Generate hotel TV / IPTV channel lists from a data JSON. The tool reads a list of service URLs, probes JSON endpoints on the local network, parses channel lists, tests stream availability and speed, then writes lives.txt and lives.m3u.
Disclaimer: This project is for learning purposes only. Please delete any generated live source files (e.g.
lives.txt,lives.m3u) within 24 hours.
tv_service.json) containing service base URLs.Install globally with npm:
npm install -g hotel-tvn
The tvn and sgen commands will be available on your PATH.
Uses tv_service.json in the current directory and default concurrency:
tvn
Options:
| Option | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--data-json-path <path> | -d | Path to the data JSON file (default: tv_service.json). |
--live-result-dir <dir> | -o | Directory for lives.txt and lives.m3u (default: current directory). |
--concurrency-json <n> | — | Concurrency for JSON URL checks. |
--concurrency-stream <n> | — | Concurrency for stream speed tests. |
# Custom data file and output directory
tvn -d ./my-services.json -o ./output
# Limit concurrency
tvn --concurrency-json 128 --concurrency-stream 32
# Help
tvn --help
The tv_service.json can be generated from result.json using the sgen command.
If you have a result.json exported from Censys, use sgen to parse it and generate tv_service.json for tvn (each item is { baseUrl, province, city }).
# Use default paths: input dist/result.json, output tv_service.json
sgen parse-result-json
# Specify input and output paths
sgen parse-result-json -i ./my_result.json -o ./my_tv_service.json
| Option | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--input-json-path <path> | -i | Path to input result.json (default: dist/result.json). |
--output-json-path <path> | -o | Path to output tv_service.json (default: tv_service.json). |
sgen can also build tv_service.json from Quake search results. Because low-privilege accounts get a masked ip field (e.g. 36.*.*.*), the real IP and port are taken from the id field (e.g. 36.136.38.87_9901_tcp). province / city use the Chinese names (province_cn / city_cn).
Fetch directly from the Quake API (the token is read from --token or the QUAKE_TOKEN environment variable):
# Defaults: query 'response:"/iptv/live/" AND country:"China"', size 100, max 100
QUAKE_TOKEN=xxx sgen fetch-quake
# Custom query / paging, and keep the raw Quake result
sgen fetch-quake -q 'response:"/iptv/live/" AND country:"China"' --size 100 --max 500 -r ./quake-result.json -o ./tv_service.json
| Option | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--token <token> | -t | Quake API token (default: QUAKE_TOKEN env). |
--query <query> | -q | Quake query (default: response:"/iptv/live/" AND country:"China"). |
--start <n> | — | Start offset (default: 0). |
--size <n> | — | Page size (default: 100). |
--max <n> | — | Max records to fetch (default: 100). Each record costs Quake credits. |
--max-pages <n> | — | Max number of requests (default: unlimited). |
--raw-output-path <path> | -r | Also save the raw Quake result to this path. |
--output-json-path <path> | -o | Path to output tv_service.json (default: tv_service.json). |
Or parse Quake results saved to disk (multiple files are merged and deduplicated):
sgen parse-quake-json -i ./page1.json,./page2.json -o ./tv_service.json
The Quake GitHub workflow (.github/workflows/quake.yml) runs sgen fetch-quake --size 100 --max-pages 1 (a single request for 100 records) on the 1st of every month and commits the updated tv_service.json. Add your token as the QUAKE_TOKEN repository secret to enable it.
Install in your project:
pnpm add hotel-tvn
# or: npm install hotel-tvn
The package supports both CommonJS and ESM and exports types.
import { build, GenOptions } from 'hotel-tvn';
const options: GenOptions = {
dataJsonPath: './tv_service.json',
liveResultDir: './output',
concurrencyJson: 256,
concurrencyStream: 64,
};
await build(options);
const { build } = require('hotel-tvn');
await build({
dataJsonPath: './tv_service.json',
liveResultDir: './output',
});
build(options?: GenOptions): Promise<void>
Runs the full pipeline (read data JSON → probe URLs → parse channels → test streams → write lives.txt and lives.m3u). Options match the CLI:
dataJsonPath – path to the data JSON fileliveResultDir – directory for lives.txt and lives.m3uconcurrencyJson – concurrency for JSON checksconcurrencyStream – concurrency for stream testsTypes: GenOptions, Channel, ParsedChannel, RegionUrl, TvServiceItem (see types.ts).
The project provides a Docker image to run the tvn pipeline and a scheduled task (runs once daily at midnight).
Pull from Docker Hub:
docker pull yunnysunny/hotel-tvn:latest
Basic usage: mount your data file and output directory, then run.
# Windows (PowerShell)
docker run -d --name hotel-tvn `
-p 8080:80 `
-v ${PWD}/tv_service.json:/app/tv_service.json `
-v ${PWD}/output:/app/output `
-e LIVE_RESULT_DIR=/app/output `
yunnysunny/hotel-tvn:latest
# Linux / macOS
docker run -d --name hotel-tvn \
-p 8080:80 \
-v "$(pwd)/tv_service.json:/app/tv_service.json" \
-v "$(pwd)/output:/app/output" \
-e LIVE_RESULT_DIR=/app/output \
yunnysunny/hotel-tvn:latest
tv_service.json into the container as the data source.output directory to /app/output and sets LIVE_RESULT_DIR=/app/output so lives.txt and lives.m3u are written there and visible on the host under output.-p 8080:80: exposes the in-container HTTP server so you can access the channel list via URL (see below).The container runs an HTTP server on port 8080 that serves the generated channel list files. After starting the container with -p 8080:80, you can open or use these URLs:
| File | URL (local) | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| lives.txt | http://localhost:8080/lives.txt | Plain list of stream URLs, one per line. |
| lives.m3u | http://localhost:8080/lives.m3u | M3U playlist for IPTV players (e.g. VLC, Kodi). |
http://localhost:8080/lives.txt or http://localhost:8080/lives.m3u.localhost with the host’s IP (e.g. http://192.168.1.100:8080/lives.m3u).You can paste the lives.m3u URL into an IPTV app, or open lives.txt in a browser to copy stream links.
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
DATA_JSON_PATH | Path to the data JSON file (default: /app/tv_service.json in the container). |
LIVE_RESULT_DIR | Directory for lives.txt and lives.m3u (default: /app). |
CONCURRENCY_JSON | Concurrency for JSON URL checks. |
CONCURRENCY_STREAM | Concurrency for stream speed tests. |
MIN_RATIO_TOLERANCE | Minimum accepted timeRatio for a stream test (default: 0.99). A channel is skipped when timeRatio is lower than this threshold. |
The scheduled task reads schedule-config.json generated from these variables (you can generate this config at container startup if needed).
timeRatio is calculated as segmentDuration / downloadDuration. A larger value means the stream segment downloads faster relative to its playback duration and is therefore smoother to play.
MIN_RATIO_TOLERANCE to make filtering stricter and keep only smoother streams.MIN_RATIO_TOLERANCE to allow slower streams that may still be playable.Example: custom output directory and concurrency
docker run -d --name hotel-tvn \
-p 8080:80 \
-e LIVE_RESULT_DIR=/app/output \
-e CONCURRENCY_JSON=128 \
-e CONCURRENCY_STREAM=32 \
-v "$(pwd)/tv_service.json:/app/tv_service.json" \
-v "$(pwd)/output:/app/output" \
yunnysunny/hotel-tvn:latest
From the project root:
docker build -t hotel-tvn:local .
Example run with the local image:
docker run -d --name hotel-tvn \
-p 8080:80 \
-v "$(pwd)/tv_service.json:/app/tv_service.json" \
-v "$(pwd)/output:/app/output" \
-e LIVE_RESULT_DIR=/app/output \
hotel-tvn:local
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