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

Code before:
        },
        'params': {
            # inconsistant md5
            'skip_download': True,
        },
    }, {
        # multiple videos in the same article
        'url': 'https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/business/air-traffic-controllers-safety.html',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': 'air-traffic-controllers-safety',
            'title': 'Drunk and Asleep on the Job: Air Traffic Controllers Pushed to the Brink',
            'description': 'md5:549e5a5e935bf7d048be53ba3d2c863d',
        },
        'playlist_count': 3,

    }, {
        'url': 'https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/business/media/netflix-squid-game-challenge.html',
        'only_matching': True,
    }]

    def _extract_content_from_block(self, block):
        details = traverse_obj(block, {
            'id': ('sourceId', {str}),
            'uploader': ('bylines', ..., 'renderedRepresentation', {str}),
            'duration': (('duration', 'length', ...), {int_or_none}),
            'upload_date': ('firstPublished', {unified_strdate}),
            'timestamp': ('firstPublished', {parse_iso8601}),
            'series': ('podcastSeries', {str})}, get_all=False)

        media = traverse_obj(block, ('renditions', ...))
        formats, subtitles = self._extract_media_from_json(details.get('id'), media)

        # audio articles will have an url and no formats
        url = traverse_obj(block, ('fileUrl'), get_all=False)
        if not formats and url:
            formats.append({'url': url, 'ext': determine_ext(url)})

        return merge_dicts(
            details,
            {
                'formats': formats,
                'subtitles': subtitles
            })

    def _extract_thumbnails(self, thumbs):
        thumbnails = []
        for image in thumbs:
            image_url = image.get('url')
            if not image_url:
                continue
            thumbnails.append({

Review comment (suggestion):
`upload_date` is calculated from `timestamp` by core code, so this is unnecessary if you're using the same value as you use for `timestamp`
```suggestion
```

Code after:
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier?',
            'description': 'md5:93603dada88ddbda9395632fdc5da260',
            'timestamp': 1398631707,  # FIXME
            'upload_date': '20140427',  # FIXME
            'creator': 'Brett Weiner',
            'thumbnail': r're:https?://\w+\.nyt.com/images/.+\.jpg',
            'duration': 419,
        },
    }, {
        'url': 'http://www.nytimes.com/video/travel/100000003550828/36-hours-in-dubai.html',
        'only_matching': True,
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
        video_id = self._match_id(url)

        return self._extract_video(video_id)


class NYTimesArticleIE(NYTimesBaseIE):
    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nytimes\.com/\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}/(?!books|podcasts)[^/?#]+/(?:\w+/)?(?P<id>[^./?#]+)(?:\.html)?'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.html?_r=0',
        'md5': '3eb5ddb1d6f86254fe4f233826778737',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '100000003628438',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': 'One Company’s New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year',
            'description': 'md5:89ba9ab67ca767bb92bf823d1f138433',
            'timestamp': 1429047468,
            'upload_date': '20150414',
            'uploader': 'Matthew Williams',
            'creator': 'Patricia Cohen',
            'thumbnail': r're:https?://\w+\.nyt.com/images/.*\.jpg',
            'duration': 119.0,
        },
    }, {
        # article with audio and no video
        'url': 'https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/health/mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html',
        'md5': '2365b3555c8aa7f4dd34ca735ad02e6a',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '100000009110381',
            'ext': 'mp3',
            'title': 'The Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?',
            'description': 'md5:9ff8b47acbaf7f3ca8c732f5c815be2e',
            'timestamp': 1695960700,
            'upload_date': '20230929',
            'creator': 'Stephanie Nolen, Natalija Gormalova',
            'thumbnail': r're:https?://\w+\.nyt.com/images/.*\.jpg',
            'duration': 1322,