Add support for HBOGo & HBO Now

I’m sure you’re probably already working on this, but I noticed there was no issue open about it to monitor its progress, so I’m doing that.

• I’ve verified and I assure that I’m running youtube-dl 2016.06.14

I have:

• At least skimmed through README and most notably FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

What is the purpose of your issue?

• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v "http://play.hbogo.com/episode/urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://play.hbogo.com/episode/urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.06.14
[debug] Python version 3.5.1 - Linux-4.5.4-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.2, ffprobe 3.0.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true: Downloading webpage
[generic] urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://play.hbogo.com/episode/urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 676, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 341, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2063, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://play.hbogo.com/episode/urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true
$ youtube-dl -v "http://play.hbogo.com/season/urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://play.hbogo.com/season/urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.06.14
[debug] Python version 3.5.1 - Linux-4.5.4-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.2, ffprobe 3.0.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH: Downloading webpage
[generic] urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://play.hbogo.com/season/urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 676, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 341, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2063, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://play.hbogo.com/season/urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH
<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

-Single video: http://play.hbogo.com/episode/urn:hbo:episode:GVx-Z-wOMe8N-wwEAAAAQ?reentered=true (not sure if that ?reentered=true part matters) -Playlist: http://play.hbogo.com/season/urn:hbo:season:GVtcU-Qbol7qlofAIAAAH -I don’t use HBO Now and so can’t provide sample links for it.

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Note: Both of these sites require logging in with user credentials. HBOGo logs in across multiple websites, for example, I use my parent’s DISH Network subscription, so I have to login to the DISH Network site and then it redirects to HBOGo with POST data.

[Kimi-Jimi-James]

I think I’ll just finally learn Python and submit a merge myself, since I have an HBOGo account and live in the US. No guarantee on how long I’ll be. Someone else who has a subscription to HBO Now will have to handle HBO Now.

[dstftw]

There is no HBO Now on this list.