pled's Introduction

Overview

Merging and transforming m3u playlists

Installation

npm install pled

Web server for playlists processing

It is the best to use Pled in pair with express.js. Directory sample contains simple web server which returns combined playlist.

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

var Pled = require('../index');


var sources = ['http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeSlyNet.m3u', 'http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeBestTV.m3u'];

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    var pled = new Pled({
        sources: sources
    });

    pled.handleRequest(req, res);
});

app.listen(3000, function () {
    console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!');
});

Now enter in browser http://localhost:3000 and you'll get combined playlist in response.
If url is http://localhost:3000?force=true then data will be reloaded

Stream filters

You can add filter to transform streams. Streams are transformed by filters sequentially. Each filter is actually a function which accepts three arguments:

Old track info
Source (string)
List of already collected tracks It returns updated track or undefined. undefined means that this track should not outputted to the final result. When a filter processed a track this track will be passed to the next filters. There many examples of preloaded filters. See example

var Pled = require('pled');
var f = Pled.filters;

var filters = [
    f.forStream('http://iptv.proline.net.ua/files/video/notv_vip.wmv', f.remove),
    f.forSource('http://iptv.proline.net.ua/playlist/iptv.m3u', f.setGroup('Інші')),
    f.forSource("http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeSlyNet.m3u", f.setGroup('FreeSlyNet')),
    
    f.forGroup("Sport", f.setGroup('Action')),
    
    // 1+1
    f.forStream('udp://@226.226.1.1:1234', f.setGroup('Новини')),
    f.forStream('udp://@226.226.1.1:1234', f.setImage('http://iptv.proline.net.ua/images/channel/1plus1.jpg')),
        
    f.udpProxy('http://192.168.0.1:4000/udp/')    
    ];
    
var pled = new Pled({
       sources: ['http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeSlyNet.m3u', 'http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeBestTV.m3u'],
       filters: filters
   });

Caching response

A response can be stored in a cache file. If handler finds a existing file and it is up to date it does not regenerate the playlist.

var pled = new Pled({
       sources: ['http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeSlyNet.m3u', 'http://iptv.slynet.tv/FreeBestTV.m3u'],
       cachePath: '/path/to/file', // Optional
       cacheTime: 7*24*60*60*1000 // Time to cache in milliseconds, by default 5 days
   });