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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using FluentValidation;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using NLog;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Http;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Annotations;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
+using NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.Definitions;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Messaging.Events;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Parser;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
+using NzbDrone.Core.ThingiProvider;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Validation;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Definitions
+{
+    public class YTS : TorrentIndexerBase<YTSSettings>
+    {
+        public override string Name => "YTS";
+        public override string BaseUrl => "https://yts.mx/";
+        public override string Language => "en-us";
+        public override string Description => "YTS is a Public torrent site specialising in HD movies of small size";
+        public override Encoding Encoding => Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1252");
+        public override DownloadProtocol Protocol => DownloadProtocol.Torrent;
+        public override IndexerPrivacy Privacy => IndexerPrivacy.Public;
+
+        public override TimeSpan RateLimit => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2.5);
+        public override IndexerCapabilities Capabilities => SetCapabilities();
+
+        public YTS(IHttpClient httpClient, IEventAggregator eventAggregator, IIndexerStatusService indexerStatusService, IConfigService configService, Logger logger)
+            : base(httpClient, eventAggregator, indexerStatusService, configService, logger)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override IIndexerRequestGenerator GetRequestGenerator()
+        {
+            return new YTSRequestGenerator() { Settings = Settings, Capabilities = Capabilities, BaseUrl = BaseUrl };
+        }
+
+        public override IParseIndexerResponse GetParser()
+        {
+            return new YTSParser(Settings, Capabilities.Categories, BaseUrl);
+        }
+
+        private IndexerCapabilities SetCapabilities()
+        {
+            var caps = new IndexerCapabilities
+            {
+                TvSearchParams = new List<TvSearchParam>
+                                   {
+                                   },
+                MovieSearchParams = new List<MovieSearchParam> { MovieSearchParam.Q, MovieSearchParam.ImdbId },
+                MusicSearchParams = new List<MusicSearchParam>
+                                   {
+                                   },
+                BookSearchParams = new List<BookSearchParam>
+                                   {
+                                   }
+            };
+
+            caps.Categories.AddCategoryMapping(45, NewznabStandardCategory.MoviesHD, "Movies/x264/720p");
+            caps.Categories.AddCategoryMapping(44, NewznabStandardCategory.MoviesHD, "Movies/x264/1080p");
+            caps.Categories.AddCategoryMapping(46, NewznabStandardCategory.MoviesUHD, "Movies/x264/2160p");
+            caps.Categories.AddCategoryMapping(47, NewznabStandardCategory.Movies3D, "Movies/x264/3D");
+
+            return caps;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class YTSRequestGenerator : IIndexerRequestGenerator
+    {
+        public YTSSettings Settings { get; set; }
+        public IndexerCapabilities Capabilities { get; set; }
+        public string BaseUrl { get; set; }
+
+        public YTSRequestGenerator()
+        {
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<IndexerRequest> GetPagedRequests(string term, int[] categories, string imdbId = null)
+        {
+            var searchUrl = string.Format("{0}/api/v2/list_movies.json", BaseUrl.TrimEnd('/'));
+
+            var searchString = term;
+
+            var queryCollection = new NameValueCollection
+            {
+                // without this the API sometimes returns nothing
+                { "sort", "date_added" },
+                { "limit", "50" }
+            };
+
+            if (imdbId.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                queryCollection.Add("query_term", imdbId);
+            }
+            else if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchString))
+            {
+                searchString = searchString.Replace("'", ""); // ignore ' (e.g. search for america's Next Top Model)
+                queryCollection.Add("query_term", searchString);
+            }
+
+            searchUrl = searchUrl + "?" + queryCollection.GetQueryString();
+
+            var request = new IndexerRequest(searchUrl, HttpAccept.Html);
+
+            yield return request;
+        }
+
+        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(MovieSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
+        {
+            var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
+
+            pageableRequests.Add(GetPagedRequests(string.Format("{0}", searchCriteria.SanitizedSearchTerm), searchCriteria.Categories, searchCriteria.FullImdbId));
+
+            return pageableRequests;
+        }
+
+        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(MusicSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
+        {
+            var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
+
+            return pageableRequests;
+        }
+
+        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(TvSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
+        {
+            var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
+
+            return pageableRequests;
+        }
+
+        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(BookSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
+        {
+            var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
+
+            return pageableRequests;
+        }
+
+        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(BasicSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
+        {
+            var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
+
+            pageableRequests.Add(GetPagedRequests(string.Format("{0}", searchCriteria.SanitizedSearchTerm), searchCriteria.Categories));
+
+            return pageableRequests;
+        }
+
+        public Func<IDictionary<string, string>> GetCookies { get; set; }
+        public Action<IDictionary<string, string>, DateTime?> CookiesUpdater { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class YTSParser : IParseIndexerResponse
+    {
+        private readonly YTSSettings _settings;
+        private readonly IndexerCapabilitiesCategories _categories;
+        private readonly string _baseUrl;
+
+        public YTSParser(YTSSettings settings, IndexerCapabilitiesCategories categories, string baseurl)
+        {
+            _settings = settings;
+            _categories = categories;
+            _baseUrl = baseurl;
+        }
+
+        public IList<ReleaseInfo> ParseResponse(IndexerResponse indexerResponse)
+        {
+            var torrentInfos = new List<ReleaseInfo>();
+
+            var contentString = indexerResponse.Content;
+
+            // returned content might start with an html error message, remove it first
+            var jsonStart = contentString.IndexOf('{');
+            var jsonContentStr = contentString.Remove(0, jsonStart);
+
+            var jsonContent = JObject.Parse(jsonContentStr);
+
+            var result = jsonContent.Value<string>("status");
+
+            // query was not successful
+            if (result != "ok")
+            {
+                return new List<ReleaseInfo>();
+            }
+
+            var dataItems = jsonContent.Value<JToken>("data");
+            var movieCount = dataItems.Value<int>("movie_count");
+
+            // no results found in query
+            if (movieCount < 1)
+            {
+                return new List<ReleaseInfo>();
+            }
+
+            var movies = dataItems.Value<JToken>("movies");
+            if (movies == null)
+            {
+                return new List<ReleaseInfo>();
+            }
+
+            foreach (var movie in movies)
+            {
+                var torrents = movie.Value<JArray>("torrents");
+                if (torrents == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                foreach (var torrent in torrents)
+                {
+                    var release = new TorrentInfo();
+
+                    // append type: BRRip or WEBRip, resolves #3558 via #4577
+                    var type = torrent.Value<string>("type");
+                    switch (type)
+                    {
+                        case "web":
+                            type = "WEBRip";
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            type = "BRRip";
+                            break;
+                    }
+
+                    var quality = torrent.Value<string>("quality");
+                    var title = movie.Value<string>("title").Replace(":", "").Replace(' ', '.');
+                    var year = movie.Value<int>("year");
+                    release.Title = $"{title}.{year}.{quality}.{type}-YTS";
+
+                    var imdb = movie.Value<string>("imdb_code");
+                    release.ImdbId = ParseUtil.GetImdbID(imdb).Value;
+
+                    release.InfoHash = torrent.Value<string>("hash"); // magnet link is auto generated from infohash
+
+                    // ex: 2015-08-16 21:25:08 +0000
+                    var dateStr = torrent.Value<string>("date_uploaded");
+                    var dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(dateStr, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                    release.PublishDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(dateTime, DateTimeKind.Utc).ToLocalTime();
+
+                    release.DownloadUrl = torrent.Value<string>("url");
+                    release.Seeders = torrent.Value<int>("seeds");
+                    release.Peers = torrent.Value<int>("peers") + release.Seeders;
+                    release.Size = torrent.Value<long>("size_bytes");
+                    release.DownloadVolumeFactor = 0;
+                    release.UploadVolumeFactor = 1;
+
+                    release.InfoUrl = movie.Value<string>("url");
+
+                    //release.Poster = new Uri(movie.Value<string>("large_cover_image"));
+                    release.Guid = release.DownloadUrl;
+
+                    // map the quality to a newznab category for torznab compatibility (for Radarr, etc)
+                    switch (quality)
+                    {
+                        case "720p":
+                            release.Categories = _categories.MapTrackerCatToNewznab("45");
+                            break;
+                        case "1080p":
+                            release.Categories = _categories.MapTrackerCatToNewznab("44");
+                            break;
+                        case "2160p":
+                            release.Categories = _categories.MapTrackerCatToNewznab("46");
+                            break;
+                        case "3D":
+                            release.Categories = _categories.MapTrackerCatToNewznab("47");
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            release.Categories = _categories.MapTrackerCatToNewznab("45");
+                            break;
+                    }
+
+                    if (release == null)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    torrentInfos.Add(release);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return torrentInfos.ToArray();
+        }
+
+        public Action<IDictionary<string, string>, DateTime?> CookiesUpdater { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class YTSSettingsValidator : AbstractValidator<YTSSettings>
+    {
+    }
+
+    public class YTSSettings : IProviderConfig
+    {
+        private static readonly YTSSettingsValidator Validator = new YTSSettingsValidator();
+
+        public NzbDroneValidationResult Validate()
+        {
+            return new NzbDroneValidationResult(Validator.Validate(this));
+        }
+    }
+}