--- /dev/null
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import try_get
+
+
+class ThetaIE(InfoExtractor):
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?theta\.tv/(?P<id>[a-z0-9]+)'
+ _TESTS = [{
+ 'url': 'https://www.theta.tv/davirus',
+ 'skip': 'The live may have ended',
+ 'info_dict': {
+ 'id': 'DaVirus',
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'title': 'I choose you - My Community is King -👀 - YO HABLO ESPANOL - CODE DAVIRUS',
+ 'thumbnail': r're:https://live-thumbnails-prod-theta-tv\.imgix\.net/thumbnail/.+\.jpg',
+ }
+ }, {
+ 'url': 'https://www.theta.tv/mst3k',
+ 'note': 'This channel is live 24/7',
+ 'info_dict': {
+ 'id': 'MST3K',
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'title': 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000 24/7 Powered by the THETA Network.',
+ 'thumbnail': r're:https://user-prod-theta-tv\.imgix\.net/.+\.jpg',
+ }
+ }]
+
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ channel_id = self._match_id(url)
+ info = self._download_json(f'https://api.theta.tv/v1/channel?alias={channel_id}', channel_id)['body']
+
+ m3u8_playlist = next(
+ data['url'] for data in info['live_stream']['video_urls']
+ if data.get('type') != 'embed' and data.get('resolution') in ('master', 'source'))
+
+ formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8_playlist, channel_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', live=True)
+ self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+ channel = try_get(info, lambda x: x['user']['username']) # using this field instead of channel_id due to capitalization
+
+ return {
+ 'id': channel,
+ 'title': try_get(info, lambda x: x['live_stream']['title']),
+ 'channel': channel,
+ 'view_count': try_get(info, lambda x: x['live_stream']['view_count']),
+ 'is_live': True,
+ 'formats': formats,
+ 'thumbnail': try_get(info, lambda x: x['live_stream']['thumbnail_url']),
+ }