Manual Channels recording

manual.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This is using GNU date; will not work on macOS/BSD

_DVR=${CHANNELS:-127.0.0.1}

if [ -z $3]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 channel start duration [title [description]]"
	exit 0
fi

_CH=$1
_START=$(date -d "$2" +%s)
_DUR=$(("$3" * 60))
_TITLE=${4:-"Manual Recording"}
_DESC=$5

create_job() {
cat << EOF
{
  "Name": "${_TITLE}",
  "Time": ${_START},
  "Duration": ${_DUR},
  "Channels": ["${_CH}"],
  "Airing": {
    "Source": "manual",
    "Channel": "${_CH}",
    "Time": ${_START},
    "Duration": ${_DUR},
    "Title": "${_TITLE}",
    "Summary": "${_DESC}",
    "Image": "https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/p9467679_st_h6_aa.jpg",
    "SeriesID": "manual/${_CH}",
    "ProgramID": "manual/${_TITLE}"
  }
}
EOF
}

curl -XPOST --data-binary "$(create_job)" "http://${_DVR}:8089/dvr/jobs/new"