EPG

Tools for downloading the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) for thousands of TV channels from hundreds of sources.

Table of contents

• ✨ Installation
• 🚀 Usage
• 💫 Update
• 📺 Playlists
• 🗄 Database
• 👨‍💻 API
• 📚 Resources
• 💬 Discussions
• 🛠 Contribution
• 📄 License

Installation

First, you need to install Node.js on your computer. You will also need to install Git to follow these instructions.

After that open the Console (or Terminal if you have macOS) and type the following command:

git clone --depth 1 -b master https://github.com/iptv-org/epg.git

Then navigate to the downloaded epg folder:

cd epg

And install all the dependencies:

npm install

Usage

To start the download of the guide, select one of the supported sites and paste its name into the command below:

npm run grab -- --site=example.com

And once the download is complete, the guide will be saved to the guide.xml file.

Usage: npm run grab -- [options]

Options:
  -s, --site <name>             Name of the site to parse
  -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:

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

Parallel downloading

By default, the guide for each channel is downloaded one by one, but you can change this behavior by increasing the number of simultaneous requests using the --maxConnections attribute:

npm run grab -- --site=example.com --maxConnections=10

But be aware that under heavy load, some sites may start return an error or completely block your access.

Use custom channel list

Create an XML file and copy the descriptions of all the channels you need from the /sites into it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<channels>
  <channel site="arirang.com" lang="en" xmltv_id="ArirangTV.kr" site_id="CH_K">Arirang TV</channel>
  ...
</channels>

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 to the script using the --cron attribute:

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:

git pull

And then update all the dependencies:

npm install

Playlists

Playlists with already linked guides can be found in the iptv-org/iptv repository.

Database

All channel data is taken from the iptv-org/database repository. If you find any errors please open a new issue there.

API

The API documentation can be found in the iptv-org/api repository.

Resources

Links to other useful IPTV-related resources can be found in the iptv-org/awesome-iptv repository.

Discussions

If you have a question or an idea, you can post it in the Discussions tab.

Contribution

Please make sure to read the Contributing Guide before sending issue or a pull request.

And thank you to everyone who has already contributed!

Backers

Contributors

License