From 6c2c8d7522354531d70103bad60283f40f45011e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Vazgenovich Shakaryan <dvshakaryan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:57:26 -0800
Subject: request EPG from API

---
 main.lua |  3 +--
 xc.lua   | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 8ef83d4..926a455 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ local function epg_parse_time(str)
 end
 
 local function load_epg()
-	local tmp = util.read_json_file(
-		mp_utils.join_path(script_dir, 'epg.json'))
+	local tmp = cached_xc_call('get_epg')
 	for _, v in ipairs(tmp) do
 		local ch = v.channel:lower()
 		local prog = {
diff --git a/xc.lua b/xc.lua
index a934e42..b96d2a1 100644
--- a/xc.lua
+++ b/xc.lua
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ function xc.new(t)
 	return setmetatable(t, mt)
 end
 
-function mt:get(params)
-	local url = self.server .. '/player_api.php' ..
-		'?username=' .. self.user .. '&password=' .. self.pass
-	for k, v in pairs(params) do
+function mt:get(path, params)
+	local url =
+		self.server .. path ..
+		'?username=' .. self.user ..
+		'&password=' .. self.pass
+	for k, v in pairs(params or {}) do
 		url = url .. '&' .. k .. '=' .. v
 	end
 	local cmd = {'curl', '-sSfL', url}
@@ -30,40 +32,74 @@ function mt:get(params)
 		playback_only = false,
 	})
 	if res.status == 0 then
-		return mp_utils.parse_json(res.stdout)
+		return res.stdout
 	end
 end
 
+function mt:api_get(params)
+	return mp_utils.parse_json(self:get('/player_api.php', params))
+end
+
 function mt:get_live_categories()
-	return self:get({action = 'get_live_categories'})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_live_categories'})
 end
 
 function mt:get_live_streams()
-	return self:get({action = 'get_live_streams'})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_live_streams'})
 end
 
 function mt:get_vod_categories()
-	return self:get({action = 'get_vod_categories'})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_vod_categories'})
 end
 
 function mt:get_vod_streams()
-	return self:get({action = 'get_vod_streams'})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_vod_streams'})
 end
 
 function mt:get_vod_info(id)
-	return self:get({action = 'get_vod_info', vod_id = id})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_vod_info', vod_id = id})
 end
 
 function mt:get_series_categories()
-	return self:get({action = 'get_series_categories'})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_series_categories'})
 end
 
 function mt:get_series()
-	return self:get({action = 'get_series'})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_series'})
 end
 
 function mt:get_series_info(id)
-	return self:get({action = 'get_series_info', series_id = id})
+	return self:api_get({action = 'get_series_info', series_id = id})
+end
+
+function mt:get_epg()
+	local xml = self:get('/xmltv.php')
+
+	-- this is a bit retarded, but using python to convert xml to json
+	-- avoids having to write an xml parser or pull in external
+	-- dependencies
+	local cmd = {'python', '-c', [[
+import json
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+json.dump(
+	[
+		{**{x.tag: x.text for x in p}, **p.attrib}
+		for p in ET.parse(sys.stdin).iter('programme')],
+	sys.stdout)
+]]}
+
+	local res = mp.command_native({
+		name = 'subprocess',
+		args = cmd,
+		stdin_data = xml,
+		capture_stdout = true,
+		playback_only = false,
+	})
+	if res.status == 0 then
+		return mp_utils.parse_json(res.stdout)
+	end
 end
 
 function mt:stream_url(stream_type, stream_id)
-- 
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