Repository: yt-dlp/yt-dlp
File: yt_dlp/extractor/pialive.py (Python)

Code before:
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_key)

        program_code = self._extract_vars('programCode', webpage)
        article_code = self._extract_vars('articleCode', webpage)

        prod_configure = self._download_webpage(
            self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL + self._search_regex(
                r'<script[^>]+src=(["\'])(?P<url>/statics/js/s_prod\?(?:(?!\1).)+)\1',
                webpage, 'prod configure page url', group='url'),
            program_code, headers={'Referer': self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL},
            note='Fetching prod configure page', errnote='Unable to fetch prod configure page')

        payload, content_type = multipart_encode({
            'play_url': video_key,
            'api_key': self._extract_vars('APIKEY', prod_configure)})

        player_tag_list = self._download_json(
            f'{self.PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/player-tag-list/{program_code}', program_code,
            data=payload, headers={'Content-Type': content_type, 'Referer': self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL},
            note='Fetching player tag list', errnote='Unable to fetch player tag list')

        chat_room_url = traverse_obj(self._download_json(
            f'{self.PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/chat-tag-list/{program_code}/{article_code}', program_code,
            data=payload, headers={'Content-Type': content_type, 'Referer': self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL},
            note='Fetching chat info', errnote='Unable to fetch chat info', fatal=False),
            ('data', 'chat_one_tag', {extract_attributes}, 'src', {url_or_none}))

        return self.url_result(
            extract_attributes(player_tag_list['data']['movie_one_tag'])['src'], url_transparent=True,
            video_title=self._html_extract_title(webpage), display_id=program_code,
            __post_extractor=self.extract_comments(program_code, chat_room_url))

    def _get_comments(self, video_id, chat_room_url):
        if not chat_room_url:
            return
        if comment_page := self._download_webpage(
                chat_room_url, video_id, headers={'Referer': f'{self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL}'},
                note='Fetching comment page', errnote='Unable to fetch comment page', fatal=False):
            yield from traverse_obj(self._search_json(
                r'var\s+_history\s*=', comment_page, 'comment list',
                video_id, contains_pattern=r'\[(?s:.+)\]', fatal=False), (..., {
                    'timestamp': 0,
                    'author_is_uploader': (1, {lambda x: x == 2}),
                    'author': 2,
                    'text': 3,
                    'id': 4,
                }))


Review comment (suggestion):
Maybe bar this behind a check to not always make the additional request?
```py
if self.get_param('getcomments'):
```
I am not sure if there is a cleaner way to do this without passing all vars to `_get_comments`.

Code after:
    }]

    def _extract_var(self, variable, html):
        return self._search_regex(
            rf'(?:var|const|let)\s+{variable}\s*=\s*(["\'])(?P<value>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1',
            html, f'variable {variable}', group='value')

    def _real_extract(self, url):
        video_key = self._match_id(url)
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_key)

        program_code = self._extract_var('programCode', webpage)
        article_code = self._extract_var('articleCode', webpage)
        title = self._html_extract_title(webpage)

        if get_element_html_by_class('play-end', webpage):
            raise ExtractorError('The video is no longer available', expected=True, video_id=program_code)

        if start_info := clean_html(get_element_by_class('play-waiting__date', webpage)):
            date, time = self._search_regex(
                r'(?P<date>\d{4}/\d{1,2}/\d{1,2})\([月火水木金土日]\)(?P<time>\d{2}:\d{2})',
                start_info, 'start_info', fatal=False, group=('date', 'time'))
            if date and time:
                release_timestamp_str = f'{date} {time} +09:00'
                release_timestamp = unified_timestamp(release_timestamp_str)
                self.raise_no_formats(f'The video will be available after {release_timestamp_str}', expected=True)
                return {
                    'id': program_code,
                    'title': title,
                    'live_status': 'is_upcoming',
                    'release_timestamp': release_timestamp,
                }

        payload, content_type = multipart_encode({
            'play_url': video_key,
            'api_key': self._API_KEY,
        })
        api_data_and_headers = {
            'data': payload,
            'headers': {'Content-Type': content_type, 'Referer': self._PLAYER_ROOT_URL},
        }

        player_tag_list = self._download_json(
            f'{self._PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/player-tag-list/{program_code}', program_code,
            'Fetching player tag list', 'Unable to fetch player tag list', **api_data_and_headers)

        return self.url_result(
            extract_attributes(player_tag_list['data']['movie_one_tag'])['src'],
            url_transparent=True, title=title, display_id=program_code,
            __post_extractor=self.extract_comments(program_code, article_code, api_data_and_headers))