I commit this code in the name of Pinkie Pie.

lib/channel/mediarefresher.js

@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ MediaRefresherModule.prototype.initGooglePlus = function (media, cb) {
             case "HTTP 302":
             case "Video not found":
             case "Private video":
+            case "The video is still being processed.":
+            case "A processing error has occured and the video should be deleted.":
+            case "The video has been processed but still needs a thumbnail.":
             case "Unable to retreive duration from Google+.  This might be because the video is still processing.":
                 self.channel.logger.log("[mediarefresher] Google+ refresh failed: " +
                     err);

lib/get-info.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var http = require("http");
 var https = require("https");
+var cheerio = require('cheerio');
 var Logger = require("./logger.js");
 var Media = require("./media");
 var CustomEmbedFilter = require("./customembed").filter;
@@ -794,8 +795,8 @@ var Getters = {
     /*
      * Google+ videos
      *
-     * This is quite possibly the hackiest video metadata retrieval function
-     * in CyTube.
+     * Also known as Picasa Web Albums.
+     *
      */
     gp: function (id, cb) {
         var idparts = id.split("_");
@@ -804,8 +805,8 @@ var Getters = {
         }
 
         var options = {
-            host: "plus.google.com",
-            path: "/photos/" + idparts[0] + "/albums/" + idparts[1] + "/" + idparts[2],
+            host: "picasaweb.google.com",
+            path: '/data/feed/api/user/'+idparts[0]+'/albumid/'+idparts[1]+'/photoid/'+idparts[2]+'?kind=tag',
             port: 443
         };
 
@@ -827,54 +828,29 @@ var Getters = {
             }
 
             try {
+                var $ = cheerio.load(res, { xmlMode: true });
+                switch ($("gphoto\\:videostatus").text()) {
+                    case "final":
+                        break; /* Incoming Fun. */
+                    case "pending":
+                        return cb("The video is still being processed.", null);
+                    case "failed":
+                        return cb("A processing error has occured and the video should be deleted.", null);
+                    case "ready":
+                        return cb("The video has been processed but still needs a thumbnail.", null);
+                }
+                var duration = parseInt($("gphoto\\:originalvideo").attr("duration"),10);
+                var title = $("media\\:title").text();
                 var videos = {};
-                var duration;
-                var title;
-                var startReading = false;
-                var startReadingSentinel = new RegExp('"' + idparts[2] + '"');
-                res.split("\n").filter(function (line) {
-                    /* Once the duration has been set, no more lines are relevant */
-                    if (duration) {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-
-                    var m = line.match(/"og:image" content="([^"]+)"/);
-                    if (m) {
-                        var parts = m[1].replace(/%25/g, "%")
-                                        .replace(/%2B/ig, "%20").split("/");
-                        title = decodeURIComponent(parts[parts.length - 1]);
-                    }
-
-                    /* Hack for only reading relevant video data */
-                    if (line.match(startReadingSentinel)) {
-                        startReading = true;
-                    }
-
-                    if (!startReading) {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-
-                    m = line.match(/,(\d+),,"https:\/\/video\.googleusercontent/);
-                    if (m) {
-                        duration = parseInt(parseInt(m[1]) / 1000);
-                    }
-
-                    return line.match(/videoplayback/);
-                }).map(function (line) {
-                    var parts = line.match(/\[(\d+),(\d+),(\d+),("https?:\/\/redirector.*?")\]/);
-                    if (!parts) {
-                        return cb("Video entry did not match expected format: " + line, null);
-                    }
-
-                    return {
-                        format: parseInt(parts[1]),
-                        width: parseInt(parts[2]),
-                        height: parseInt(parts[3]),
-                        link: JSON.parse(parts[4])
+                $('media\\:content[medium="video"]').each(function(index, element){
+                    var url    = $(this).attr("url")
+                    var type   = url.match(/itag=(\d\d)/)[1]
+                    videos[type] = {
+                        format: type,
+                        link:   url
                     };
-                }).forEach(function (video) {
-                    videos[video.format] = video;
                 });
+                $ = null;
 
                 var direct = {};
 

package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bcrypt": "^0.8.1",
     "body-parser": "^1.10.2",
+    "cheerio" : "^0.18.0",
     "compression": "^1.3.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.3.3",
     "cytubefilters": "git://github.com/calzoneman/cytubefilters#89f56fee",