Apply suggested fixes.

Changed the testcase to a different show, as the previous one kept "losing" episodes.

yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py

@@ -960,7 +960,10 @@ from .kick import (
 )
 from .kicker import KickerIE
 from .kickstarter import KickStarterIE
-from .kika import KikaIE, KikaPlaylistIE
+from .kika import (
+    KikaIE,
+    KikaPlaylistIE,
+)
 from .kinja import KinjaEmbedIE
 from .kinopoisk import KinoPoiskIE
 from .kommunetv import KommunetvIE

yt_dlp/extractor/kika.py

@@ -131,38 +131,34 @@ class KikaPlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
     _GEO_COUNTRIES = ['DE']
 
     _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://www.kika.de/marcus-level/marcus-level-102',
+        'url': 'https://www.kika.de/logo/logo-die-welt-und-ich-562',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'marcus-level-102',
-            'title': 'Marcus Level',
-            'description': 'Marcus bekommt die neue Version seines Lieblingsvideospiels: '
-            '"Gorbar and the Valley of the Seven Light Towers". Als er die Spielkonsole anschaltet, '
-            'schießt ein greller, weißer Lichtstrahl aus dem Bildschirm. Marcus befindet sich plötzlich '
-            'im Videospiel in der Rolle seines Lieblingshelden "Gorbar the Magnificent". Sowohl Marcus, '
-            'als auch Gorbar, der sich nun in Marcus\' Zuhause befindet, stehen beide vor großen Herausforderungen.',
+            'id': 'logo-die-welt-und-ich-562',
+            'title': 'logo!',
+            'description': 'md5:7b9d7f65561b82fa512f2cfb553c397d',
         },
-        'playlist_count': 35,
+        'playlist_count': 100,
     }]
 
+    def _entries(self, playlist_url, playlist_id):
+        while playlist_url:
+            data = self._download_json(playlist_url, playlist_id)
+            for item in traverse_obj(data, ('content', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['api']['url']))):
+                yield self.url_result(
+                    item['api']['url'], ie=KikaIE,
+                    **traverse_obj(item, {
+                        'id': ('id', {str}),
+                        'title': ('title', {str}),
+                        'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none}),
+                        'timestamp': ('date', {parse_iso8601}),
+                    }))
+            # This becomes 'None' when reaching the last page
+            playlist_url = traverse_obj(data, ('links', 'next', {url_or_none}))
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        def fetch_page(playlist_url):
-            while playlist_url:
-                data = self._download_json(playlist_url, playlist_id)
-                for item in traverse_obj(data, ('content', ..., {dict})):
-                    yield self.url_result(
-                        item['api']['url'],
-                        ie=KikaIE,
-                        **traverse_obj(item, {
-                            'id': ('id', {str}),
-                            'title': ('title', {str}),
-                            'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none}),
-                            'timestamp': ('date', {parse_iso8601}),
-                        }))
-                # This becomes 'None' when reaching the last page
-                playlist_url = data['links']['next']
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+        brand_data = self._download_json(
+            f'https://www.kika.de/_next-api/proxy/v1/brands/{playlist_id}', playlist_id)
 
-        playlist_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id')
-        brand_data = self._download_json(f'https://www.kika.de/_next-api/proxy/v1/brands/{playlist_id}', playlist_id)
-
-        return self.playlist_result(fetch_page(brand_data['videoSubchannel']['videosPageUrl']),
+        return self.playlist_result(self._entries(brand_data['videoSubchannel']['videosPageUrl'], playlist_id),
                                     playlist_id, title=brand_data.get('title'), description=brand_data.get('description'))