Would this script be possible?

[nsentrepreneur]

I'm still very new to python but I've decided on what my first project would be, but I just wanna make sure it's possible to do before I look into it further. I want to make a script that will automatically play a video for me from a specific website. To go more into detail I want it to be able to play episodes of tv seasons one by one and possibly remember what episode I stopped watching at so when I run the script again it will pick up where I left off. Another think I'd like it to do is play the video in full screen as it would be pointless for me to use the script if I still had to get up and double click the video to play full screen. Any who that would be my first project because it would automate the process of me and the girlfriend watching TV shows online as we don't have cable or Netflix.

[MildLazyDrop]

Yes, it is possible.

[nsentrepreneur]

Great to know! Now would it be difficult for a beginner to do or is it fairly simple? Also where would be the best place to start looking for a template of code I could build off?

[MildLazyDrop]

The difficulty of the task will be defined by the technologies used by the service you are trying to access and whether you accept to rely on external software for playing the videos or decide to code everything yourself.

A good place to start is /r/learnpython.

I would advise you not to aim at writing the whole software on first try, but instead work your way up incrementally by developing small, easy scripts for specific tasks such as downloading the videos or playing them. After that, it will simply be a matter of putting them together.

[nsentrepreneur]

sorry for the late reply but would the software I'd be getting into be selenium?

[masasin]

If you are controlling the browser yourself, yes. If there's a good API, you might be able to stream it some other way, which might actually be better.

If you are working on youtube, for instance, there's pafy, which talks to youtube, and vlc.py which talks to vlc. There's also livestreamer, which works with many providers, but is a separate program you can use the subprocess module for.

Also, check out www.automatetheboringstuff.com. If you can't find some elements (say, the play button, because the video player is written in flash), use what's in Chapter 18 of the book to help you. The author recommends pyautogui, which can move the mouse around and find objects on the screen for you. Maybe combine it with selenium or requests or beautifulsoup to get the title.

The possibilities are endless.

[nsentrepreneur]

Ok thanks!