Create Radio Station list

getStations.js

// Usage: 1. Download as Zip 2. Run `npm i` 3. run `node getStations.js`
// Note that the process might take 1-2 minutes

import fetch from 'node-fetch';
import fs from 'fs';
import lodash from 'lodash';
const { uniqWith, uniqBy, isEqual, sortBy } = lodash;

async function main() {

    const response = await fetch('http://de1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations')
    const responseJson = await response.json()
    const reducedProps = responseJson.map(station => {
        const { name, url, ...others } = station
        return { name: name.trim(), url: url.trim() }
    })

    const sorted = sortBy(reducedProps, 'name')
    const onlyValue = sorted.map(channel => [channel.name, channel.url])
    const unique = uniqWith(onlyValue, isEqual)

    fs.writeFileSync('allStations.json', JSON.stringify(unique))
}

main()

package.json

{
  "name": "load-radio-stations",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "getAll.js",
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "Jonathan Heard",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {},
  "description": ""
}

This file has been used to create the radioStations list for the Radio++ Cinnamon Applet. I am planing to implement a Github Action which automatically updates the radio station List. The code is not very good to be honest - I wanted to get it work asap and improve it afterwards but haven't done it yet 😆. As soon the Update is part of the official Repo I will delete this gist