new_contents: 
  import re
  from xml.etree.ElementTree import fromstring
  
  from module.plugins.Hoster import Hoster
  
  XML_API = "http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/xmlservice/web/beitragsDetails?id=%i"
  
  class ZDF(Hoster):
      # Based on zdfm
      # http://github.com/enkore/zdfm/
      __name__ = "ZDF Mediathek"
      __version__ = "0.7"
      __pattern__ = r"http://www\.zdf\.de/ZDFmediathek/[^0-9]*([0-9]+)[^0-9]*"
      __config__ = []
  
      @staticmethod
      def video_key(video):
          return (
              int(video.findtext("videoBitrate", "0")),
              any(f.text == "progressive" for f in video.iter("facet")),
          )
  
      @staticmethod
      def video_valid(video):
          return (video.findtext("url").startswith("http") and video.findtext("url").endswith(".mp4"))
  
      @staticmethod
      def get_id(url):
          return int(re.search(r"[^0-9]*([0-9]+)[^0-9]*", url).group(1))
  
      def process(self, pyfile):
          xml = fromstring(self.load(XML_API % self.get_id(pyfile.url)))
  
          status = xml.findtext("./status/statuscode")
          if status != "ok":
              self.fail("Error retrieving manifest.")
  
          video = xml.find("video")
          title = video.findtext("information/title")
  
          pyfile.name = title
          
          target_url = sorted((v for v in video.iter("formitaet") if self.video_valid(v)), key=self.video_key)[-1].findtext("url")
  
          self.download(target_url)
  
subject: Add plugin for ZDF mediathek