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+const convert = require('xml-js')
+
+const parser = {}
+
+parser.parseChannels = function (xml) {
+  const result = convert.xml2js(xml)
+  const siteTag = result.elements.find(el => el.name === 'site')
+  const channelsTags = siteTag.elements.filter(el => el.name === 'channels')
+
+  let output = []
+
+  channelsTags.forEach(channelsTag => {
+    const channels = channelsTag.elements
+      .filter(el => el.name === 'channel')
+      .map(el => {
+        const channel = el.attributes
+        if (!el.elements) throw new Error(`Channel '${channel.xmltv_id}' has no valid name`)
+        channel.name = el.elements.find(el => el.type === 'text').text
+        channel.country = channelsTag.attributes.country
+        channel.site = siteTag.attributes.site
+
+        return channel
+      })
+    output = output.concat(channels)
+  })
+
+  return output
+}
+
+module.exports = parser