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

Code before:
                };
                var enc_params = [];
                for (var prop in query) {
                    enc_params.push(encodeURIComponent(prop) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(query[prop]));
                }
                ut_list.forEach(function(ut) {
                    enc_params.push('ut=' + ut);
                })
                var dash_path = '/dash?' + enc_params.join('&'); dash_path += '&vf=' + cmd5x(dash_path);
                dash_paths[bid] = dash_path;
            });
            return JSON.stringify(dash_paths);
        }));
        saveAndExit();
    '''

    def _extract_vms_player_js(self, webpage, video_id):
        player_js_cache = self.cache.load('iq', 'player_js')
        if player_js_cache:
            return player_js_cache
        webpack_js_url = self._proto_relative_url(self._search_regex(
            r'<script src="((?:https?)?//stc.iqiyipic.com/_next/static/chunks/webpack-\w+\.js)"', webpage, 'webpack URL'))
        webpack_js = self._download_webpage(webpack_js_url, video_id, note='Downloading webpack JS', errnote='Unable to download webpack JS')
        webpack_map = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
            r'["\']\s*\+\s*(\{\s*(?:\d+\s*:\s*["\'][\da-f]+["\']\s*,?\s*)+})\[\w+\]\+["\']\.js', webpack_js, 'JS locations'),
            video_id, transform_source=js_to_json)

        for module_index in reversed(list(webpack_map.keys())):
            module_js = self._download_webpage(
                f'https://stc.iqiyipic.com/_next/static/chunks/{module_index}.{webpack_map[module_index]}.js',
                video_id, note=f'Downloading #{module_index} module JS', errnote='Unable to download module JS', fatal=False) or ''
            if 'vms request' in module_js:
                self.cache.store('iq', 'player_js', module_js)
                return module_js
        raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract player JS')

    def _extract_cmd5x_function(self, webpage, video_id):
        return self._search_regex(r',\s*(function\s*\([^\)]*\)\s*{\s*var _qda.+_qdc\(\)\s*})\s*,',
                                  self._extract_vms_player_js(webpage, video_id), 'signature function')

    def _update_bid_tags(self, webpage, video_id):
        extracted_bid_tags = self._parse_json(
            self._search_regex(
                r'function\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\{\s*"use strict";?\s*var \w\s*=\s*(\{\s*\d+\s*:\s*\{\s*nbid\s*:.+}\s*})\s*,\s*\w\s*=\s*\{\s*getNewVd',
                self._extract_vms_player_js(webpage, video_id), 'video tags', default=''),
            video_id, transform_source=js_to_json, fatal=False)
        if not extracted_bid_tags:
            return
        self._BID_TAGS = {
            bid: traverse_obj(extracted_bid_tags, (bid, 'value'), expected_type=str, default=self._BID_TAGS.get(bid))
            for bid in extracted_bid_tags.keys()

Review comment (suggestion):
```suggestion
        webpack_map = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
            r'["\']\s*\+\s*(\{\s*(?:\d+\s*:\s*["\'][\da-f]+["\']\s*,?\s*)+})\[\w+\]\+["\']\.js',
            webpack_js, 'JS locations'), video_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
```

See if you can use `self._search_json`. It's a bit more robust than `self._parse_json(self._search_regex`

Code after:
                };
                var enc_params = [];
                for (var prop in query) {
                    enc_params.push(encodeURIComponent(prop) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(query[prop]));
                }
                ut_list.forEach(function(ut) {
                    enc_params.push('ut=' + ut);
                })
                var dash_path = '/dash?' + enc_params.join('&'); dash_path += '&vf=' + cmd5x(dash_path);
                dash_paths[bid] = dash_path;
            });
            return JSON.stringify(dash_paths);
        }));
        saveAndExit();
    '''

    def _extract_vms_player_js(self, webpage, video_id):
        player_js_cache = self.cache.load('iq', 'player_js')
        if player_js_cache:
            return player_js_cache
        webpack_js_url = self._proto_relative_url(self._search_regex(
            r'<script src="((?:https?)?//stc.iqiyipic.com/_next/static/chunks/webpack-\w+\.js)"', webpage, 'webpack URL'))
        webpack_js = self._download_webpage(webpack_js_url, video_id, note='Downloading webpack JS', errnote='Unable to download webpack JS')
        webpack_map = self._search_json(
            r'["\']\s*\+\s*', webpack_js, 'JS locations', video_id,
            contains_pattern=r'{\s*(?:\d+\s*:\s*["\'][\da-f]+["\']\s*,?\s*)+}',
            end_pattern=r'\[\w+\]\+["\']\.js', transform_source=js_to_json)

        for module_index in reversed(webpack_map):
            module_js = self._download_webpage(
                f'https://stc.iqiyipic.com/_next/static/chunks/{module_index}.{webpack_map[module_index]}.js',
                video_id, note=f'Downloading #{module_index} module JS', errnote='Unable to download module JS', fatal=False) or ''
            if 'vms request' in module_js:
                self.cache.store('iq', 'player_js', module_js)
                return module_js
        raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract player JS')

    def _extract_cmd5x_function(self, webpage, video_id):
        return self._search_regex(r',\s*(function\s*\([^\)]*\)\s*{\s*var _qda.+_qdc\(\)\s*})\s*,',
                                  self._extract_vms_player_js(webpage, video_id), 'signature function')

    def _update_bid_tags(self, webpage, video_id):
        extracted_bid_tags = self._search_json(
            r'function\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\{\s*"use strict";?\s*var \w\s*=\s*',
            self._extract_vms_player_js(webpage, video_id), 'video tags', video_id,
            contains_pattern=r'{\s*\d+\s*:\s*\{\s*nbid\s*:.+}\s*}',
            end_pattern=r'\s*,\s*\w\s*=\s*\{\s*getNewVd', fatal=False, transform_source=js_to_json)
        if not extracted_bid_tags:
            return
        self._BID_TAGS = {
            bid: traverse_obj(extracted_bid_tags, (bid, 'value'), expected_type=str, default=self._BID_TAGS.get(bid))