# RegEx **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** plugin-dev\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153 "2010-06-12T01:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hrcolb0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hrcolb0/32/380_2.png) [@hrcolb0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hrcolb0)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153/1 "2010-06-12T01:00:10Z")
okay. so I have exposed the rtmpe mp4’s for [tvland.com](http://tvland.com), however I need RegEx to get it to work. the website i am trying to get is [http://www.tvland.com/prime/fullepisodes/everybody\_loves\_raymond/](http://www.tvland.com/prime/fullepisodes/everybody_loves_raymond/) and my regex code looks like this ```auto def eplist(sender, pageUrl):
dir = MediaContainer(title2=sender.itemTitle)
content = XML.ElementFromURL(pageUrl, True)
page = HTTP.Request(pageUrl)
for item in page:
titleUrl=re.compile('index.jhtml?episodeId="(.+?)",').findall(item)
Log(titleUrl)
thumb=re.compile('thumbNail: "(.+?)",').findall(item)
title=re.compile('title: "(.+?)",').findall(item)
dir.Append(WebVideoItem(titleUrl, title=title, thumb=thumb))
return dir ``` Any regex wizards out there want to give me a hint as to why none of my regex variables have any values? Once this is done Plex will have great syndication episodes. ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153/2 "2010-06-12T01:41:32Z")
Hey! 2 things to start with: [list=1] [_]You can delete the line with **content = XML.ElementFromURL(pageUrl, True)** as it’s not used anywhere else;_ _[_]The for-loop can’t work because the variable **item** doesn’t exist. [/list] ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153/3 "2010-06-12T02:06:59Z")
Needs to be tested, but I think this is what you’re looking for: ```auto
import re
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def eplist(sender, pageUrl):
dir = MediaContainer(title2=sender.itemTitle)
page = HTTP.Request(pageUrl)

episodes = re.compile('{url:.+?}', re.DOTALL).findall(page)
for ep in episodes:
episodeId = re.search('index.jhtml\?episodeId=([0-9]+)",').group(1) # returns the episode id, for example: '26141'
thumb = re.search('thumbNail: "(.+?)",').group(1) # returns: '/images/etcetc.jpg'
title = re.search('title: "(.+?)",').group(1) # returns the title, for example: 'The Break Up Tape'
dir.Append(WebVideoItem(episodeId, title=title, thumb=thumb))

return dir
``` The titleUrl and thumb need some sort of base url attached to them, as the values returned from the regexes do not include a domain/path. ```auto
base = re.search('meta name="URL" content="(.+?)"').group(1) # returns: 'http://www.tvland.com/prime/fullepisodes/everybody_loves_raymond/'
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dir.Append(WebVideoItem(base + 'index.jhtml?episodeId=' + episodeId, title=title, thumb='http://www.tvland.com' + thumb))
``` ---
**Author:** ![Dbl\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Dbl\_A](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dbl_A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153/4 "2010-06-12T02:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey! 2 things to start with: > [list=1][\*]You can delete the line with \*\*content = XML.ElementFromURL(pageUrl, True)\*\* as it's not used anywhere else;[\*]The for-loop can't work because the variable 'item' doesn't exist.[/list] I'm no wizard, but this is what I noticed: You need to escape the "literal ?" as "\?" AND you have an unneeded quotation mark. Like this: ```auto titleUrl=re.compile('index.jhtml\?episodeId=(.+?)",').findall(item) ``` I would just try getting the "url" the same way you get the "title" and the "thumb" though. ```auto

titleUrl=re.compile('url: "(.+?)",').findall(item)
Log(titleUrl)
thumb=re.compile('thumbNail: "(.+?)",').findall(item)
title=re.compile('title: "(.+?)",').findall(item) ``` Then you can use string manipulation if you only need the vid#. ---
**Author:** ![cdizzel99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@cdizzel99](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cdizzel99)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153/5 "2010-06-16T15:15:18Z")
If you are still having issues with Regex, I have a TVLand plugin which is currently working in a beta version. I began working on the plugin back in March but have not had any time recently to continue it. The progess of my plugin thus far allows for the full episodes to be played, I haven’t however worked on getting any of the clips to play. When I get home this afternoon I will upload the progress that I have made and maybe you can incorporate into yours to continue with development. I just don’t have the time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/regex/4153/6 "2019-12-20T20:39:38Z")
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