Quick API fix

 The new iHeartRadio API has changed enough that more far-reaching
 changes are needed to do this right. For the moment, most streams
 should at least return a usable URL again.

iheart-url

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import time
 BAD_STATION = "no://station/found"
 
 def dump_station_details (station, dumpfunc = print):
-	dumpfunc ("station name:", station['streams'][0]['name'])
-	dumpfunc ("call letters:", station['streams'][0]['call_letters'])
-	dumpfunc ("location:", station['streams'][0]['city'] + ",", station['streams'][0]['state'] + ",", station['streams'][0]['country'])
-	dumpfunc ("description:", station['streams'][0]['description'])
-	dumpfunc ("broadcast format:", station['streams'][0]['format'])
+	dumpfunc ("station name: %s", station['name'])
+	dumpfunc ("call letters: %s", station['callLetters'])
+	dumpfunc ("location: %s", station['markets'][0]['city'] + ", " + station['markets'][0]['stateAbbreviation'] + ", " + station['markets'][0]['country'])
+	dumpfunc ("description: %s", station['description'])
+	dumpfunc ("broadcast format: %s", station['format'])
 
 def print_url (station_id):
 	station = None
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ def print_url (station_id):
 
 	try:
 		station_url = parse_iheart_json.get_station_url (station)
-	except KeyError:
+	except KeyError as inst:
 		logging.error ("stream not found for this station!")
+		logging.debug (inst)
 		logging.debug ("full dictionary dump:")
 		logging.debug (station)
 		print (BAD_STATION)

parse_iheart_json.py

@@ -100,15 +100,17 @@ def station_info (station_id):
 	# http://proxy.iheart.com/streams_list_by_ids/?stream_ids=STATION_ID_NUMBER&apikey=null
 
 	# The base URL for our API request (%s is for string substitution)
-	iheart_base_url = 'http://proxy.iheart.com/streams_list_by_ids/?stream_ids=%s&apikey=null'
+	iheart_base_url = "http://api.iheart.com/api/v2/content/liveStations/%s"
 
 	response = urllib.request.urlopen (iheart_base_url % station_id)
 
 	# We assume we're dealing with UTF-8 encoded JSON, if we aren't the API
 	# has probably changed in ways we can't deal with.
-	assert (response.getheader ('Content-Type') == 'application/json')
+	(response.getheader ('Content-Type') == 'application/json;charset=UTF-8')
 
-	station = json.loads (response.read ().decode('utf-8'))
+	# TODO: investigate this new "hits" structure, perhaps searching and
+	#       stream-fetching can be unified
+	station = json.loads (response.read ().decode('utf-8'))['hits'][0]
 
 	if (not station['streams']):
 		raise RuntimeError("station streams list empty")
@@ -155,7 +157,9 @@ def get_station_url (station):
 	# rather than a direct HTTP/RTMP URL. Not all media players (notably
 	# mplayer) can process this directly, so we simply pull the first entry
 	# out of it and return that.
-	if ((station['streams'][0]['url'])[-3:] == "pls"):
-		return depls (station['streams'][0]['url'])
-	else:
-		return station['streams'][0]['url']
+
+	# TODO: reimplement station detection
+	if ((station['streams']['pls_stream'])[-3:] == "pls"):
+		return depls (station['streams']['pls_stream'])
+	#else:
+	#	return station['streams'][0]