diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index a23840e41a..1436724ddf 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1544,12 +1544,12 @@ def traverse_json_ld(json_ld, at_top_level=True):
return dict((k, v) for k, v in info.items() if v is not None)
- def _search_nextjs_data(self, webpage, video_id, **kw):
+ def _search_nextjs_data(self, webpage, video_id, *, transform_source=None, fatal=True, **kw):
return self._parse_json(
self._search_regex(
r'(?s)',
- webpage, 'next.js data', **kw),
- video_id, **kw)
+ 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. '''
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/itv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/itv.py
index bdd6af6884..f1591403f0 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/itv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/itv.py
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
- json_map = try_get(self._parse_json(self._html_search_regex(
- '(?s)', webpage, 'json_map'), playlist_id),
+ json_map = try_get(
+ self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, playlist_id),
lambda x: x['props']['pageProps']['article']['body']['content']) or []
entries = []
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/nbc.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/nbc.py
index bcd388357f..109403440a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/nbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/nbc.py
@@ -408,9 +408,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
video_id = self._match_id(url)
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- data = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
- r'',
- webpage, 'bootstrap json'), video_id)['props']['initialState']
+ data = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id)['props']['initialState']
video_data = try_get(data, lambda x: x['video']['current'], dict)
if not video_data:
video_data = data['article']['content'][0]['primaryMedia']['video']
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/novaplay.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/novaplay.py
index 724986a060..bfb2c87511 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/novaplay.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/novaplay.py
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ class NovaPlayIE(InfoExtractor):
def _real_extract(self, url):
video_id = self._match_id(url)
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- video_props = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
- r'',
- webpage, 'video_props'), video_id)['props']['pageProps']['video']
+ video_props = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id)['props']['pageProps']['video']
m3u8_url = self._download_json(
f'https://nbg-api.fite.tv/api/v2/videos/{video_id}/streams',
video_id, headers={'x-flipps-user-agent': 'Flipps/75/9.7'})[0]['url']
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/skyit.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/skyit.py
index 496bb42a29..ddb43c075e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/skyit.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/skyit.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
from .common import InfoExtractor
from ..compat import (
- compat_str,
compat_parse_qs,
compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
)
@@ -125,9 +124,7 @@ class SkyItVideoLiveIE(SkyItPlayerIE):
def _real_extract(self, url):
display_id = self._match_id(url)
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
- asset_id = compat_str(self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
- r'',
- webpage, 'next data'), display_id)['props']['initialState']['livePage']['content']['asset_id'])
+ asset_id = str(self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, display_id)['props']['initialState']['livePage']['content']['asset_id'])
livestream = self._download_json(
'https://apid.sky.it/vdp/v1/getLivestream',
asset_id, query={'id': asset_id})
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py
index d36a4b6e96..ba5661d747 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
ptype, video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, fatal=False) or ''
- props = (self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
- r'',
- webpage, 'next data', default='{}'), video_id,
- fatal=False) or {}).get('props') or {}
+ props = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id, default='{}').get('props') or {}
player_api_cache = try_get(
props, lambda x: x['initialReduxState']['playerApiCache']) or {}
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/telemundo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/telemundo.py
index e326bbdd5b..ebcecf55f8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/telemundo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/telemundo.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ class TelemundoIE(InfoExtractor):
def _real_extract(self, url):
video_id = self._match_id(url)
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- metadata = self._parse_json(
- self._search_regex(r'<[^>]+id="__NEXT_DATA__"[^>]+>([^<]+)', webpage, 'JSON metadata'), video_id)
+ metadata = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id)
redirect_url = try_get(
metadata,
lambda x: x['props']['initialState']['video']['associatedPlaylists'][0]['videos'][0]['videoAssets'][0]['publicUrl'])
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
index 6dffdf05ec..172fc9bb8d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
@@ -451,12 +451,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
# If we only call once, we get a 403 when downlaoding the video.
self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, note='Downloading video webpage')
- next_json = self._search_regex(
- r'id=\"__NEXT_DATA__\"\s+type=\"application\/json\"\s*[^>]+>\s*(?P[^<]+)',
- webpage, 'next data', group='next_data', default=None)
+ next_data = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id, default='{}')
- if next_json:
- next_data = self._parse_json(next_json, video_id)
+ if next_data:
status = traverse_obj(next_data, ('props', 'pageProps', 'statusCode'), expected_type=int) or 0
video_data = traverse_obj(next_data, ('props', 'pageProps', 'itemInfo', 'itemStruct'), expected_type=dict)
else: