IPTV Checker

Node.js CLI tool for checking links in IPTV playlists.

This tool is based on the ffmpeg library, so you need to install it on your computer first. You can find the right installer for your system here: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

Usage

CLI

npm install -g iptv-checker

Check local playlist file:

iptv-checker /path-to-playlist/example.m3u

Check playlist URL:

iptv-checker https://some-playlist.lol/list.m3u

Pipe playlist from stdin:

cat ~/some-playlist.m3u | iptv-checker

Arguments:

• -o, --output: change default output directory
• -t, --timeout: specifies the number of milliseconds before the request will be aborted (default to 60000)
• -a, --user-agent: set custom HTTP User-Agent
• -k, --insecure: allow insecure connections when using SSL
• -p, --parallel: Batch size of channels to check concurrently (default to 1)

Module

npm install iptv-checker

var checker = require('iptv-checker')

// using playlist url
checker.checkPlaylist('https://some-playlist.lol/list.m3u').then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

// using local path
checker.checkPlaylist('path/to/playlist.m3u').then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

// using playlist as string
checker.checkPlaylist(string).then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

Results

On success:

{
  header: {
    attrs: {},
    raw: '#EXTM3U x-tvg-url=""'
  },
  items: [
    {
      name: 'KBSV/AssyriaSat (720p) [Not 24/7]',
      tvg: {
        id: 'KBSVAssyriaSat.us',
        name: '',
        logo: 'https://i.imgur.com/zEWSSdf.jpg',
        url: '',
        rec: ''
      },
      group: {
        title: 'General'
      },
      http: {
        referrer: '',
        'user-agent': ''
      },
      url: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
      raw: '#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="KBSVAssyriaSat.us" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/zEWSSdf.jpg" group-title="General",KBSV/AssyriaSat (720p) [Not 24/7]\r\nhttp://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
      line: 2,
      catchup: {
        type: '',
        days: '',
        source: ''
      },
      timeshift: '',
      status: {
        ok: true,
        metadata: {
          streams: [
            {
              index: 0,
              codec_name: 'h264',
              codec_long_name: 'H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10',
              profile: 'High',
              codec_type: 'video',
              codec_tag_string: '[27][0][0][0]',
              codec_tag: '0x001b',
              width: 1280,
              height: 720,
              coded_width: 1280,
              coded_height: 720,
              closed_captions: 0,
              has_b_frames: 2,
              pix_fmt: 'yuv420p',
              level: 31,
              chroma_location: 'left',
              refs: 1,
              is_avc: 'false',
              nal_length_size: '0',
              r_frame_rate: '30/1',
              avg_frame_rate: '0/0',
              time_base: '1/90000',
              start_pts: 943358850,
              start_time: '10481.765000',
              bits_per_raw_sample: '8',
              disposition: {
                default: 0,
                dub: 0,
                original: 0,
                comment: 0,
                lyrics: 0,
                karaoke: 0,
                forced: 0,
                hearing_impaired: 0,
                visual_impaired: 0,
                clean_effects: 0,
                attached_pic: 0,
                timed_thumbnails: 0
              },
              tags: {
                variant_bitrate: '400000'
              }
            },
            //...
          ],
          format: {
            filename: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
            nb_streams: 2,
            nb_programs: 1,
            format_name: 'hls',
            format_long_name: 'Apple HTTP Live Streaming',
            start_time: '10481.560589',
            size: '214',
            probe_score: 100
          },
          requests: [
            {
              method: 'GET',
              url: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
              headers: {
                'User-Agent': 'Lavf/58.76.100',
                Accept: '*/*',
                Range: 'bytes=0-',
                Connection: 'close',
                Host: '66.242.170.53',
                'Icy-MetaData': '1'
              }
            },
            //...
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    //...
  ]
}

On error:

{
  header: {
    attrs: {},
    raw: '#EXTM3U x-tvg-url=""'
  },
  items: [
    {
      name: 'Addis TV (720p)',
      tvg: {
        id: 'AddisTV.et',
        name: '',
        logo: 'https://i.imgur.com/KAg6MOI.png',
        url: '',
        rec: ''
      },
      group: {
        title: ''
      },
      http: {
        referrer: '',
        'user-agent': ''
      },
      url: 'https://rrsatrtmp.tulix.tv/addis1/addis1multi.smil/playlist.m3u8',
      raw: '#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="AddisTV.et" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/KAg6MOI.png" group-title="Undefined",Addis TV (720p)\\r\\nhttps://rrsatrtmp.tulix.tv/addis1/addis1multi.smil/playlist.m3u8',
      line: 2,
      catchup: {
        type: '',
        days: '',
        source: ''
      },
      timeshift: '',
      status: {
        ok: false,
        code: 'HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT',
        message: 'HTTP 408 Request Timeout',
      }
    },
    //...
  ]
}

Error codes

A full list of the error codes used and their descriptions can be found here.

Contribution

If you find a bug or want to contribute to the code or documentation, you can help by submitting an issue or a pull request.

License

MIT