M3UKit

Modern framework for parsing m3u files.

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Features

• Parse playlists from a String, local file, or any URL.
• Capable of parsing large playlists with hundreds of thousands of media items.
• Sync/Async parsing.
• Season/Episode number extraction for TV show media items.
• Media kind extraction from URL path.

Usage

1. Create a parser

let parser = PlaylistParser()

2. Parse a playlist

The playlist parser can parse a playlist from any source that conforms to the protocol PlaylistSource, by default: String, and URL.

let url = URL(string: "https://domain.com/link/to/m3u/file")
let playlist = try parser.parse(url)

or

let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "playlist", withExtension: "m3u")!
let playlist = try parser.parse(url)

or

let raw = """
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="DenHaagTV.nl",Den Haag TV (1080p)
http://wowza5.video-streams.nl:1935/denhaag/denhaag/playlist.m3u8
"""
let playlist = try parser.parse(raw)

M3UKit also supports asynchronous parsing with a completion handler or with the new async/await API

parser.parse(url) { result in
    switch result {
    case .success(let playlist):
        // consume playlist
    case .failure(let error):
        // handle error
    }
}

or

let playlist = try await parser.parse(url)

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Schema

M3U exposes one model; Playlist, with the following schema:

Playlist
└── medias

Media
├── duration
├── attributes
├── kind
├── name
└── url

Attributes
├── id (tvg-id)
├── name (tvg-name)
├── country (tvg-country)
├── language (tvg-language)
├── logo (tvg-logo)
├── channelNumber (tvg-chno)
├── shift (tvg-shift)
├── groupTitle (group-title)
├── seasonNumber
└── episodeNumber

Kind
├── movie
├── series
├── live
└── unknown

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Installation

Swift Package Manager

The Swift Package Manager is a tool for managing the distribution of Swift code.

1. Add the following to your Package.swift file:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/omaralbeik/M3UKit.git", from: "0.8.1")
]

2. Build your project:

$ swift build

CocoaPods

To integrate M3UKit into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

pod 'M3UKit', :git => 'https://github.com/omaralbeik/M3UKit.git', :tag => '0.8.1'

Carthage

To integrate M3UKit into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "omaralbeik/M3UKit" ~> 0.8.1

Manually

Add the Sources folder to your Xcode project.

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Thanks

Special thanks to Bashar Ghadanfar for helping with the regex patterns used for parsing m3u files 👏

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License

M3UKit is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.