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POGet direct link videos from Vimeo in PHP
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copied!<p>I want a direct link to videos from Vimeo with a PHP script. I managed to find them manually, but my PHP script does not work. Here is the initiative: For example I took this video: <a href="http://vimeo.com/22439234" rel="noreferrer">http://vimeo.com/22439234</a></p> <p>When you go on the page, Vimeo generates a signature associated with the current timestamp and this video. This information is stored in a JavaScript variable, around line 520 just after: <code>window.addEvent ('domready', function () {</code></p> <p>Then when you click Play, the HTML5 player reads this variable and sends an HTTP request:</p> <pre><code>http:// player.vimeo.com/play_redirect?clip_id=37111719&sig={SIGNATURE}&time={TIMESTAMP}&quality=sd&codecs=H264,VP8,VP6&type=moogaloop_local&embed_location= </code></pre> <p>But it also works with:</p> <pre><code>http:// player.vimeo.com/play_redirect?clip_id=37111719&sig={SIGNATURE}&time={TIMESTAMP}&quality=sd </code></pre> <p>If this URL does not open with the IP address that opened <a href="http://vimeo.com/22439234" rel="noreferrer">http://vimeo.com/22439234</a>, this returns the HTTP code 200 with an error message.</p> <p>If this URL is opened with the correct IP address, the header "Location" redirects to link to the video file: <code>http://av.vimeo.com/XXX/XX/XXXX.mp4?aksessionid=XXXX&token=XXXXX_XXXXXXXXX</code></p> <p>When I build this link <code>http://player.vimeo.com/play_redirect?...</code> manually ("right click"> "source code"> "line 520") it works.</p> <p>But with PHP and regex it returns the <code>HTTP code 200</code> with an error message.</p> <p>Why ?</p> <p>From my observations, Vimeo does not check the headers of the HTTP request for <code>http:// player.vimeo.com/play_redirect?...</code> <code>GET</code>, <code>HEAD</code>, with cookies, without cookies, referrer etc. ... does not change.</p> <p>With PHP, I use the function <code>file_get_contents()</code> and <code>get_headers()</code>.</p> <pre><code> <?php function getVimeo($id) { $content = file_get_contents('http://vimeo.com/'.$id); if (preg_match('#document\.getElementById\(\'player_(.+)\n#i', $content, $scriptBlock) == 0) return 1; preg_match('#"timestamp":([0-9]+)#i', $scriptBlock[1], $matches); $timestamp = $matches[1]; preg_match('#"signature":"([a-z0-9]+)"#i', $scriptBlock[1], $matches); $signature = $matches[1]; $url = 'http://player.vimeo.com/play_redirect?clip_id='.$id.'&sig='.$signature.'&time='.$timestamp.'&quality=sd'; print_r(get_headers($url, 1)); } </code></pre>

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