IPTV-Restream/backend

Backend

A simple NodeJS web server that is able to proxy and restream your any iptv stream/playlist and manage multiple playlists.

🚀 Run

It is strongly advised to use the frontend together with the backend.

If you still want to use it standalone, consider these options:

With Docker (Preferred)

In this directory:

docker build -t iptv_restream_backend

docker run -d \
  -v {streams_directory}:/streams \
  -e STORAGE_PATH=/streams \
  iptv_restream_backend

make sure that you have created a directory for the streams storage: e.g. create /streams and replace {streams_directory} with it.

Bare metal

Setup a .env file or equivalent environment variables:

STORAGE_PATH=/mnt/streams/recordings

The storage directory has to exist. There will be alot of I/O, so it makes sense to mount the storage into ram memory.

Before running, make sure you have ffmpeg installed on your system.

node index.js

Be aware, that this application is designed for Linux systems!

To use together with the frontend, run with docker.

🛠️ Endpoints

API

ChannelController

• GET: /api/channels/:channelId and /api/channels to get information about the registered channels.
• GET: /api/channels/current to get the currently playing channel.
• PUT: api/channels/:channelId to update a channel.
• DELETE: api/channels/:channelId to delete a channel.
• POST: api/channels to create a new channel.

ProxyController

• /proxy/channel to get the M3U File of the current channel
• /proxy/segment and /proxy/key will be used by the iptv player directly

Restream

• /streams/{currentChannelId}/{currentChannelId}.m3u to access the current restream.

WebSocket

• channel-added and channel-selected events will be send to all connected clients
• chat messages: send-chat-message and chat-message
• users: user-connected and user-disconnected

ℹ️ Usage without the frontend (with other iptv player)

If you want to watch the current stream in any other IPTV player e.g. on tv, there will be a central m3u link provided in the near future. Watch the progress of this feature.

If you can't wait, these are your options to watch from other IPTV players right now:

• You can use the ProxyController standalone. Just use {baseUrl}/proxy/channel in your iptv player. It is also possible to watch different channels simultaneously by setting the expected query parameters: url (and headers if needed).
• Use /streams/{currentChannelId}/{currentChannelId}.m3u to watch the current playing restream!
• ChannelController endpoints should be used to manage the channels. If you just want to have static channels, you can also set them directly in the ChannelService.js.
• WebSocket is only used by the frontend for chat and channel updates. You likely won't need it!

Note

These options are only tested with VLC media player as other iptv player. Use them at your own risk. Only for the usage together with the frontend will be support provided.
Support for a central m3u link for other players will be provided soon!