Stream Metadata Fetcher

This PHP script fetches metadata from an online radio stream, including the current song title, artist, album art, station name, genre, bitrate, and various other stream details.

Features

• Retrieve the current song title and artist from the radio stream.
• Fetch album art from iTunes.
• Get additional information about the radio station such as name, genre, bitrate, and more.
• Determine the type of streaming server (Shoutcast, Icecast, etc.).
• Log and return all available headers for comprehensive metadata.

Usage

1. Upload to your server:

   • Upload the Radio.php file to your PHP-enabled web server.

2. Access the script via URL:

   • Navigate to the URL where you uploaded the script, providing the url parameter with the streaming URL and optionally the interval parameter.
   • Example:

     http://yourserver.com/Radio.php?url=http://yourstreamingurl.com/stream
     

   • You can also specify an interval (default is 19200):

     http://yourserver.com/Radio.php?url=http://yourstreamingurl.com/stream&interval=16000
     

Parameters

• url (required): The streaming URL of the radio station.
• interval (optional): The interval in bytes to read the stream metadata.

Example Response

{
    "songtitle": "Artist - Song Title",
    "artist": "Artist",
    "song": "Song Title",
    "artwork": "https://path.to.album.art/512x512bb.jpg",
    "station_name": "Radio Station Name",
    "genre": "Genre",
    "bitrate": 128,
    "stream_type": "Shoutcast",
    "content_type": "audio/mpeg",
    "current_listeners": 42,
    "peak_listeners": 100,
    "max_listeners": 500,
    "audio_info": "bitrate=128",
    "server": "Icecast 2.4.0-kh10",
    "url": "http://station.url",
    "public": 1,
    "description": "Station Description",
    "cache_control": "no-cache",
    "expires": "Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT",
    "pragma": "no-cache",
    "date": "Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT",
    "metaint": 16000,
    "session_id": "1234567890",
    "notice1": "Notice Message 1",
    "notice2": "Notice Message 2",
    "irc_notify": "IRC Notify",
    "ircnick": "IRCNick",
    "ircchan": "#IRCChannel",
    "ircserver": "irc.server.com",
    "location": "http://redirect.url",
    "headers": {
        "icy-name": "Radio Station Name",
        "icy-genre": "Genre",
        "icy-br": "128",
        "Content-Type": "audio/mpeg",
        "icy-listeners": "42",
        "icy-peak-listeners": "100",
        "icy-max-listeners": "500",
        "icy-audio-info": "bitrate=128",
        "Server": "Icecast 2.4.0-kh10",
        "icy-url": "http://station.url",
        "icy-pub": "1",
        "icy-description": "Station Description",
        "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
        "Expires": "Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT",
        "Pragma": "no-cache",
        "Date": "Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT",
        "icy-metaint": "16000",
        "icy-session-id": "1234567890",
        "icy-notice1": "Notice Message 1",
        "icy-notice2": "Notice Message 2",
        "icy-irc-notify": "IRC Notify",
        "icy-ircnick": "IRCNick",
        "icy-ircchan": "#IRCChannel",
        "icy-ircserver": "irc.server.com",
        "Location": "http://redirect.url"
    }
}