This PHP script fetches metadata from an online radio stream, including the current song title, artist, album art, station name, genre, bitrate, and various other stream details.
- Retrieve the current song title and artist from the radio stream.
- Fetch album art from iTunes.
- Get additional information about the radio station such as name, genre, bitrate, and more.
- Determine the type of streaming server (Shoutcast, Icecast, etc.).
- Log and return all available headers for comprehensive metadata.
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Upload to your server:
- Upload the
Radio.phpfile to your PHP-enabled web server.
- Upload the
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Access the script via URL:
- Navigate to the URL where you uploaded the script, providing the
urlparameter with the streaming URL and optionally theintervalparameter. - Example:
https://yourserver.com/Radio.php?url=https://yourstreamingurl.com/stream - You can also specify an interval (default is 19200):
https://yourserver.com/Radio.php?url=https://yourstreamingurl.com/stream&interval=16000
- Navigate to the URL where you uploaded the script, providing the
url(required): The streaming URL of the radio station.interval(optional): The interval in bytes to read the stream metadata.
{
"songtitle": "Artist - Song Title",
"artist": "Artist",
"song": "Song Title",
"artwork": "https://path.to.album.art/512x512bb.jpg",
"station_name": "Radio Station Name",
"genre": "Genre",
"bitrate": 128,
"stream_type": "Shoutcast",
"content_type": "audio/mpeg",
"current_listeners": 42,
"peak_listeners": 100,
"max_listeners": 500,
"audio_info": "bitrate=128",
"server": "Icecast 2.4.0-kh10",
"url": "https://station.url",
"public": 1,
"description": "Station Description",
"cache_control": "no-cache",
"expires": "Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT",
"pragma": "no-cache",
"date": "Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT",
"metaint": 16000,
"session_id": "1234567890",
"notice1": "Notice Message 1",
"notice2": "Notice Message 2",
"irc_notify": "IRC Notify",
"ircnick": "IRCNick",
"ircchan": "#IRCChannel",
"ircserver": "irc.server.com",
"location": "https://redirect.url",
"headers": {
"icy-name": "Radio Station Name",
"icy-genre": "Genre",
"icy-br": "128",
"Content-Type": "audio/mpeg",
"icy-listeners": "42",
"icy-peak-listeners": "100",
"icy-max-listeners": "500",
"icy-audio-info": "bitrate=128",
"Server": "Icecast 2.4.0-kh10",
"icy-url": "https://station.url",
"icy-pub": "1",
"icy-description": "Station Description",
"Cache-Control": "no-cache",
"Expires": "Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT",
"Pragma": "no-cache",
"Date": "Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT",
"icy-metaint": "16000",
"icy-session-id": "1234567890",
"icy-notice1": "Notice Message 1",
"icy-notice2": "Notice Message 2",
"icy-irc-notify": "IRC Notify",
"icy-ircnick": "IRCNick",
"icy-ircchan": "#IRCChannel",
"icy-ircserver": "irc.server.com",
"Location": "https://redirect.url"
}
}