NAME StreamFinder - Fetch actual raw streamable URLs from various radio-station and video websites. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install AUTHOR This module is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 by Jim Turner, "" 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; my $station = new StreamFinder($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 = $station->getTitle('desc'); print "Description=$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: print "Icon URL=$icon_url=\n"; my ($image_ext, $icon_image) = $station->getIconData(); if ($icon_image && open IMGOUT, ">/tmp/${stationID}.$image_ext") { binmode IMGOUT; print IMGOUT $icon_image; close IMGOUT; print "...Icon image downloaded to (/tmp/${stationID}.$image_ext)\n"; } } 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 accepts a valid radio station or video URL on supported websites and returns the actual stream URL(s), title, and cover art icon for that station / podcast / video. The purpose is that one needs one of these URLs in order to have the option to stream the station / video in one's own choice of media player software rather than using their web browser and accepting flash, ads, javascript, cookies, trackers, web-bugs, and other crapware associated with that method of playing. The author uses his own custom all-purpose media player called "Fauxdacious" (his custom hacked version of the open-source "Audacious" audio player). "Fauxdacious" ( incorporates this module to decode and play streams, along with their titles / station names, and station / podcast / video icons! Please NOTE: StreamFinder is a module, NOT a standalone application. It is designed to be used by other Perl applications. To create your own very simple application just to fetch streams manually, simply grab the code in the SYNOPSIS section above, save it to an executable text file, ie. *StreamFinder.pl* and run it from the command line with a supported streaming site URL as the argument. You can then edit it to tailor it to your needs. The currently-supported websites are: banned.video (StreamFinder::BannedVideo), brighteon.com (StreamFinder::Brighteon), iheartradio.com (StreamFinder::IHeartRadio), podcasts.apple.com (StreamFinder::Apple), radio.net (StreamFinder::RadioNet), radionomy.com (StreamFinder::Radionomy), reciva.com (StreamFinder::Reciva), tunein.com (StreamFinder::Tunein), vimeo.com (StreamFinder::Vimeo), and (youtube.com, et. al and other sites that youtube-dl supports) (StreamFinder::Youtube). NOTE: Facebook (Streamfinder::Facebook) has been removed because logging into Facebook via the call to youtube-dl is now interpreted by Facebook as a "rogue app. login" and will cause them to LOCK your account and FORCE you to change your password the next time you log in to Facebook! NOTE: For some sites, ie. Youtube, Vimeo, Brighteon, and BannedVideo, etc. the "station" object actually refers to a specific video or podcast, but functions the same way. Each site is supported by a separate subpackage (StreamFinder::*Package*), which is determined and selected based on the URL when the StreamFinder object is created. The methods are overloaded by the selected subpackage's methods. An example would be StreamFinder::Youtube. Please see the POD. documentation for each subpackage for important additional information on options and features specific to each site / subpackage! One or more playable streams can be returned for each station / video / podcast, along with at least a "title" (station name / video or podcast title) and an icon image URL ("iconurl" - if found). Additional information that MAY be fetched is a (larger?) banner image ("imageurl"), a (longer?) "description", an "artist" / author, a "genre", and / or a "year" (podcasts, videos, etc.). Some sites also provide station's FCC call letters ("fccid"). For icon and image URLs, functions exist (getIconData() and getImageData() to fetch the actual binary data and mime type for downloading to local storage for use by your application or preferred media player. If you have another streaming site that is not supported, first, make sure you have youtube-dl installed and see if StreamFinder::Youtube can successfully fetch it. If not, then please file a feature request via email or the CPAN bug system, or (for faster service), provide a Perl patch module / program source that can extract some or all of the necessary information for streams on that site and I'll consider it! The easiest way to do this is to take one of the existing submodules, copy it to "StreamFinder::*YOURSITE*.pm and modify it (and the POD docs) to your specific site's needs, test it on several of their pages (see the "SYNOPSIS" code above), and send it to me (That's what I do)! SUBROUTINES/METHODS new(*url* [, *options* ]) Accepts a URL and creates and returns a new station object, or *undef* if the URL is not a valid station or no streams are found. NOTE: Depending on the type of site being queried, the "station object" can be either a streaming station, a video, or a podcast, but works the same way (method calls, arguments, etc.). NOTE: A full URL must be specified here, but if using any of the subpackage modules directly instead, then either a full URL OR just the station / video's site ID may be used! Reason being that this function parses the full URL to determine which subpackage (site) module to use. *options* can vary depending on the type of site that is being queried. One option common to all sites is *-debug*, which turns on debugging output. A numeric option can follow specifying the level (0, 1, or 2). 0 is none, 1 is basic, 2 is detailed. Default: 1 (if *-debug* is specified). $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"* 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 *"noplaylists"* is specified, and the stream to be returned is a "playlist" (.pls or .m3u? extension), it is first fetched and the first entry in the playlist is returned. This is needed by Fauxdacious Mediaplayer since Fauxdacious intentionally does not allow recursive playlists. $station->count() Returns the number of streams found for the station. $station->getStationID(['fccid']) Returns the station's site ID (default), or station's FCC call-letters ("fccid") for applicable sites and stations. $station->getTitle(['desc']) Returns the station's title, or (long description). NOTE: Some sights do not support a separate long description field, so if none found, the standard title field will always be returned. $station->getIconURL() Returns the URL for the station's "cover art" icon image, if any. $station->getIconData() Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png", "gif", "jpeg", etc.) and the actual icon image (binary data), if any. This makes it easy to download the image to local storage for use by your preferred media player. $station->getImageURL() Returns the URL for the station's "cover art" banner image, if any. NOTE: If no "banner image" (usually a larger image) is found, the "icon image" URL will be returned. $station->getImageData() Returns a two-element array consisting of the extension (ie. "png", "gif", "jpeg", etc.) and the actual station's banner image (binary data). This makes it easy to download the image to local storage for use by your preferred media player. NOTE: If no "banner image" (usually a larger image) is found, the "icon image" data will be returned. $station->getType() Returns the station's type (*submodule-name*). (one of: "Apple", "BannedVideo", "IHeartRadio", "RadioNet", "Radionomy", "Reciva", "Tunein", "Youtube" or "Vimeo" - depending on the sight that matched the URL. CONFIGURATION FILES ~/.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. Blank lines and lines starting with a "#" sign are ignored. ~/.config/StreamFinder/*submodule*/config Optional text file for specifying various configuration options for a specific site (submodule, ie. "Youtube" for StreamFinder::Youtube). Each option is specified on a separate line in the format below: '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*. NOTE: Options specified in the options parameter list will override those corresponding options specified in these files. DEPENDENCIES URI::Escape, HTML::Entities, LWP::UserAgent RECCOMENDS youtube-dl (for Brighteon, Tunein, Vimeo) wget BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-streamFinder at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . 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 You can also look for information at: SEE ALSO Fauxdacious media player - () * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2017-2019 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: Any use, modification, and distribution of the Standard or Modified Versions is governed by this Artistic License. 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