuxt_data(self, webpage, video_id, context_name='__NUXT__', *, fatal=True, traverse=('data', 0)):
+        """Parses Nuxt.js metadata. This works as long as the function __NUXT__ invokes is a pure function"""
         rectx = re.escape(context_name)
+        FUNCTION_RE = r'\(function\((?P<arg_keys>.*?)\){return\s+(?P<js>{.*?})\s*;?\s*}\((?P<arg_vals>.*?)\)'
         js, arg_keys, arg_vals = self._search_regex(
-            (r'<script>window\.%s=\(function\((?P<arg_keys>.*?)\)\{return\s(?P<js>\{.*?\})\}\((?P<arg_vals>.+?)\)\);?</script>' % rectx,
-             r'%s\(.*?\(function\((?P<arg_keys>.*?)\)\{return\s(?P<js>\{.*?\})\}\((?P<arg_vals>.*?)\)' % rectx),
-            webpage, context_name, group=['js', 'arg_keys', 'arg_vals'])
+            (rf'<script>\s*window\.{rectx}={FUNCTION_RE}\s*\)\s*;?\s*</script>', rf'{rectx}\(.*?{FUNCTION_RE}'),
+            webpage, context_name, group=('js', 'arg_keys', 'arg_vals'), fatal=fatal)
 
         args = dict(zip(arg_keys.split(','), arg_vals.split(',')))
 
@@ -1612,7 +1638,8 @@ def _search_nuxt_data(self, webpage, video_id, context_name='__NUXT__'):
             if val in ('undefined', 'void 0'):
                 args[key] = 'null'
 
-        return self._parse_json(js_to_json(js, args), video_id)['data'][0]
+        ret = self._parse_json(js, video_id, transform_source=functools.partial(js_to_json, vars=args), fatal=fatal)
+        return traverse_obj(ret, traverse) or {}
 
     @staticmethod
     def _hidden_inputs(html):
@@ -1924,8 +1951,7 @@ def calculate_preference(self, format):
     def _sort_formats(self, formats, field_preference=[]):
         if not formats:
             return
-        format_sort = self.FormatSort(self, field_preference)
-        formats.sort(key=lambda f: format_sort.calculate_preference(f))
+        formats.sort(key=self.FormatSort(self, field_preference).calculate_preference)
 
     def _check_formats(self, formats, video_id):
         if formats:
@@ -1967,14 +1993,9 @@ def http_scheme(self):
             else 'https:')
 
     def _proto_relative_url(self, url, scheme=None):
-        if url is None:
-            return url
-        if url.startswith('//'):
-            if scheme is None:
-                scheme = self.http_scheme()
-            return scheme + url
-        else:
-            return url
+        scheme = scheme or self.http_scheme()
+        assert scheme.endswith(':')
+        return sanitize_url(url, scheme=scheme[:-1])
 
     def _sleep(self, timeout, video_id, msg_template=None):
         if msg_template is None:
@@ -1986,17 +2007,19 @@ def _sleep(self, timeout, video_id, msg_template=None):
     def _extract_f4m_formats(self, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, quality=None, f4m_id=None,
                              transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
                              fatal=True, m3u8_id=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
-        manifest = self._download_xml(
+        res = self._download_xml_handle(
             manifest_url, video_id, 'Downloading f4m manifest',
             'Unable to download f4m manifest',
             # Some manifests may be malformed, e.g. prosiebensat1 generated manifests
             # (see https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/6215#issuecomment-121704244)
             transform_source=transform_source,
             fatal=fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
-
-        if manifest is False:
+        if res is False:
             return []
 
+        manifest, urlh = res
+        manifest_url = urlh.geturl()
+
         return self._parse_f4m_formats(
             manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=preference, quality=quality, f4m_id=f4m_id,
             transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, m3u8_id=m3u8_id)
@@ -2004,7 +2027,7 @@ def _extract_f4m_formats(self, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, quality=
     def _parse_f4m_formats(self, manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, quality=None, f4m_id=None,
                            transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
                            fatal=True, m3u8_id=None):
-        if not isinstance(manifest, compat_etree_Element) and not fatal:
+        if not isinstance(manifest, xml.etree.ElementTree.Element) and not fatal:
             return []
 
         # currently yt-dlp cannot decode the playerVerificationChallenge as Akamai uses Adobe Alchemy
@@ -2164,7 +2187,7 @@ def _parse_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
         ]), m3u8_doc)
 
         def format_url(url):
-            return url if re.match(r'^https?://', url) else compat_urlparse.urljoin(m3u8_url, url)
+            return url if re.match(r'^https?://', url) else urllib.parse.urljoin(m3u8_url, url)
 
         if self.get_param('hls_split_discontinuity', False):
             def _extract_m3u8_playlist_indices(manifest_url=None, m3u8_doc=None):
@@ -2404,12 +2427,14 @@ def _xpath_ns(path, namespace=None):
         return '/'.join(out)
 
     def _extract_smil_formats_and_subtitles(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, f4m_params=None, transform_source=None):
-        smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal, transform_source=transform_source)
-
-        if smil is False:
+        res = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal, transform_source=transform_source)
+        if res is False:
             assert not fatal
             return [], {}
 
+        smil, urlh = res
+        smil_url = urlh.geturl()
+
         namespace = self._parse_smil_namespace(smil)
 
         fmts = self._parse_smil_formats(
@@ -2426,13 +2451,17 @@ def _extract_smil_formats(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return fmts
 
     def _extract_smil_info(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, f4m_params=None):
-        smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal)
-        if smil is False:
+        res = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal)
+        if res is False:
             return {}
+
+        smil, urlh = res
+        smil_url = urlh.geturl()
+
         return self._parse_smil(smil, smil_url, video_id, f4m_params=f4m_params)
 
     def _download_smil(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, transform_source=None):
-        return self._download_xml(
+        return self._download_xml_handle(
             smil_url, video_id, 'Downloading SMIL file',
             'Unable to download SMIL file', fatal=fatal, transform_source=transform_source)
 
@@ -2531,7 +2560,7 @@ def _parse_smil_formats(self, smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=None, f4m_para
                     })
                 continue
 
-            src_url = src if src.startswith('http') else compat_urlparse.urljoin(base, src)
+            src_url = src if src.startswith('http') else urllib.parse.urljoin(base, src)
             src_url = src_url.strip()
 
             if proto == 'm3u8' or src_ext == 'm3u8':
@@ -2554,7 +2583,7 @@ def _parse_smil_formats(self, smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=None, f4m_para
                         'plugin': 'flowplayer-3.2.0.1',
                     }
                 f4m_url += '&' if '?' in f4m_url else '?'
-                f4m_url += compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(f4m_params)
+                f4m_url += urllib.parse.urlencode(f4m_params)
                 formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(f4m_url, video_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
             elif src_ext == 'mpd':
                 formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
@@ -2611,11 +2640,15 @@ def _parse_smil_subtitles(self, smil, namespace=None, subtitles_lang='en'):
         return subtitles
 
     def _extract_xspf_playlist(self, xspf_url, playlist_id, fatal=True):
-        xspf = self._download_xml(
+        res = self._download_xml_handle(
             xspf_url, playlist_id, 'Downloading xpsf playlist',
             'Unable to download xspf manifest', fatal=fatal)
-        if xspf is False:
+        if res is False:
             return []
+
+        xspf, urlh = res
+        xspf_url = urlh.geturl()
+
         return self._parse_xspf(
             xspf, playlist_id, xspf_url=xspf_url,
             xspf_base_url=base_url(xspf_url))
@@ -2680,7 +2713,10 @@ def _extract_mpd_formats_and_subtitles(
         mpd_doc, urlh = res
         if mpd_doc is None:
             return [], {}
-        mpd_base_url = base_url(urlh.geturl())
+
+        # We could have been redirected to a new url when we retrieved our mpd file.
+        mpd_url = urlh.geturl()
+        mpd_base_url = base_url(mpd_url)
 
         return self._parse_mpd_formats_and_subtitles(
             mpd_doc, mpd_id, mpd_base_url, mpd_url)
@@ -2788,15 +2824,20 @@ def extract_Initialization(source):
                     mime_type = representation_attrib['mimeType']
                     content_type = representation_attrib.get('contentType', mime_type.split('/')[0])
 
-                    codecs = parse_codecs(representation_attrib.get('codecs', ''))
+                    codec_str = representation_attrib.get('codecs', '')
+                    # Some kind of binary subtitle found in some youtube livestreams
+                    if mime_type == 'application/x-rawcc':
+                        codecs = {'scodec': codec_str}
+                    else:
+                        codecs = parse_codecs(codec_str)
                     if content_type not in ('video', 'audio', 'text'):
                         if mime_type == 'image/jpeg':
                             content_type = mime_type
-                        elif codecs['vcodec'] != 'none':
+                        elif codecs.get('vcodec', 'none') != 'none':
                             content_type = 'video'
-                        elif codecs['acodec'] != 'none':
+                        elif codecs.get('acodec', 'none') != 'none':
                             content_type = 'audio'
-                        elif codecs.get('tcodec', 'none') != 'none':
+                        elif codecs.get('scodec', 'none') != 'none':
                             content_type = 'text'
                         elif mimetype2ext(mime_type) in ('tt', 'dfxp', 'ttml', 'xml', 'json'):
                             content_type = 'text'
@@ -2807,12 +2848,12 @@ def extract_Initialization(source):
                     base_url = ''
                     for element in (representation, adaptation_set, period, mpd_doc):
                         base_url_e = element.find(_add_ns('BaseURL'))
-                        if base_url_e is not None:
+                        if try_call(lambda: base_url_e.text) is not None:
                             base_url = base_url_e.text + base_url
                             if re.match(r'^https?://', base_url):
                                 break
                     if mpd_base_url and base_url.startswith('/'):
-                        base_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(mpd_base_url, base_url)
+                        base_url = urllib.parse.urljoin(mpd_base_url, base_url)
                     elif mpd_base_url and not re.match(r'^https?://', base_url):
                         if not mpd_base_url.endswith('/'):
                             mpd_base_url += '/'
@@ -3082,7 +3123,7 @@ def _parse_ism_formats_and_subtitles(self, ism_doc, ism_url, ism_id=None):
                 sampling_rate = int_or_none(track.get('SamplingRate'))
 
                 track_url_pattern = re.sub(r'{[Bb]itrate}', track.attrib['Bitrate'], url_pattern)
-                track_url_pattern = compat_urlparse.urljoin(ism_url, track_url_pattern)
+                track_url_pattern = urllib.parse.urljoin(ism_url, track_url_pattern)
 
                 fragments = []
                 fragment_ctx = {
@@ -3101,7 +3142,7 @@ def _parse_ism_formats_and_subtitles(self, ism_doc, ism_url, ism_id=None):
                         fragment_ctx['duration'] = (next_fragment_time - fragment_ctx['time']) / fragment_repeat
                     for _ in range(fragment_repeat):
                         fragments.append({
-                            'url': re.sub(r'{start[ _]time}', compat_str(fragment_ctx['time']), track_url_pattern),
+                            'url': re.sub(r'{start[ _]time}', str(fragment_ctx['time']), track_url_pattern),
                             'duration': fragment_ctx['duration'] / stream_timescale,
                         })
                         fragment_ctx['time'] += fragment_ctx['duration']
@@ -3169,7 +3210,8 @@ def parse_content_type(content_type):
                 return f
             return {}
 
-        def _media_formats(src, cur_media_type, type_info={}):
+        def _media_formats(src, cur_media_type, type_info=None):
+            type_info = type_info or {}
             full_url = absolute_url(src)
             ext = type_info.get('ext') or determine_ext(full_url)
             if ext == 'm3u8':
@@ -3187,12 +3229,13 @@ def _media_formats(src, cur_media_type, type_info={}):
                 formats = [{
                     'url': full_url,
                     'vcodec': 'none' if cur_media_type == 'audio' else None,
+                    'ext': ext,
                 }]
             return is_plain_url, formats
 
         entries = []
         # amp-video and amp-audio are very similar to their HTML5 counterparts
-        # so we wll include them right here (see
+        # so we will include them right here (see
         # https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/components/amp-video)
         # For dl8-* tags see https://delight-vr.com/documentation/dl8-video/
         _MEDIA_TAG_NAME_RE = r'(?:(?:amp|dl8(?:-live)?)-)?(video|audio)'
@@ -3213,7 +3256,8 @@ def _media_formats(src, cur_media_type, type_info={}):
             media_attributes = extract_attributes(media_tag)
             src = strip_or_none(media_attributes.get('src'))
             if src:
-                _, formats = _media_formats(src, media_type)
+                f = parse_content_type(media_attributes.get('type'))
+                _, formats = _media_formats(src, media_type, f)
                 media_info['formats'].extend(formats)
             media_info['thumbnail'] = absolute_url(media_attributes.get('poster'))
             if media_content:
@@ -3330,7 +3374,7 @@ def _extract_akamai_formats_and_subtitles(self, manifest_url, video_id, hosts={}
                             http_f = f.copy()
                             del http_f['manifest_url']
                             http_url = re.sub(
-                                REPL_REGEX, protocol + r'://%s/\g<1>%s\3' % (http_host, qualities[i]), f['url'])
+                                REPL_REGEX, protocol + fr'://{http_host}/\g<1>{qualities[i]}\3', f['url'])
                             http_f.update({
                                 'format_id': http_f['format_id'].replace('hls-', protocol + '-'),
                                 'url': http_url,
@@ -3342,7 +3386,7 @@ def _extract_akamai_formats_and_subtitles(self, manifest_url, video_id, hosts={}
         return formats, subtitles
 
     def _extract_wowza_formats(self, url, video_id, m3u8_entry_protocol='m3u8_native', skip_protocols=[]):
-        query = compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).query
+        query = urllib.parse.urlparse(url).query
         url = re.sub(r'/(?:manifest|playlist|jwplayer)\.(?:m3u8|f4m|mpd|smil)', '', url)
         mobj = re.search(
             r'(?:(?:http|rtmp|rtsp)(?P<s>s)?:)?(?P<url>//[^?]+)', url)
@@ -3351,7 +3395,7 @@ def _extract_wowza_formats(self, url, video_id, m3u8_entry_protocol='m3u8_native
         formats = []
 
         def manifest_url(manifest):
-            m_url = '%s/%s' % (http_base_url, manifest)
+            m_url = f'{http_base_url}/{manifest}'
             if query:
                 m_url += '?%s' % query
             return m_url
@@ -3388,7 +3432,7 @@ def manifest_url(manifest):
             for protocol in ('rtmp', 'rtsp'):
                 if protocol not in skip_protocols:
                     formats.append({
-                        'url': '%s:%s' % (protocol, url_base),
+                        'url': f'{protocol}:{url_base}',
                         'format_id': protocol,
                         'protocol': protocol,
                     })
@@ -3448,7 +3492,7 @@ def _parse_jwplayer_data(self, jwplayer_data, video_id=None, require_title=True,
                     if not isinstance(track, dict):
                         continue
                     track_kind = track.get('kind')
-                    if not track_kind or not isinstance(track_kind, compat_str):
+                    if not track_kind or not isinstance(track_kind, str):
                         continue
                     if track_kind.lower() not in ('captions', 'subtitles'):
                         continue
@@ -3521,7 +3565,7 @@ def _parse_jwplayer_formats(self, jwplayer_sources_data, video_id=None,
                     # Often no height is provided but there is a label in
                     # format like "1080p", "720p SD", or 1080.
                     height = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
-                        r'^(\d{3,4})[pP]?(?:\b|$)', compat_str(source.get('label') or ''),
+                        r'^(\d{3,4})[pP]?(?:\b|$)', str(source.get('label') or ''),
                         'height', default=None))
                 a_format = {
                     'url': source_url,
@@ -3554,7 +3598,7 @@ def _live_title(self, name):
     def _int(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
         res = int_or_none(v, **kwargs)
         if res is None:
-            msg = 'Failed to extract %s: Could not parse value %r' % (name, v)
+            msg = f'Failed to extract {name}: Could not parse value {v!r}'
             if fatal:
                 raise ExtractorError(msg)
             else:
@@ -3564,7 +3608,7 @@ def _int(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
     def _float(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
         res = float_or_none(v, **kwargs)
         if res is None:
-            msg = 'Failed to extract %s: Could not parse value %r' % (name, v)
+            msg = f'Failed to extract {name}: Could not parse value {v!r}'
             if fatal:
                 raise ExtractorError(msg)
             else:
@@ -3573,17 +3617,15 @@ def _float(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
 
     def _set_cookie(self, domain, name, value, expire_time=None, port=None,
                     path='/', secure=False, discard=False, rest={}, **kwargs):
-        cookie = compat_cookiejar_Cookie(
+        cookie = http.cookiejar.Cookie(
             0, name, value, port, port is not None, domain, True,
             domain.startswith('.'), path, True, secure, expire_time,
             discard, None, None, rest)
-        self._downloader.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
+        self.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
     def _get_cookies(self, url):
-        """ Return a compat_cookies_SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
-        req = sanitized_Request(url)
-        self._downloader.cookiejar.add_cookie_header(req)
-        return compat_cookies_SimpleCookie(req.get_header('Cookie'))
+        """ Return a http.cookies.SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
+        return http.cookies.SimpleCookie(self._downloader._calc_cookies(url))
 
     def _apply_first_set_cookie_header(self, url_handle, cookie):
         """
@@ -3602,9 +3644,7 @@ def _apply_first_set_cookie_header(self, url_handle, cookie):
         for header, cookies in url_handle.headers.items():
             if header.lower() != 'set-cookie':
                 continue
-            if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-                cookies = cookies.encode('iso-8859-1')
-            cookies = cookies.decode('utf-8')
+            cookies = cookies.encode('iso-8859-1').decode('utf-8')
             cookie_value = re.search(
                 r'%s=(.+?);.*?\b[Dd]omain=(.+?)(?:[,;]|$)' % cookie, cookies)
             if cookie_value:
@@ -3612,34 +3652,62 @@ def _apply_first_set_cookie_header(self, url_handle, cookie):
                 self._set_cookie(domain, cookie, value)
                 break
 
-    def get_testcases(self, include_onlymatching=False):
-        t = getattr(self, '_TEST', None)
+    @classmethod
+    def get_testcases(cls, include_onlymatching=False):
+        t = getattr(cls, '_TEST', None)
         if t:
-            assert not hasattr(self, '_TESTS'), \
-                '%s has _TEST and _TESTS' % type(self).__name__
+            assert not hasattr(cls, '_TESTS'), f'{cls.ie_key()}IE has _TEST and _TESTS'
             tests = [t]
         else:
-            tests = getattr(self, '_TESTS', [])
+            tests = getattr(cls, '_TESTS', [])
         for t in tests:
             if not include_onlymatching and t.get('only_matching', False):
                 continue
-            t['name'] = type(self).__name__[:-len('IE')]
+            t['name'] = cls.ie_key()
             yield t
 
-    def is_suitable(self, age_limit):
-        """ Test whether the extractor is generally suitable for the given
-        age limit (i.e. pornographic sites are not, all others usually are) """
-
-        any_restricted = False
-        for tc in self.get_testcases(include_onlymatching=False):
-            if tc.get('playlist', []):
-                tc = tc['playlist'][0]
-            is_restricted = age_restricted(
-                tc.get('info_dict', {}).get('age_limit'), age_limit)
-            if not is_restricted:
-                return True
-            any_restricted = any_restricted or is_restricted
-        return not any_restricted
+    @classmethod
+    def get_webpage_testcases(cls):
+        tests = getattr(cls, '_WEBPAGE_TESTS', [])
+        for t in tests:
+            t['name'] = cls.ie_key()
+        return tests
+
+    @classproperty
+    def age_limit(cls):
+        """Get age limit from the testcases"""
+        return max(traverse_obj(
+            (*cls.get_testcases(include_onlymatching=False), *cls.get_webpage_testcases()),
+            (..., (('playlist', 0), None), 'info_dict', 'age_limit')) or [0])
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_suitable(cls, age_limit):
+        """Test whether the extractor is generally suitable for the given age limit"""
+        return not age_restricted(cls.age_limit, age_limit)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def description(cls, *, markdown=True, search_examples=None):
+        """Description of the extractor"""
+        desc = ''
+        if cls._NETRC_MACHINE:
+            if markdown:
+                desc += f' [<abbr title="netrc machine"><em>{cls._NETRC_MACHINE}</em></abbr>]'
+            else:
+                desc += f' [{cls._NETRC_MACHINE}]'
+        if cls.IE_DESC is False:
+            desc += ' [HIDDEN]'
+        elif cls.IE_DESC:
+            desc += f' {cls.IE_DESC}'
+        if cls.SEARCH_KEY:
+            desc += f'; "{cls.SEARCH_KEY}:" prefix'
+            if search_examples:
+                _COUNTS = ('', '5', '10', 'all')
+                desc += f' (Example: "{cls.SEARCH_KEY}{random.choice(_COUNTS)}:{random.choice(search_examples)}")'
+        if not cls.working():
+            desc += ' (**Currently broken**)' if markdown else ' (Currently broken)'
+
+        name = f' - **{cls.IE_NAME}**' if markdown else cls.IE_NAME
+        return f'{name}:{desc}' if desc else name
 
     def extract_subtitles(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if (self.get_param('writesubtitles', False)
@@ -3684,9 +3752,9 @@ def _get_comments(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def _merge_subtitle_items(subtitle_list1, subtitle_list2):
         """ Merge subtitle items for one language. Items with duplicated URLs/data
         will be dropped. """
-        list1_data = set([item.get('url') or item['data'] for item in subtitle_list1])
+        list1_data = {(item.get('url'), item.get('data')) for item in subtitle_list1}
         ret = list(subtitle_list1)
-        ret.extend([item for item in subtitle_list2 if (item.get('url') or item['data']) not in list1_data])
+        ret.extend(item for item in subtitle_list2 if (item.get('url'), item.get('data')) not in list1_data)
         return ret
 
     @classmethod
@@ -3708,11 +3776,15 @@ def extract_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def _get_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
 
+    @functools.cached_property
+    def _cookies_passed(self):
+        """Whether cookies have been passed to YoutubeDL"""
+        return self.get_param('cookiefile') is not None or self.get_param('cookiesfrombrowser') is not None
+
     def mark_watched(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if not self.get_param('mark_watched', False):
             return
-        if (self.supports_login() and self._get_login_info()[0] is not None
-                or self.get_param('cookiefile') or self.get_param('cookiesfrombrowser')):
+        if self.supports_login() and self._get_login_info()[0] is not None or self._cookies_passed:
             self._mark_watched(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _mark_watched(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -3725,11 +3797,13 @@ def geo_verification_headers(self):
             headers['Ytdl-request-proxy'] = geo_verification_proxy
         return headers
 
-    def _generic_id(self, url):
-        return compat_urllib_parse_unquote(os.path.splitext(url.rstrip('/').split('/')[-1])[0])
+    @staticmethod
+    def _generic_id(url):
+        return urllib.parse.unquote(os.path.splitext(url.rstrip('/').split('/')[-1])[0])
 
-    def _generic_title(self, url):
-        return compat_urllib_parse_unquote(os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0])
+    @staticmethod
+    def _generic_title(url):
+        return urllib.parse.unquote(os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0])
 
     @staticmethod
     def _availability(is_private=None, needs_premium=None, needs_subscription=None, needs_auth=None, is_unlisted=None):
@@ -3774,6 +3848,45 @@ def _yes_playlist(self, playlist_id, video_id, smuggled_data=None, *, playlist_l
         self.to_screen(f'Downloading {playlist_label}{playlist_id} - add --no-playlist to download just the {video_label}{video_id}')
         return True
 
+    @classmethod
+    def extract_from_webpage(cls, ydl, url, webpage):
+        ie = (cls if isinstance(cls._extract_from_webpage, types.MethodType)
+              else ydl.get_info_extractor(cls.ie_key()))
+        for info in ie._extract_from_webpage(url, webpage) or []:
+            # url = None since we do not want to set (webpage/original)_url
+            ydl.add_default_extra_info(info, ie, None)
+            yield info
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _extract_from_webpage(cls, url, webpage):
+        for embed_url in orderedSet(
+                cls._extract_embed_urls(url, webpage) or [], lazy=True):
+            yield cls.url_result(embed_url, cls)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _extract_embed_urls(cls, url, webpage):
+        """@returns all the embed urls on the webpage"""
+        if '_EMBED_URL_RE' not in cls.__dict__:
+            assert isinstance(cls._EMBED_REGEX, (list, tuple))
+            for idx, regex in enumerate(cls._EMBED_REGEX):
+                assert regex.count('(?P<url>') == 1, \
+                    f'{cls.__name__}._EMBED_REGEX[{idx}] must have exactly 1 url group\n\t{regex}'
+            cls._EMBED_URL_RE = tuple(map(re.compile, cls._EMBED_REGEX))
+
+        for regex in cls._EMBED_URL_RE:
+            for mobj in regex.finditer(webpage):
+                embed_url = urllib.parse.urljoin(url, unescapeHTML(mobj.group('url')))
+                if cls._VALID_URL is False or cls.suitable(embed_url):
+                    yield embed_url
+
+    class StopExtraction(Exception):
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _extract_url(cls, webpage):  # TODO: Remove
+        """Only for compatibility with some older extractors"""
+        return next(iter(cls._extract_embed_urls(None, webpage) or []), None)
+
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """
@@ -3784,8 +3897,8 @@ class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
     _MAX_RESULTS = float('inf')
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _make_valid_url(cls):
+    @classproperty
+    def _VALID_URL(cls):
         return r'%s(?P<prefix>|[1-9][0-9]*|all):(?P<query>[\s\S]+)' % cls._SEARCH_KEY
 
     def _real_extract(self, query):
@@ -3797,7 +3910,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, query):
         else:
             n = int(prefix)
             if n <= 0:
-                raise ExtractorError('invalid download number %s for query "%s"' % (n, query))
+                raise ExtractorError(f'invalid download number {n} for query "{query}"')
             elif n > self._MAX_RESULTS:
                 self.report_warning('%s returns max %i results (you requested %i)' % (self._SEARCH_KEY, self._MAX_RESULTS, n))
                 n = self._MAX_RESULTS
@@ -3814,6 +3927,6 @@ def _search_results(self, query):
         """Returns an iterator of search results"""
         raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
 
-    @property
-    def SEARCH_KEY(self):
-        return self._SEARCH_KEY
+    @classproperty
+    def SEARCH_KEY(cls):
+        return cls._SEARCH_KEY