M3U Parser Generator

Library to parse and generate m3u or m3u8 IPTV playlist files.

Instalation

npm install m3u-parser-generator --save

Usage

You can parse your loaded m3u string:

import {M3uParser} from 'm3u-parser-generator';

const playlist = M3uParser.parse(m3uString);
playlist.medias.forEach(media => media.location);

and you get object with following structure

{
  "title": "Test TV",
  "medias": [
    {
      "location": "http://iptv.test1.com/playlist.m3u8",
      "duration": -1,
      "attributes": {
        "tvg-id": "Test tv 1",
        "tvg-country": "CZ",
        "tvg-language": "CS",
        "tvg-logo": "logo1.png",
        "group-title": "Test1",
        "unknown": "0"
      },
      "name": "Test tv 1 [CZ]",
      "group": "Test TV group 1"
    },
    {
      "location": "http://iptv.test2.com/playlist.m3u8",
      "duration": 100,
      "attributes": {
        "tvg-id": "Test tv 2",
        "tvg-country": "SK",
        "tvg-language": "SK",
        "tvg-logo": "logo2.png",
        "group-title": "Test2"
      },
      "name": "Test tv 2 [SK]",
      "group": "Test TV group 2"
    },
    {
      "location": "http://iptv.test3.com/playlist.m3u8",
      "duration": 120,
      "attributes": {
        "tvg-id": "Test tv 3",
        "tvg-country": "EN",
        "tvg-language": "EN",
        "tvg-logo": "logo3.png",
        "group-title": "Test3"
      },
      "name": "Test tv 3 [EN]"
    },
    {
      "location": "http://iptv.test4.com/playlist.m3u8",
      "duration": -1,
      "attributes": {}
    }
  ]
}

Or you can generate new playlist by your own:

import {M3uPlaylist, M3uMedia} from 'm3u-parser-generator';

const playlist = new M3uPlaylist();
playlist.title = 'Test playlist';

const media1 = new M3uMedia('http://my-stream-ulr.com/playlist.m3u8');
media1.attributes = {'tvg-id': '5', 'tvg-language': 'EN', 'unknown': 'my custom attribute'};
media1.duration = 500;
media1.name = 'Test Channel';
media1.group = 'Test Group';

playlist.medias.push(media1);
const m3uString = playlist.getM3uString();

you get

#EXTM3U
#PLAYLIST:Test playlist
#EXTINF:500 tvg-id="5" tvg-language="EN" unknown="my custom attribute",Test Channel
#EXTGRP:Test Group
http://my-stream-ulr.com/playlist.m3u8

Usage in browser

You can also use this library in the browser without compiling using jsDelivr. Import script into HTML file, and you can access classes through the global m3uParserGenerator object.

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/m3u-parser-generator@1/dist/browser-bundle.min.js"></script>
<script>
    const playlist = new m3uParserGenerator.M3uPlaylist();
    const media1 = new m3uParserGenerator.M3uMedia('http://my-stream-ulr.com/playlist.m3u8');
    playlist.medias.push(media1);
    
    const parsedPlaylist = m3uParserGenerator.M3uParser.parse(m3uString);
</script>

License

MIT