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@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ Tools for downloading the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) for thousands of TV cha
- ✨ [Installation](#installation)
- 🚀 [Usage](#usage)
- ⚙️ [Configuration](#configuration)
- 💫 [Update](#update)
- 🌎 [Serve](#serve)
- 🐋 [Docker](#docker)
- 📺 [Playlists](#playlists)
- 🗄 [Database](#database)
- 👨‍💻 [API](#api)
@ -39,13 +42,17 @@ npm install
## Usage
To start the download of the guide, select one of the [supported sites](SITES.md) and paste its name into the command below:
To start the download of the guide, select one of the supported sites from [SITES.md](SITES.md) file and paste its name into the command below:
```sh
npm run grab --- --site=example.com
```
And once the download is complete, the guide will be saved to the `guide.xml` file.
Then run it and wait for the guide to finish downloading. When finished, a new `guide.xml` file will appear in the current directory.
## Configuration
To customize `grab` behavior, you can add a few more options at the end of the command:
```sh
Usage: npm run grab --- [options]
@ -55,34 +62,12 @@ Options:
-c, --channels <path> Path to *.channels.xml file (required if the "--site" attribute is
not specified)
-o, --output <path> Path to output file (default: "guide.xml")
-l, --lang <code> Filter channels by language (ISO 639-2 code)
-t, --timeout <milliseconds> Override the default timeout for each request
-d, --delay <milliseconds> Override the default delay between request
--days <days> Override the number of days for which the program will be loaded
(defaults to the value from the site config)
--maxConnections <number> Limit on the number of concurrent requests (default: 1)
--cron <expression> Schedule a script run (example: "0 0 * * *")
--gzip Create a compressed version of the guide as well (default: false)
```
### Access the guide by URL
You can make the guide available via URL by running your own server:
```sh
npm run serve
```
After that, the guide will be available at the link:
```
http://localhost:3000/guide.xml
```
In addition it will be available to other devices on the same local network at the address:
```
http://<your_local_ip_address>:3000/guide.xml
-l, --lang <code> Allows to limit the download to channels in the specified language only (ISO 639-2 code)
-t, --timeout <milliseconds> Timeout for each request in milliseconds (default: 0)
-d, --delay <milliseconds> Delay between request in milliseconds (default: 0)
--days <days> Number of days for which the program will be loaded (defaults to the value from the site config)
--maxConnections <number> Number of concurrent requests (default: 1)
--gzip Specifies whether or not to create a compressed version of the guide (default: false)
```
### Parallel downloading
@ -113,14 +98,6 @@ And then specify the path to that file via the `--channels` attribute:
npm run grab --- --channels=path/to/custom.channels.xml
```
### Run on schedule
If you want to download the guide automatically on a schedule, you need to pass a valid [cron expression](https://crontab.guru/) to the script using the `--cron` attribute:
```sh
npm run grab --- --site=example.com --cron="0 0 * * *"
```
## Update
If you have downloaded the repository code according to the instructions above, then to update it will be enough to run the command:
@ -135,6 +112,80 @@ And then update all the dependencies:
npm install
```
## Serve
You can make the guide available via URL by running your own server:
```sh
npm run serve
```
After that, the guide will be available at the link:
```
http://localhost:3000/guide.xml
```
In addition it will be available to other devices on the same local network at the address:
```
http://<your_local_ip_address>:3000/guide.xml
```
## Docker
### Build an image
```sh
docker build -t iptv-org/epg --no-cache .
```
### Create and run container
```sh
docker run -p 3000:3000 -v /path/to/channels.xml:/epg/channels.xml iptv-org/epg
```
By default, the guide will be downloaded every day at 00:00 UTC and saved to the `/epg/public/guide.xml` file inside the container.
From the outside, it will be available at this link:
```
http://localhost:3000/guide.xml
```
or
```
http://<your_local_ip_address>:3000/guide.xml
```
### Environment Variables
To fine-tune the execution, you can pass environment variables to the container as follows:
```sh
docker run \
-p 5000:3000 \
-v /path/to/channels.xml:/epg/channels.xml \
-e CRON_SCHEDULE="0 0,12 * * *" \
-e MAX_CONNECTIONS=10 \
-e GZIP=true \
-e DAYS=14 \
-e TIMEOUT=5 \
-e DELAY=2 \
iptv-org/epg
```
| Variable | Description |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| CRON_SCHEDULE | A [cron expression](https://crontab.guru/) describing the schedule of the guide loadings (default: "0 0 \* \* \*") |
| MAX_CONNECTIONS | Limit on the number of concurrent requests (default: 1) |
| GZIP | Boolean value indicating whether to create a compressed version of the guide (default: false) |
| DAYS | Number of days for which the guide will be loaded (defaults to the value from the site config) |
| TIMEOUT | Timeout for each request in milliseconds (default: 0) |
| DELAY | Delay between request in milliseconds (default: 0) |
## Playlists
Playlists with already linked guides can be found in the [iptv-org/iptv](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv) repository.