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+# encoding: UTF-8
+# api: streamtuner2
+# title: iCast
+# description: Open collaborative stream directory
+# version: 0.1
+# type: channel
+# category: radio
+# priority: optional
+# documentation: http://api.icast.io/
+#
+# A modern alternative to ShoutCast/ICEcast.
+# Streams are user-contributed, but often lack meta data (homepage) and
+# there's no ordering by listeneres/popularity.
+#
+# OTOH it's every easy to interface with. Though the repeated API queries
+# due to 10-entries-per-query results make fetching slow.
+#
+#
+#
+
+import re
+import json
+from config import conf, dbg, __print__
+from channels import *
+import ahttp as http
+
+
+# Surfmusik sharing site
+class icast (ChannelPlugin):
+
+    # description
+    title = "iCast"
+    module = "icast"
+    homepage = "http://www.icast.io/"
+    has_search = True
+    listformat = "audio/x-scpls"
+    titles = dict(listeners=False, bitrate=False, playing=False)
+
+    categories = []
+    config = [
+    ]    
+    
+    base = "http://api.icast.io/1/"
+    
+
+    # Categories require little post-processing, just dict into list conversion
+    def update_categories(self):
+        self.categories = []
+        for genre,cats in json.loads(http.get(self.base + "genres"))["genres"].items():
+            self.categories.append(genre.title())
+            self.categories.append([c.title() for c in cats])
+
+    # Just copy over stream URLs and station titles
+    def update_streams(self, cat, search=None):
+    
+        if cat:
+            data = self.api("stations/genre/", cat.lower(), {})
+        elif search:
+            data = self.api("stations/search", "", {"q": search})
+        else:
+            pass
+
+        r = []
+        for e in data:
+            r.append(dict(
+                genre = " ".join(e["genre_list"]),
+                url = e["streams"][0]["uri"],
+                format = e["streams"][0]["mime"],
+                title = e["name"],
+                #playing = " ".join(e["current"].items()),
+            ))
+
+        return r
+
+    # fetch multiple pages
+    def api(self, method, path, params):
+        r = []
+        while len(r) < int(conf.max_streams):
+            data = json.loads(http.get( self.base + method + path, params))
+            r += data["stations"]
+            if len(r) >= data["meta"]["total_count"] or len(data["stations"]) < 10:
+                break
+            else:
+                params["page"] = int(data["meta"]["current_page"]) + 1
+                self.parent.status(params["page"] * 9.5 / float(conf.max_streams))
+            #__print__(dbg.DATA, data)
+        return r
+