coub-dl/coub-dl.py

from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
from os import listdir
from re import match
from sys import argv



def getCmdStdErr(command):
    process = Popen(command, stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
    out, err = process.communicate()
    return err

def getDuration(ffprobe_output):
    durationPattern = r'.*Duration:\s(.+),\sstart.*'
    regex = match(durationPattern, str(ffprobe_output))
    duration = regex.groups()[0] if regex else None
    if not duration:
        raise ValueError('Cannot process ffprobe output!')
    return duration


argv.append('https://coub.com/view/aeeuu')

FILES = {'AUDIO': 'audio', 'VIDEO': 'video'}
URL = argv[1] if len(argv) > 0 else ''  # youtube-dl error message will be shown if ''


call(('/usr/bin/env', 'youtube-dl', '--extract-audio',
                                    '--output',         '{}.%(ext)s'.format(FILES['AUDIO']),
                                    URL))
call(('/usr/bin/env', 'youtube-dl', '--output',         '{}.%(ext)s'.format(FILES['VIDEO']),
                                    URL))

for file in listdir():
    for filename in FILES:
        if match('^{}.*'.format(FILES[filename]), file):
            FILES[filename] = file

audioLen = getDuration(getCmdStdErr(('/usr/bin/env', 'ffprobe', FILES['AUDIO'])))
videoLen = getDuration(getCmdStdErr(('/usr/bin/env', 'ffprobe', FILES['VIDEO'])))

print(audioLen)
print(videoLen)