From c23c3d7d7d3ca9368b6fca70b696fe64ca55ba07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 16:38:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] [nowness] fix video extraction and add support serie and
 playlist extraction (fixes #6720)

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py |   6 +-
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py  | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 5d2ea39d0..7408f68d6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -403,7 +403,11 @@ from .normalboots import NormalbootsIE
 from .nosvideo import NosVideoIE
 from .nova import NovaIE
 from .novamov import NovaMovIE
-from .nowness import NownessIE
+from .nowness import (
+    NownessIE,
+    NownessPlaylistIE,
+    NownessSerieIE,
+)
 from .nowtv import NowTVIE
 from .nowvideo import NowVideoIE
 from .npo import (
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index 6b2f3f55a..1acb9b92a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -1,19 +1,42 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .brightcove import BrightcoveIE
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import ExtractorError
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_request
 
 
-class NownessIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/[^?#]*?/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/(?P<slug>[^/]+?)(?:$|[?#])'
+class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    def extract_url_result(self, post):
+        if post['type'] == 'video':
+            for media in post['media']:
+                if media['type'] == 'video':
+                    video_id = media['content']
+                    source = media['source']
+                    if source == 'brightcove':
+                        player_code = self._download_webpage(
+                            'http://www.nowness.com/iframe?id=%s' % video_id, video_id,
+                            note='Downloading player JavaScript',
+                            errnote='Player download failed')
+                        bc_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(player_code)
+                        if bc_url is None:
+                            raise ExtractorError('Could not find player definition')
+                        return self.url_result(bc_url, 'Brightcove')
+                    elif source == 'vimeo':
+                        return self.url_result('http://vimeo.com/%s' % video_id, 'Vimeo')
+                    elif source == 'youtube':
+                        return self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube')
+                    elif source == 'cinematique':
+                        return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
 
+
+class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'nowness'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/(story|series/[^/])/(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
     _TESTS = [
         {
-            'url': 'http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/6/27/3131/candor--the-art-of-gesticulation',
+            'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/story/candor-the-art-of-gesticulation',
             'md5': '068bc0202558c2e391924cb8cc470676',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '2520295746001',
@@ -25,7 +48,7 @@ class NownessIE(InfoExtractor):
             }
         },
         {
-            'url': 'http://cn.nowness.com/day/2014/8/7/4069/kasper-bj-rke-ft-jaakko-eino-kalevi--tnr',
+            'url': 'https://cn.nowness.com/story/kasper-bjorke-ft-jaakko-eino-kalevi-tnr',
             'md5': 'e79cf125e387216f86b2e0a5b5c63aa3',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '3716354522001',
@@ -39,26 +62,60 @@ class NownessIE(InfoExtractor):
     ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('slug')
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
 
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        player_url = self._search_regex(
-            r'"([^"]+/content/issue-[0-9.]+.js)"', webpage, 'player URL')
-        real_id = self._search_regex(
-            r'\sdata-videoId="([0-9]+)"', webpage, 'internal video ID')
+        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/post/getBySlug/%s' % display_id, headers={
+            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
+        })
+        post = self._download_json(request, display_id)
+        return self.extract_url_result(post)
 
-        player_code = self._download_webpage(
-            player_url, video_id,
-            note='Downloading player JavaScript',
-            errnote='Player download failed')
-        player_code = player_code.replace("'+d+'", real_id)
 
-        bc_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(player_code)
-        if bc_url is None:
-            raise ExtractorError('Could not find player definition')
-        return {
-            '_type': 'url',
-            'url': bc_url,
-            'ie_key': 'Brightcove',
-        }
+class NownessPlaylistIE(NownessBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'nowness:playlist'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/playlist/(?P<id>\d+)/[0-9a-z-]+'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/playlist/3286/i-guess-thats-why-they-call-it-the-blues',
+        'info_dict':
+        {
+            'id': '3286',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8,
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/post?PlaylistId=%s' % playlist_id, headers={
+            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
+        })
+        playlist = self._download_json(request, playlist_id)
+        entries = [self.extract_url_result(item) for item in playlist['items']]
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, playlist_id)
+
+
+class NownessSerieIE(NownessBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'nowness:serie'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/series/(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/series/60-seconds',
+        'info_dict':
+        {
+            'id': '60',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 4,
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('https://api.nowness.com/api/series/getBySlug/%s' % display_id, headers={
+            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
+        })
+        serie = self._download_json(request, display_id)
+        serie_id = str(serie['id'])
+        entries = [self.extract_url_result(post) for post in serie['posts']]
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, serie_id)

From 75b399f45557468e602c3b0126a9b5ce4736218f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 16:53:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] [nowness] fix _VALID_URL regex

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index 1acb9b92a..401d3b646 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'nowness'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/(story|series/[^/])/(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/(story|series/[^/]+)/(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
     _TESTS = [
         {
             'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/story/candor-the-art-of-gesticulation',
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class NownessSerieIE(NownessBaseIE):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('https://api.nowness.com/api/series/getBySlug/%s' % display_id, headers={
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/series/getBySlug/%s' % display_id, headers={
             'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
         })
         serie = self._download_json(request, display_id)

From f33f32f1591087743454cbaa6a6689299f1da1d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:32:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] [nowness] add api abstration function adn extend
 _VALID_URL regex

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py | 40 +++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index 401d3b646..04d614c9c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -30,10 +30,20 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                     elif source == 'cinematique':
                         return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
 
+    def api_request(self, url, request_url):
+        id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(request_url % id, headers={
+            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
+        })
+        json_data = self._download_json(request, id)
+        return id, json_data
+
 
 class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'nowness'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/(story|series/[^/]+)/(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/(?:story|(?:series|category)/[^/]+)/(?P<id>[^/]+?)(?:$|[?#])'
     _TESTS = [
         {
             'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/story/candor-the-art-of-gesticulation',
@@ -62,19 +72,13 @@ class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):
     ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/post/getBySlug/%s' % display_id, headers={
-            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
-        })
-        post = self._download_json(request, display_id)
+        display_id, post = self.api_request(url, 'http://api.nowness.com/api/post/getBySlug/%s')
         return self.extract_url_result(post)
 
 
 class NownessPlaylistIE(NownessBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'nowness:playlist'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/playlist/(?P<id>\d+)/[0-9a-z-]+'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/playlist/(?P<id>\d+)'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/playlist/3286/i-guess-thats-why-they-call-it-the-blues',
         'info_dict':
@@ -85,20 +89,14 @@ class NownessPlaylistIE(NownessBaseIE):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/post?PlaylistId=%s' % playlist_id, headers={
-            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
-        })
-        playlist = self._download_json(request, playlist_id)
+        playlist_id, playlist = self.api_request(url, 'http://api.nowness.com/api/post?PlaylistId=%s')
         entries = [self.extract_url_result(item) for item in playlist['items']]
         return self.playlist_result(entries, playlist_id)
 
 
 class NownessSerieIE(NownessBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'nowness:serie'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/series/(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/series/(?P<id>[^/]+?)(?:$|[?#])'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/series/60-seconds',
         'info_dict':
@@ -109,13 +107,7 @@ class NownessSerieIE(NownessBaseIE):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/series/getBySlug/%s' % display_id, headers={
-            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
-        })
-        serie = self._download_json(request, display_id)
+        display_id, serie = self.api_request(url, 'http://api.nowness.com/api/series/getBySlug/%s')
         serie_id = str(serie['id'])
         entries = [self.extract_url_result(post) for post in serie['posts']]
         return self.playlist_result(entries, serie_id)

From f95c5e1218aacc5cc4c01b19f5ee9f7baf9269d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:51:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] [nowness] change id variable name

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index 04d614c9c..a8ee4fe68 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                         return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
 
     def api_request(self, url, request_url):
-        id = self._match_id(url)
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(request_url % id, headers={
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(request_url % display_id, headers={
             'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
         })
-        json_data = self._download_json(request, id)
-        return id, json_data
+        json_data = self._download_json(request, display_id)
+        return display_id, json_data
 
 
 class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):

From 673bf566fc1aa1351a40c7378893aff6cb0fc91b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:03:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] [nowness] more api abstraction

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index a8ee4fe68..3371145c1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                     elif source == 'cinematique':
                         return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
 
-    def api_request(self, url, request_url):
+    def api_request(self, url, request_path):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(request_url % display_id, headers={
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/' + request_path % display_id, headers={
             'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
         })
         json_data = self._download_json(request, display_id)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):
     ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id, post = self.api_request(url, 'http://api.nowness.com/api/post/getBySlug/%s')
+        display_id, post = self.api_request(url, 'post/getBySlug/%s')
         return self.extract_url_result(post)
 
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class NownessPlaylistIE(NownessBaseIE):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        playlist_id, playlist = self.api_request(url, 'http://api.nowness.com/api/post?PlaylistId=%s')
+        playlist_id, playlist = self.api_request(url, 'post?PlaylistId=%s')
         entries = [self.extract_url_result(item) for item in playlist['items']]
         return self.playlist_result(entries, playlist_id)
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class NownessSerieIE(NownessBaseIE):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id, serie = self.api_request(url, 'http://api.nowness.com/api/series/getBySlug/%s')
+        display_id, serie = self.api_request(url, 'series/getBySlug/%s')
         serie_id = str(serie['id'])
         entries = [self.extract_url_result(post) for post in serie['posts']]
         return self.playlist_result(entries, serie_id)

From f43c1631582267fba591d150a18bee764bb37708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:18:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] [nowness] pass cinematique

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index 3371145c1..9a0e46917 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                     elif source == 'youtube':
                         return self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube')
                     elif source == 'cinematique':
-                        return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
+                        # youtube-dl currently doesn't support cinematique
+                        # return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
+                        pass
 
     def api_request(self, url, request_path):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)

From 82c18e2a53a14cf88bc15a1d0b0f4342d2dc5db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sergey=20M=E2=80=A4?= <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:18:57 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] [nowness] Simplify

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py |   2 +-
 youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py  | 107 ++++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 99da52d96..74b7df463 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ from .novamov import NovaMovIE
 from .nowness import (
     NownessIE,
     NownessPlaylistIE,
-    NownessSerieIE,
+    NownessSeriesIE,
 )
 from .nowtv import NowTVIE
 from .nowvideo import NowVideoIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index 9a0e46917..9fb916c18 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .brightcove import BrightcoveIE
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import ExtractorError
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_request
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_str,
+    compat_urllib_request,
+)
 
 
 class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
-    def extract_url_result(self, post):
+    def _extract_url_result(self, post):
         if post['type'] == 'video':
             for media in post['media']:
                 if media['type'] == 'video':
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                         player_code = self._download_webpage(
                             'http://www.nowness.com/iframe?id=%s' % video_id, video_id,
                             note='Downloading player JavaScript',
-                            errnote='Player download failed')
+                            errnote='Unable to download player JavaScript')
                         bc_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(player_code)
                         if bc_url is None:
                             raise ExtractorError('Could not find player definition')
@@ -32,50 +35,46 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                         # return self.url_result('http://cinematique.com/embed/%s' % video_id, 'Cinematique')
                         pass
 
-    def api_request(self, url, request_path):
+    def _api_request(self, url, request_path):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        lang = 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us'
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://api.nowness.com/api/' + request_path % display_id, headers={
-            'X-Nowness-Language': lang,
-        })
-        json_data = self._download_json(request, display_id)
-        return display_id, json_data
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(
+            'http://api.nowness.com/api/' + request_path % display_id,
+            headers={
+                'X-Nowness-Language': 'zh-cn' if 'cn.nowness.com' in url else 'en-us',
+            })
+        return display_id, self._download_json(request, display_id)
 
 
 class NownessIE(NownessBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'nowness'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/(?:story|(?:series|category)/[^/]+)/(?P<id>[^/]+?)(?:$|[?#])'
-    _TESTS = [
-        {
-            'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/story/candor-the-art-of-gesticulation',
-            'md5': '068bc0202558c2e391924cb8cc470676',
-            'info_dict': {
-                'id': '2520295746001',
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': 'Candor: The Art of Gesticulation',
-                'description': 'Candor: The Art of Gesticulation',
-                'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
-                'uploader': 'Nowness',
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            'url': 'https://cn.nowness.com/story/kasper-bjorke-ft-jaakko-eino-kalevi-tnr',
-            'md5': 'e79cf125e387216f86b2e0a5b5c63aa3',
-            'info_dict': {
-                'id': '3716354522001',
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': 'Kasper Bjørke ft. Jaakko Eino Kalevi: TNR',
-                'description': 'Kasper Bjørke ft. Jaakko Eino Kalevi: TNR',
-                'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
-                'uploader': 'Nowness',
-            }
-        },
-    ]
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/story/candor-the-art-of-gesticulation',
+        'md5': '068bc0202558c2e391924cb8cc470676',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2520295746001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Candor: The Art of Gesticulation',
+            'description': 'Candor: The Art of Gesticulation',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'uploader': 'Nowness',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://cn.nowness.com/story/kasper-bjorke-ft-jaakko-eino-kalevi-tnr',
+        'md5': 'e79cf125e387216f86b2e0a5b5c63aa3',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '3716354522001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Kasper Bjørke ft. Jaakko Eino Kalevi: TNR',
+            'description': 'Kasper Bjørke ft. Jaakko Eino Kalevi: TNR',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'uploader': 'Nowness',
+        }
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id, post = self.api_request(url, 'post/getBySlug/%s')
-        return self.extract_url_result(post)
+        _, post = self._api_request(url, 'post/getBySlug/%s')
+        return self._extract_url_result(post)
 
 
 class NownessPlaylistIE(NownessBaseIE):
@@ -83,33 +82,39 @@ class NownessPlaylistIE(NownessBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/playlist/(?P<id>\d+)'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/playlist/3286/i-guess-thats-why-they-call-it-the-blues',
-        'info_dict':
-        {
+        'info_dict': {
             'id': '3286',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 8,
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        playlist_id, playlist = self.api_request(url, 'post?PlaylistId=%s')
-        entries = [self.extract_url_result(item) for item in playlist['items']]
+        playlist_id, playlist = self._api_request(url, 'post?PlaylistId=%s')
+        entries = [self._extract_url_result(item) for item in playlist['items']]
         return self.playlist_result(entries, playlist_id)
 
 
-class NownessSerieIE(NownessBaseIE):
-    IE_NAME = 'nowness:serie'
+class NownessSeriesIE(NownessBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'nowness:series'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|cn)\.)?nowness\.com/series/(?P<id>[^/]+?)(?:$|[?#])'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'https://www.nowness.com/series/60-seconds',
-        'info_dict':
-        {
+        'info_dict': {
             'id': '60',
+            'title': '60 Seconds',
+            'description': 'One-minute wisdom in a new NOWNESS series',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 4,
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id, serie = self.api_request(url, 'series/getBySlug/%s')
-        serie_id = str(serie['id'])
-        entries = [self.extract_url_result(post) for post in serie['posts']]
-        return self.playlist_result(entries, serie_id)
+        display_id, series = self._api_request(url, 'series/getBySlug/%s')
+        entries = [self._extract_url_result(post) for post in series['posts']]
+        series_title = None
+        series_description = None
+        translations = series.get('translations', [])
+        if translations:
+            series_title = translations[0].get('title') or translations[0]['seoTitle']
+            series_description = translations[0].get('seoDescription')
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            entries, compat_str(series['id']), series_title, series_description)