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/ StreamFinder::IHeartRadio

NAME

StreamFinder::IHeartRadio - Fetch actual raw streamable URLs from radio-station websites on IHeart.com

AUTHOR

This module is Copyright (C) 2017-2023 by

Jim Turner, <turnerjw784 at yahoo.com>

Email: turnerjw784@yahoo.com

All rights reserved.

You may distribute this module under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

SYNOPSIS

        #!/usr/bin/perl

        use strict;

        use StreamFinder::IHeartRadio;

        die "..usage:  $0 ID|URL\n"  unless ($ARGV[0]);

        my $station = new StreamFinder::IHeartRadio($ARGV[0], -keep => 
                        {'secure_shoutcast', 'secure', 'any'}, -skip => 'rtmp');

        die "Invalid URL or no streams found!\n"  unless ($station);

        my $firstStream = $station->get();

        print "First Stream URL=$firstStream\n";

        my $url = $station->getURL();

        print "Stream URL=$url\n";

        my $stationTitle = $station->getTitle();
        
        print "Title=$stationTitle\n";
        
        my $stationDescription = $station->getTitle('desc');
        
        print "Description=$stationDescription\n";
        
        my $stationID = $station->getID();

        print "Station ID=$stationID\n";
        
        my $artist = $station->{'artist'};

        print "Artist=$artist\n"  if ($artist);
        
        my $genre = $station->{'genre'};

        print "Genre=$genre\n"  if ($genre);
        
        my $icon_url = $station->getIconURL();

        if ($icon_url) {   #SAVE THE ICON TO A TEMP. FILE:

                my ($image_ext, $icon_image) = $station->getIconData();

                if ($icon_image && open IMGOUT, ">/tmp/${stationID}.$image_ext") {

                        binmode IMGOUT;

                        print IMGOUT $icon_image;

                        close IMGOUT;

                }

        }

        my $stream_count = $station->count();

        print "--Stream count=$stream_count=\n";

        my @streams = $station->get();

        foreach my $s (@streams) {

                print "------ stream URL=$s=\n";

        }

DESCRIPTION

StreamFinder::IHeartRadio accepts a valid radio station or podcast ID or URL on IHeart.com (formerly known as IHeartRadio.com) and returns the actual stream URL(s), title, and cover art icon. The purpose is that one needs one of these URLs in order to have the option to stream the station in one's own choice of media player software rather than using their web browser and accepting any / all flash, ads, javascript, cookies, trackers, web-bugs, and other crapware that can come with that method of play. The author uses his own custom all-purpose media player called "fauxdacious" (his custom hacked version of the open-source "audacious" audio player). "fauxdacious" can incorporate this module to decode and play IHeart.com streams.

One or more stream URLs can be returned for each station or podcast.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new(ID|url [, -keep|-skip => streamtypes] [, -secure [ => 0|1 ]] [, -debug [ => 0|1|2 ] ... ])

Accepts an iheart.com station / podcast ID or URL and creates and returns a new station (or podcast) object, or undef if the URL is not a valid IHeart station or podcast, or no streams are found. The URL can be the full URL, ie. https://www.iheart.com/live/station-id, https://station-id.iheart.com, https://www.iheart.com/podcast/podcast-id/episode/episode-id, https://www.iheart.com/podcast/podcast-id, or just station-id, or podcast-id/episode-id. NOTE: For podcasts, you must include the episode-id if not specifying a full URL, otherwise, the podcast-id will be interpreted as a station-id (and you likely won't get any streams), but if specifying a full URL and no episode-id is specified, the first (latest) episode for the podcast channel is returned.

-keep and -skip specify a list of one or more streamtypes to either include or skip respectively. The list for each can be either a comma-separated string or an array reference ([...]) of stream types, in the order they should be returned. Each stream type in the list can be one of: any, secure, secure_pls, pls, secure_hls, hls, secure_shortcast, shortcast, secure_rtmp, rtmp, (ext, ie. mp4) etc. NOTE: If you specify the -secure option, described below, as 1 (true), and only non-secure* options above for -keep, you won't get any streams!

DEFAULT -keep list is 'secure_shoutcast, shoutcast, secure, any', meaning that all secure_shoutcast (https:) streams followed by any other shoutcast streams, then all other secure (https:) streams, followed by any remaining (http:) streams (.m3u8, etc.). More than one value can be specified to control order of search.

The optional -secure argument can be either 0 or 1 (false or true). If 1 then only secure ("https://") streams will be returned.

DEFAULT -secure is 0 (false) - return all streams (http and https).

Additional options:

-log => "logfile"

Specify path to a log file. If a valid and writable file is specified, A line will be appended to this file every time one or more streams is successfully fetched for a url.

DEFAULT -none- (no logging).

-logfmt specifies a format string for lines written to the log file.

DEFAULT "[time] [url] - [site]: [title] ([total])".

The valid field [variables] are: [stream]: The url of the first/best stream found. [site]: The site name (IHeartRadio). [url]: The url searched for streams. [time]: Perl timestamp when the line was logged. [title], [artist], [album], [description], [year], [genre], [total], [albumartist]: The corresponding field data returned (or "-na-", if no value).

$station->get()

Returns an array of strings representing all stream URLs found.

$station->getURL([options])

Similar to get() except it only returns a single stream representing the first valid stream found.

Current options are: "random", "nopls", and "noplaylists". By default, the first ("best"?) stream is returned. If "random" is specified, then a random one is selected from the list of streams found. If "nopls" is specified, and the stream to be returned is a ".pls" playlist, it is first fetched and the first entry (or a random entry if "random" is specified) is returned. This is needed by Fauxdacious Mediaplayer. If "noplaylists" is specified, and the stream to be returned is a "playlist" (either .pls or .m3u? extension), it is first fetched and the first entry (or a random entry if "random" is specified) in the playlist is returned.

$station->count()

Returns the number of streams found for the station / podcast episode.

$station->getID(['fccid'])

Returns the station's IHeartRadio ID (default) or station's FCC call-letters ("fccid"). For stations, the IHeartRadio ID is a single value. For individual podcast episodes it's two values separated by a slash ("/").

$station->getTitle(['desc'])

Returns the station's title, or (long description). Podcasts on IHeartRadio can have separate descriptions, but for stations, it is always the station's title.

$station->getIconURL(['artist'])

Returns the URL for the station's "cover art" icon image, if any. If 'artist' is specified, the podcast channel artist's icon url is returned, if any. NOTE: The 'artist' option will return an empty string unless the station is a podcast.

$station->getIconData(['artist'])

Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png", "gif", "jpeg", etc.) and the actual icon image (binary data), if any. If 'artist' is specified, the podcast channel artist's icon data is returned, if any. NOTE: The 'artist' option will return an empty string unless the station is a podcast.

$station->getImageURL(['artist'])

Returns the URL for the station's "cover art" (usually larger) banner image. NOTE: For IHeart podcasts, this will be the same as the icon url. If 'artist' is specified, the podcast channel artist's image url is returned, if any. NOTE: The 'artist' option will return an empty string unless the station is a podcast.

$station->getImageData(['artist'])

Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png", "gif", "jpeg", etc.) and the actual station's banner image (binary data). NOTE: For IHeart podcasts, this will be the same as the icon url. If 'artist' is specified, the podcast channel artist's image data is returned, if any. NOTE: The 'artist' option will return an empty string unless the station is a podcast.

$station->getType()

Returns the station's type ("IHeartRadio").

CONFIGURATION FILES

The default root location directory for StreamFinder configuration files is "~/.config/StreamFinder". To use an alternate location directory, specify it in the "STREAMFINDER" environment variable, ie.: $ENV{STREAMFINDER} = "/etc/StreamFinder".

~/.config/StreamFinder/IHeartRadio/config

Optional text file for specifying various configuration options for a specific site (submodule). Each option is specified on a separate line in the format below: NOTE: Do not follow the lines with a semicolon, comma, or any other separator. Non-numeric values should be surrounded with quotes, either single or double. Blank lines and lines beginning with a "#" sign as their first non-blank character are ignored as comments.

'option' => 'value' [,]

and the options are loaded into a hash used only by the specific (submodule) specified. Valid options include -debug => [0|1|2] and most of the LWP::UserAgent options.

Options specified here override any specified in ~/.config/StreamFinder/config.

Among options valid for IHeartRadio streams are the -keep and -skip options described in the new() function.

~/.config/StreamFinder/config

Optional text file for specifying various configuration options. Each option is specified on a separate line in the format below:

'option' => 'value' [,]

and the options are loaded into a hash used by all sites (submodules) that support them. Valid options include -debug => [0|1|2] and most of the LWP::UserAgent options.

NOTE: Options specified in the options parameter list of the new() function will override those corresponding options specified in these files.

KEYWORDS

iheartradio

DEPENDENCIES

URI::Escape, HTML::Entities, LWP::UserAgent

RECCOMENDS

wget

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-streamFinder-iheartradio at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=StreamFinder-IHeartRadio. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc StreamFinder::IHeartRadio

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2017-2023 Jim Turner.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0

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