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+# encoding: UTF-8
+# api: streamtuner2
+# title: RadioBrowser
+# description: Community collection of stations; votes, clicks, homepage links.
+# version: 0.1
+# type: channel
+# url: http://www.radio-browser.info/
+# category: radio
+# priority: optional
+# config:
+#   { type=select, name=radiobrowser_cat, value=tags, select="tags|countries|languages", description=Which category types to list. }
+# documentation: http://www.radio-browser.info/#ui-tabs-7
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+# x-icon-src: openclipart:tape.png
+# x-service-by: segler_alex
+#
+#
+# Radio-Browser is a community-collected list of internet radios.
+# Currently lists 4400 streaming stations, and tracks favourited
+# entries. Furthermore includes station homepage links!
+#
+# Also has a neat JSON API, so is quite easy to support.
+
+
+import re
+import json
+from config import conf, dbg, __print__
+from channels import *
+import ahttp as http
+
+
+# API endpoints:
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/countries
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/languages
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/tags
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/stations/topclick
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/stations/topvote
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/stations
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/stations/searchterm
+# http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/stations/bytag/searchterm
+#
+# ENTRY sets:
+# {"id":63,"name": "Energy Sachsen", "url":"http://www.energyradio.de/sachsen",
+#  "homepage":"http://www.energy.de", "favicon":"http://www.energy.de/favicon.ico",
+#  "tags":"Pop Dance RnB Techno","country":"Germany","subcountry":"","language":"German",
+# "votes":4,"negativevotes":10},
+#
+class radiobrowser (ChannelPlugin):
+
+    # description
+    homepage = "http://www.radio-browser.info/"
+    has_search = True
+    listformat = "audio/x-scpls"
+    titles = dict(listeners="Votes+", bitrate="Votes-", playing="Country")
+
+    categories = []
+    pricat = ("topvote", "topclick")
+    catmap = { "tags": "bytag", "countries": "bycountry", "languages": "bylanguage" }
+    
+    base = "http://www.radio-browser.info/webservice/json/"
+    
+
+    # votes, and tags, no countries or languages
+    def update_categories(self):
+        self.categories = list(self.pricat)
+        for sub in [conf.radiobrowser_cat]:
+            cats = []
+            for entry in self.api(sub):
+                if entry["value"] and len(entry["value"]) > 1:
+                    cats.append(entry["value"])
+            self.categories.append(sub)
+            self.categories.append(cats)
+            
+
+    # Direct mapping
+    def update_streams(self, cat, search=None):
+
+        if cat:
+            if cat in self.pricat:
+                data = self.api("stations/" + cat)
+            elif cat in ("tags", "countries", "languages"):
+                return [dict(genre="-", title="Placeholder category", url="offline:")]
+            else:
+                data = self.api("stations/" + self.catmap[conf.radiobrowser_cat] + "/" + cat)
+        elif search:
+            data = self.api("stations/" + cat)
+        else:
+            return []
+
+        r = []
+        for e in data:
+            r.append(dict(
+                genre = e["tags"],
+                url = e["url"],
+                format = "audio/mpeg",
+                title = e["name"],
+                homepage = e["homepage"],
+                playing = e["country"],
+                listeners = int(e["votes"]),
+                bitrate = - int(e["negativevotes"]),
+            ))
+        return r
+
+
+    # fetch multiple pages
+    def api(self, method, params={}):
+        j = http.get(self.base + method, params)
+        try:
+            return json.loads(j, strict=False)   # some entries contain invalid character encodings
+        except:
+            return []
+