Added ability to generate a playlist, added use cases to README

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ Extracts original m3u8 links from multiple IPTV networks.
 
 ## Use
 
-To list the supported _sources_:
+To show _help_ message:
+
+```sh
+./iptv_network_extract.py -h
+```
+
+To list the supported _sources_ with their _channels_:
 
 ```sh
 ./iptv_network_extract.py -l
@@ -45,3 +51,21 @@ You can also pipe the link directly to a player like `mpv`:
 ```sh
 ./iptv_network_extract.py -s SOURCE -c CHANNEL | mpv --playlist=-
 ```
+
+To generate a playlist piping in a list of channels:
+
+```sh
+./iptv_network_extract.py -l | ./iptv_network_extract.py -p > /tmp/playlist.m3u8
+```
+
+You can also wire everything together like this:
+
+```sh
+./iptv_network_extract.py s- dplay-it -l | ./iptv_network_extract.py -p > /tmp/playlist.m3u8 && mpv --playlist=/tmp/playlist.m3u8
+```
+
+Or if you prefer record the streams:
+
+```sh
+ffmpeg -i "$(./iptv_network_extract.py -s dplay-it -c dmax)" -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vcodec copy -c copy file.mp4
+```

channels.json

@@ -1,66 +1,77 @@
 {
     "dplay-it": {
         "realtime":{
+            "name": "Real Time",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/2",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/realtime/"
             }
         },
         "nove":{
+            "name": "NOVE",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/3",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/nove/"
             }
         },
         "dmax":{
+            "name": "DMAX",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/5",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/dmax/"
             }
         },
         "giallo":{
+            "name": "Giallo",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/6",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/giallo/"
             }
         },
         "k-2":{
+            "name": "K2",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/7",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/k-2/"
             }
         },
         "frisbee":{
+            "name": "Frisbee",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/8",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/frisbee/"
             }
         },
         "motor-trend":{
+            "name": "Motor Trend",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/19",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/motor-trend/"
             }
         },
         "food-network":{
+            "name": "Food Network",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/21",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/food-network/"
             }
         },
         "home-and-garden-tv":{
+            "name": "Home and garden TV",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/36",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/home-and-garden-tv/"
             }
         },
         "eurosport1":{
+            "name": "Eurosport1",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/49",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/eurosport1/"
             }
         },
         "eurosport2":{
+            "name": "Eurosport2",
             "url":"https://it.dplay.com/ajax/playbackjson/channel/50",
             "data":{
                 "referer":"https://it.dplay.com/eurosport2/"

iptv_network_extract.py

@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 import sys
 import json
 import argparse
+import re
 import requests
 
 __author__ = "Meliurwen"
 __version__ = "0.1.1"
 __license__ = "GPL3"
 
-def get_link_m3u(source, channel, chan_dict):
+def gen_link_m3u(chan_dict, source, channel):
 
     headers = {
         "User-Agent": ("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:75.0) "
@@ -36,22 +37,21 @@ def get_link_m3u(source, channel, chan_dict):
         "url": content.url
     }
 
-    if content["status_code"] == 200:
+    if content["status_code"] != 200:
-        ugly_payload = json.loads(content["content"].decode('unicode_escape')[1:-1])
         print(
-            ugly_payload["data"]["attributes"]["streaming"]["hls"]["url"],
+            "[ERROR] Http status code {stat_code} "
-            sep='',
+            "for {source}:{channel} at {url}".format(
-            end='\n',
+                stat_code=content["status_code"],
-            file=sys.stdout,
+                source=source,
-            flush=False
+                channel=channel,
-        )
+                url=content["url"]),
-        sys.exit(0)
-    else:
-        print(
-            "[ERROR] Http status code: {stat_code}".format(stat_code=content["status_code"]),
             file=sys.stderr
         )
-        sys.exit(1)
+        return None
+
+    ugly_payload = json.loads(content["content"].decode('unicode_escape')[1:-1])
+
+    return ugly_payload["data"]["attributes"]["streaming"]["hls"]["url"]
 
 def is_supp_source(chan_dict, source):
 
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ def is_supp_source(chan_dict, source):
             "[ERROR] Source not supported: {source}".format(source=source),
             file=sys.stderr
         )
-        sys.exit(1)
+        return False
+
+    return True
 
 def is_supp_channel(chan_dict, source, channel):
 
@@ -69,40 +71,96 @@ def is_supp_channel(chan_dict, source, channel):
             "[ERROR] Channel not supported: {channel}".format(channel=channel),
             file=sys.stderr
         )
-        sys.exit(1)
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+def gen_list(source, chan_dict):
 
-def get_list(source, chan_dict):
+    is_success = False
 
     if source:
-        is_supp_source(chan_dict, source)
+        if not is_supp_source(chan_dict, source):
-        print(*chan_dict[source].keys(), sep = "\n")
+            return False
+        for channel in chan_dict[source].keys():
+            print("{source}:{channel}".format(source=source, channel=channel))
+            is_success = True
     else:
-        print(*chan_dict.keys(), sep = "\n")
+        for src in chan_dict.keys():
-
+            for channel in chan_dict[src].keys():
-    sys.exit(1)
+                print("{source}:{channel}".format(source=src, channel=channel))
+                is_success = True
+
+    return is_success
+
+def gen_playlist(chan_dict):
+
+    is_success = False
+
+    re_list = re.compile('^([a-z0-9-_]{1,32}):([a-z0-9-_]{1,32})\n?$', re.IGNORECASE)
+    is_first_line = True
+    for line in sys.stdin:
+        stream = re_list.findall(line)
+        if stream:
+            if is_first_line:
+                print("#EXTM3U")
+                is_first_line = False
+            source, channel = stream[0][0], stream[0][1]
+            if is_supp_source(chan_dict, source) and is_supp_channel(chan_dict, source, channel):
+                link = gen_link_m3u(chan_dict, source, channel)
+                if link:
+                    print("#EXTINF:-1"
+                          "group-title=\"{source}\",{chanName}".format(
+                                source=source,
+                                chanName=chan_dict[source][channel]["name"])
+                    )
+                    print(link)
+                    is_success = True
+
+    if not is_success:
+        print("[ERROR] No playlist created because empty", file=sys.stderr)
+        return False
+
+    return True
 
 def main(arguments):
 
     source = arguments.source[0] if args.source else None
     channel = arguments.channel[0] if args.channel else None
     is_list = arguments.list if args.list else False
+    is_playlist = arguments.playlist if args.playlist else False
 
     with open('channels.json', 'r') as myfile:
         chan_dict = json.loads(myfile.read())
 
     if source and channel:
-        is_supp_source(chan_dict, source)
+        if not (is_supp_source(chan_dict, source) or is_supp_channel(chan_dict, source, channel)):
-        is_supp_channel(chan_dict, source, channel)
+            sys.exit(1)
-        get_link_m3u(source, channel, chan_dict)
+        link = gen_link_m3u(chan_dict, source, channel)
+        if link:
+            print(
+                link,
+                sep='',
+                end='\n',
+                file=sys.stdout,
+                flush=False
+            )
+        else:
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     if is_list:
-        get_list(source, chan_dict)
+        if not gen_list(source, chan_dict):
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    if is_playlist:
+        if not gen_playlist(chan_dict):
+            sys.exit(1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog='IPTV Network Extract',
-        usage='%(prog)s [-h] [[-s SOURCE -c CHANNEL] | [-s SOURCE -l]] [-l] [--version]',
+        usage='%(prog)s [-h] [-s SOURCE [-c CHANNEL | -l]] [-l] [-p] [--version]',
         description='Extracts original m3u8 links from multiple IPTV networks.'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -115,13 +173,19 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         "-c", "--channel",
         nargs=1,
         required=False,
-        help="TV channel name"
+        help="channel name"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-l", "--list",
         required=False,
         action='store_true',
-        help="List supported networks and channels"
+        help="list supported networks and channels"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p", "--playlist",
+        required=False,
+        action='store_true',
+        help="generate a m3u8 playlist from stdin"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--version",
@@ -134,11 +198,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
         parser.error("at least 1 argument is required")
 
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2 and args.playlist:
+        parser.error("--playlist must be a single parameter")
+
     if len(sys.argv) == 3 and args.channel:
         parser.error("--source is required for this parameter")
 
     if args.source and not bool(args.channel) ^ bool(args.list):
-        parser.error("--source requires either --channel CHANNEL or --list")
+        parser.error("--source requires either --channel or --list")
 
     if args.list and args.channel:
         parser.error("--list should either be used singularly or with --source")