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=head1 NAME
StreamFinder::RadioNet - Fetch actual raw streamable URLs from radio-station websites on radio.net
=head1 AUTHOR
This module is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 by
Jim Turner, C<< <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.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use StreamFinder::RadioNet;
die "..usage: $0 ID|URL\n" unless ($ARGV[0]);
my $station = new StreamFinder::RadioNet($ARGV[0]);
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 = $station->getTitle('desc');
print "Title=$stationDescription\n";
my $stationID = $station->getID();
print "Station ID=$stationID\n";
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";
}
=head1 DESCRIPTION
StreamFinder::RadioNet accepts a valid radio station ID or URL on Radio.net
and returns the actual stream URL(s), title, and cover art icon for that station.
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
Radio.net streams.
One or more streams can be returned for each station.
=head1 SUBROUTINES/METHODS
=over 4
=item B<new>(I<ID>|I<url> [, I<-secure> [ => 0|1 ]] [, I<-debug> [ => 0|1|2 ]])
Accepts a Radio.net station ID or URL and creates and returns a new station
object, or I<undef> if the URL is not a valid Radio.net station or no
streams are found. The URL can be the full URL,
ie. https://www.radio.net/s/B<station-id>, or just I<station-id>.
The optional I<-secure> argument can be either 0 or 1 (I<false> or I<true>). If 1
then only secure ("https://") streams will be returned.
DEFAULT I<-secure> is 0 (false) - return all streams (http and https).
Additional options:
I<-log> => "I<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 I<-none-> (no logging).
I<-logfmt> specifies a format string for lines written to the log file.
DEFAULT "I<[time] [url] - [site]: [title] ([total])>".
The valid field I<[variables]> are: [stream]: The url of the first/best stream found.
[site]: The site name (RadioNet). [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 "I<-na->", if no value).
=item $station->B<get>()
Returns an array of strings representing all stream URLs found.
=item $station->B<getURL>([I<options>])
Similar to B<get>() except it only returns a single stream representing
the first valid stream found.
Current options are: I<"random">, I<"nopls">, and I<"noplaylists">.
By default, the first ("best"?) stream is returned. If I<"random"> is
specified, then a random one is selected from the list of streams found.
If I<"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 I<"random"> is
specified) is returned. This is needed by Fauxdacious Mediaplayer.
If I<"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 I<"random"> is specified) in the playlist
is returned.
=item $station->B<count>()
Returns the number of streams found for the station.
=item $station->B<getID>()
Returns the station's Radio.net ID (alphanumeric).
=item $station->B<getTitle>(['desc'])
Returns the station's title, or (long description).
=item $station->B<getIconURL>()
Returns the URL for the station's "cover art" icon image, if any.
=item $station->B<getIconData>()
Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png",
"gif", "jpeg", etc.) and the actual icon image (binary data), if any.
=item $station->B<getImageURL>()
Returns the URL for the station's "cover art" (usually larger)
banner image.
=item $station->B<getImageData>()
Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png",
"gif", "jpeg", etc.) and the actual station's banner image (binary data).
=item $station->B<getType>()
Returns the station's type ("RadioNet").
=back
=head1 CONFIGURATION FILES
The default root location directory for StreamFinder configuration files
is "~/.config/StreamFinder". To use an alternate location directory,
specify it in the "I<STREAMFINDER>" environment variable, ie.:
B<$ENV{STREAMFINDER} = "/etc/StreamFinder">.
=over 4
=item ~/.config/StreamFinder/RadioNet/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 I<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
I<-debug> => [0|1|2] and most of the L<LWP::UserAgent> options.
Options specified here override any specified in I<~/.config/StreamFinder/config>.
=item ~/.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
I<-debug> => [0|1|2] and most of the L<LWP::UserAgent> options.
=back
NOTE: Options specified in the options parameter list of the I<new()>
function will override those corresponding options specified in these files.
=head1 KEYWORDS
RadioNet
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
L<URI::Escape>, L<HTML::Entities>, L<LWP::UserAgent>
=head1 RECCOMENDS
wget
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to C<bug-streamFinder-RadioNet at rt.cpan.org>, or through
the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=StreamFinder-RadioNet>. I will be notified, and then you'll
automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
=head1 SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc StreamFinder::RadioNet
You can also look for information at:
=over 4
=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
=item * CPAN Ratings
=item * Search CPAN
=back
=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2017-2021 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
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=cut
use strict;
my $DEBUG = 0;
sub new
{
my $class = shift;
my $url = shift;
return undef unless ($url);
my $self = $class->SUPER::new('RadioNet', @_);
$DEBUG = $self->{'debug'} if (defined $self->{'debug'});
(my $url2fetch = $url);
if ($url =~ /^https?\:/) {
$self->{'id'} = $1 if ($url2fetch =~ m#\/([^\/]+)\/?$#);
} else {
$self->{'id'} = $url;
$url2fetch = 'https://www.radio.net/s/' . $url;
}
my $html = '';
print STDERR "-0(RadioNet): URL=$url2fetch=\n" if ($DEBUG);
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(@{$self->{'_userAgentOps'}});
$ua->timeout($self->{'timeout'});
$ua->cookie_jar({});
$ua->env_proxy;
my $response = $ua->get($url2fetch);
if ($response->is_success) {
$html = $response->decoded_content;
} else {
print STDERR $response->status_line if ($DEBUG);
}
print STDERR "-1: html=$html=\n" if ($DEBUG > 1);
return undef unless ($html); #STEP 1 FAILED, INVALID STATION URL, PUNT!
$self->{'iconurl'} = ($html =~ m#\"og\:image\"\s+content\=\"([^\"]+)\"#s) ? $1 : '';
my $logoSz = 0;
while ($html =~ s#\"logo(\d+)x\d+\"\:\"([^\"]+)\"##s) {
if ($1 > $logoSz) {
$logoSz = $1;
$self->{'imageurl'} = $2;
}
}
$self->{'imageurl'} ||= $self->{'iconurl'};
$html =~ s/\\\"/\&quot\;/gs;
$self->{'title'} = ($html =~ m#\"og\:title\"\s+content\=\"([^\"]+)\"#s) ? $1 : '';
$self->{'description'} = ($html =~ m#\b(?:name\=\"twitter|property\=\"og)\:description\"\s+content\=\"([^\"]+)\"#s) ? $1 : $self->{'title'};
$self->{'title'} = HTML::Entities::decode_entities($self->{'title'});
$self->{'title'} = uri_unescape($self->{'title'});
$self->{'title'} =~ s/\s+[\|\-]\s+Listen.*$//; #TIDY UP TITLE A BIT.
$self->{'title'} =~ s/\s+radio stream$//i; #TIDY UP TITLE A BIT.
$self->{'description'} = HTML::Entities::decode_entities($self->{'description'});
$self->{'description'} = uri_unescape($self->{'description'});
$self->{'genre'} = $1 if ($html =~ m#\"genres\"\:\s*\[\"([^\"]+)\"#s);
if ($self->{'genre'}) {
$self->{'genre'} = HTML::Entities::decode_entities($self->{'genre'});
$self->{'genre'} = uri_unescape($self->{'genre'});
}
$self->{'albumartist'} = ($html =~ s# href\=\"([^\"]+)\"\>Station website\<##s) ? $1 : '';
print STDERR "-2: icon=".$self->{'iconurl'}."= title=".$self->{'title'}."= image=".$self->{'imageurl'}."=\n" if ($DEBUG);
$self->{'cnt'} = 0;
while ($html =~ s#\"streamUrl\"\:\"([^\"]+)\"##s) {
my $one = $1;
unless ($self->{'secure'} && $one !~ /^https/o) {
push @{$self->{'streams'}}, $one;
$self->{'cnt'}++;
}
}
while ($html =~ s#\{\"url\"\:\"([^\"]+)\"##s) {
my $one = $1;
unless ($self->{'secure'} && $one !~ /^https/o) {
push @{$self->{'streams'}}, $one;
$self->{'cnt'}++;
}
}
$self->{'total'} = $self->{'cnt'};
$self->{'Url'} = ($self->{'total'} > 0) ? $self->{'streams'}->[0] : '';
print STDERR "--SUCCESS: 1st stream=".$self->{'Url'}."= total=".$self->{'total'}."=\n"
if ($DEBUG && $self->{'cnt'} > 0);
$self->_log($url);
bless $self, $class; #BLESS IT!
return $self;
}
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