CLI (command line interface)

Streamtuner2 is a graphical tool. But it also has a limited commandline interface, which can be used to query station information. This is useful for interfacing with other applications.

Open a terminal and call streamtuner2 help to get an overview over available commands.

Examples

streamtuner2 play "station": This command looks through all channel plugins, and finds a station containing the mentioned title. In the shell you must put the station title in quotes, if it contains e.g. spaces. You can optionally specify a channelname before the station title.
streamtuner2 url [channel] "station": Just looks up the streaming URL for a given station. If no channel name is given, ST2 searches through all available channel plugins again.
streamtuner2 stream shoutcast "station": Prints available station data as JSON
streamtuner2 category internet_radio_org_uk "Pop": Loads fresh data from the specified channel service, and prints out JSON data for the whole category. Note that the category name must have the excact case.
streamtuner2 categories channel: Fetches the current list of available categories/genres for a channel service.

Specifying a channel name is often optional. If you add one, it should be all-lowercase. You can also give a list, like "shoutcast,xiph" which would be searched then.