Iptv-checker NPM

IPTV Checker

Node.js CLI tool for checking links in IPTV playlists.

This tool is based on the ffprobe library, so you need to install it on your computer first. You can find the right installer for your system here: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

Usage

CLI

npm install -g iptv-checker

Check local playlist file:

iptv-checker /path-to-playlist/example.m3u

Check playlist URL:

iptv-checker https://some-playlist.lol/list.m3u

Pipe playlist from `stdin`:

cat ~/some-playlist.m3u | iptv-checker

Arguments:

-o, --output: output directory (default: iptv-checker_20250314093952)
-t, --timeout: the number of milliseconds before the request will be aborted (default: 60000)
-p, --parallel: batch size of channels to check concurrently (default: CPU core count)
-r, --retry: the number of retries for failed requests (default: 0)
-d, --delay: delay between requests in milliseconds (default: 0)
-x, --proxy: HTTP proxy to tunnel through (example: http://username@password@127.0.0.1:1234)
-a, --user-agent: HTTP User-Agent (default: IPTVChecker/0.29.0 (https://github.com/freearhey/iptv-checker))
-k, --insecure: allow insecure connections when using SSL (default: false)
-D, --debug: enable debug mode (default: false)

Module

npm install iptv-checker

Check playlist:

import { IPTVChecker } from 'iptv-checker'

const checker = new IPTVChecker()

// using playlist url
checker.checkPlaylist('https://example.com/playlist.m3u').then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

// using local path
checker.checkPlaylist('path/to/playlist.m3u').then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

// using playlist as string
checker.checkPlaylist(string).then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

Results

On success:

{
  header: {
    attrs: {},
    raw: '#EXTM3U x-tvg-url=""'
  },
  items: [
    {
      name: 'KBSV/AssyriaSat (720p) [Not 24/7]',
      tvg: {
        id: 'KBSVAssyriaSat.us',
        name: '',
        logo: 'https://i.imgur.com/zEWSSdf.jpg',
        url: '',
        rec: ''
      },
      group: {
        title: 'General'
      },
      http: {
        referrer: '',
        'user-agent': ''
      },
      url: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
      raw: '#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="KBSVAssyriaSat.us" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/zEWSSdf.jpg" group-title="General",KBSV/AssyriaSat (720p) [Not 24/7]\r\nhttp://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
      line: 2,
      catchup: {
        type: '',
        days: '',
        source: ''
      },
      timeshift: '',
      status: {
        ok: true,
        metadata: {
          streams: [
            {
              index: 0,
              codec_name: 'h264',
              codec_long_name: 'H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10',
              profile: 'High',
              codec_type: 'video',
              codec_tag_string: '[27][0][0][0]',
              codec_tag: '0x001b',
              width: 1280,
              height: 720,
              coded_width: 1280,
              coded_height: 720,
              closed_captions: 0,
              has_b_frames: 2,
              pix_fmt: 'yuv420p',
              level: 31,
              chroma_location: 'left',
              refs: 1,
              is_avc: 'false',
              nal_length_size: '0',
              r_frame_rate: '30/1',
              avg_frame_rate: '0/0',
              time_base: '1/90000',
              start_pts: 943358850,
              start_time: '10481.765000',
              bits_per_raw_sample: '8',
              disposition: {
                default: 0,
                dub: 0,
                original: 0,
                comment: 0,
                lyrics: 0,
                karaoke: 0,
                forced: 0,
                hearing_impaired: 0,
                visual_impaired: 0,
                clean_effects: 0,
                attached_pic: 0,
                timed_thumbnails: 0
              },
              tags: {
                variant_bitrate: '400000'
              }
            },
            //...
          ],
          format: {
            filename: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
            nb_streams: 2,
            nb_programs: 1,
            format_name: 'hls',
            format_long_name: 'Apple HTTP Live Streaming',
            start_time: '10481.560589',
            size: '214',
            probe_score: 100
          },
          requests: [
            {
              method: 'GET',
              url: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
              headers: {
                'User-Agent': 'Lavf/58.76.100',
                Accept: '*/*',
                Range: 'bytes=0-',
                Connection: 'close',
                Host: '66.242.170.53',
                'Icy-MetaData': '1'
              }
            },
            //...
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    //...
  ]
}

On error:

{
  header: {
    attrs: {},
    raw: '#EXTM3U x-tvg-url=""'
  },
  items: [
    {
      name: 'Addis TV (720p)',
      tvg: {
        id: 'AddisTV.et',
        name: '',
        logo: 'https://i.imgur.com/KAg6MOI.png',
        url: '',
        rec: ''
      },
      group: {
        title: ''
      },
      http: {
        referrer: '',
        'user-agent': ''
      },
      url: 'https://rrsatrtmp.tulix.tv/addis1/addis1multi.smil/playlist.m3u8',
      raw: '#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="AddisTV.et" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/KAg6MOI.png" group-title="Undefined",Addis TV (720p)\\r\\nhttps://rrsatrtmp.tulix.tv/addis1/addis1multi.smil/playlist.m3u8',
      line: 2,
      catchup: {
        type: '',
        days: '',
        source: ''
      },
      timeshift: '',
      status: {
        ok: false,
        code: 'HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT',
        message: 'HTTP 408 Request Timeout',
      }
    },
    //...
  ]
}

Check stream:

import { IPTVChecker } from 'iptv-checker'

const checker = new IPTVChecker()

// using stream url
checker.checkStream('https://example.com/stream.m3u8').then(results => {
  console.log(results)
})

// using stream object
checker
  .checkStream({
    url: 'https://example.com/stream.m3u8',
    http: {
      referrer: 'https://example.com',
      'user-agent':
        'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 9_7_6; en-US) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.5'
    }
  })
  .then(results => {
    console.log(results)
  })

Results

On success:

{
  url: 'https://example.com/stream.m3u8',
  http: {
    referrer: 'https://example.com',
    'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 9_7_6; en-US) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.5'
  },
  status: {
    ok: true,
    metadata: {
      streams: [
        {
          index: 0,
          codec_name: 'h264',
          codec_long_name: 'H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10',
          profile: 'High',
          codec_type: 'video',
          codec_tag_string: '[27][0][0][0]',
          codec_tag: '0x001b',
          width: 1280,
          height: 720,
          coded_width: 1280,
          coded_height: 720,
          closed_captions: 0,
          has_b_frames: 2,
          pix_fmt: 'yuv420p',
          level: 31,
          chroma_location: 'left',
          refs: 1,
          is_avc: 'false',
          nal_length_size: '0',
          r_frame_rate: '30/1',
          avg_frame_rate: '0/0',
          time_base: '1/90000',
          start_pts: 943358850,
          start_time: '10481.765000',
          bits_per_raw_sample: '8',
          disposition: {
            default: 0,
            dub: 0,
            original: 0,
            comment: 0,
            lyrics: 0,
            karaoke: 0,
            forced: 0,
            hearing_impaired: 0,
            visual_impaired: 0,
            clean_effects: 0,
            attached_pic: 0,
            timed_thumbnails: 0
          },
          tags: {
            variant_bitrate: '400000'
          }
        },
        //...
      ],
      format: {
        filename: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
        nb_streams: 2,
        nb_programs: 1,
        format_name: 'hls',
        format_long_name: 'Apple HTTP Live Streaming',
        start_time: '10481.560589',
        size: '214',
        probe_score: 100
      },
      requests: [
        {
          method: 'GET',
          url: 'http://66.242.170.53/hls/live/temp/index.m3u8',
          headers: {
            'User-Agent': 'Lavf/58.76.100',
            Accept: '*/*',
            Range: 'bytes=0-',
            Connection: 'close',
            Host: '66.242.170.53',
            'Icy-MetaData': '1'
          }
        },
        //...
      ]
    }
  }
}

On error:

{
  url: 'https://example.com/stream.m3u8',
  http: {
    referrer: 'https://example.com',
    'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 9_7_6; en-US) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.5'
  },
  status: {
    ok: false,
    code: 'HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT',
    message: 'HTTP 408 Request Timeout',
  }
}

Configuration

new IPTVChecker({
  timeout,
  parallel,
  delay,
  retry,
  userAgent,
  proxy,
  insecure,
  setUp,
  afterEach,
  beforeEach
})

Options:

Name	Type	Default	Description
timeout	`number`	`60000`	The number of milliseconds before the request will be aborted
parallel	`number`	CPU core count	Batch size of channels to check concurrently
delay	`number`	`0`	Delay between requests in milliseconds
retry	`number`	`0`	The number of retries for failed requests
userAgent	`string`	`IPTVChecker/0.29.0 (https://github.com/freearhey/iptv-checker)`	HTTP User-Agent
proxy	`string`	`''`	HTTP proxy to tunnel through (example: `http://username@password@127.0.0.1:1234`)
insecure	`boolean`	`false`	Allow insecure connections when using SSL
debug	`boolean`	`false`	Enable debug mode
setUp	`function`	`(playlist) => {}`	Runs before the start of the playlist check
beforeEach	`function`	`(stream) => {}`	Runs before the start of the stream check
afterEach	`function`	`(stream) => {}`	Runs after the stream check is complete