WASU IPTV box to m3u8 file

IPTV_API_to_m3u8.md

Fetch channels from WASU IPTV box web API and generate m3u8 from return data.

list2m3u.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import requests
import json

INPUT_URL = "http://REDACTED/live_sxlt_playback_v2.shtml"
INPUT_FILE = "channel-list.json"
OUTPUT_FILE = "iptv-channels.m3u8"

# https://siptv.eu/howto/playlist.html

def main():
    if True:  # Use remote channel list
        resp = requests.get(INPUT_URL, allow_redirects=True)
        data = resp.json()
    else:
        with open(INPUT_FILE) as f:
            data = json.load(f)

    # print(data)

    # https://siptv.eu/howto/playlist.html
    with open(OUTPUT_FILE, 'w') as f:
        f.write('#EXTM3U\n')
        for chan in data["channels"]:
            playctx = chan["playUrl"]
            tvg_id = playctx["channelID"]
            tvg_name = chan["channelName"]
            group_title = chan["type"]
            tvg_logo = chan["picUrl"]
            url = playctx["httpUrl"]
            f.write('#EXTINF:-1 aspect-ratio="16:9" ')
            if tvg_id:
                f.write(f'tvg-id="{tvg_id}" ')
            if tvg_name:
                f.write(f'tvg-name="{tvg_name}" ')
            if group_title:
                f.write(f'group-title="{group_title}" ')
            if tvg_logo:
                f.write(f'tvg-logo="{tvg_logo}" ')
            f.write(f',{tvg_name}\n{url}\n')


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()