feat: add xml.tar.gz compression during startup

2026-06-04 04:55:42 -04:00 · 2025-03-23 18:43:01 -07:00
parent 62da08860d
commit 075303e9b6
4 changed files with 468 additions and 21 deletions
--- a/tvapp2/index.js
+++ b/tvapp2/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import http from 'http';
 import zlib from 'zlib';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import ejs from 'ejs';
+import * as tar from 'tar';

 /*
    Old CJS variables converted to ESM
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ chalk.level = 3;
 let URLS_FILE;
 let FORMATTED_FILE;
 let EPG_FILE;
+let FILE_TAR;

 /*
    Define > Environment Variables || Defaults
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ const envUrlRepo = process.env.URL_REPO || `https://git.binaryninja.net/binaryni
 const envStreamQuality = process.env.STREAM_QUALITY || `hd`;
 const envFileM3U = process.env.FILE_PLAYLIST || `playlist.m3u8`;
 const envFileXML = process.env.FILE_EPG || `xmltv.xml`;
+const envFileTAR = process.env.FILE_TAR || `xmltv.tar.gz`;
 const LOG_LEVEL = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 10;

 /*
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ if ( process.pkg )
    FORMATTED_FILE = path.join( basePath, 'formatted.dat' );
    EPG_FILE = path.join( basePath, `${ envFileXML }` );
    EPG_FILE.length;
+    FILE_TAR = path.join( basePath, `${ envFileTAR }` );
 }
 else
 {
@@ -178,6 +182,7 @@ else
    URLS_FILE = path.resolve( __dirname, 'urls.txt' );
    FORMATTED_FILE = path.resolve( __dirname, 'formatted.dat' );
    EPG_FILE = path.resolve( __dirname, `${ envFileXML }` );
+    FILE_TAR = path.resolve( __dirname, `${ envFileTAR }` );
 }

 /*
@@ -708,6 +713,38 @@ async function serveXmltv( response, req )
    }
 };

+/*
+    Serves IPTV .tar.gz guide data
+*/
+
+async function serveTAR( response, req )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        const protocol = req.headers['x-forwarded-proto']?.split( ',' )[0] || ( req.socket.encrypted ? 'https' : 'http' );
+        const host = req.headers.host;
+        const baseUrl = `${ protocol }://${ host }`;
+        const formattedContent = fs.readFileSync( FILE_TAR );
+
+        response.writeHead( 200, {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/gzip',
+            'Content-Disposition': 'inline; filename="' + envFileTAR
+        });
+
+        response.end( formattedContent );
+    }
+    catch ( error )
+    {
+        Log.error( `Error in serveTAR:`, chalk.white( ` → ` ), chalk.grey( `${ error.message }` ) );
+
+        response.writeHead( 500, {
+            'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
+        });
+
+        response.end( `Error serving tar.gz: ${ error.message }` );
+    }
+};
+
 function setCache( key, value, ttl )
 {
    const expiry = Date.now() + ttl;
@@ -746,10 +783,35 @@ async function initialize()
        await ensureFileExists( extFormatted, FORMATTED_FILE );
        await ensureFileExists( extEPG, EPG_FILE );

-        urls = fs.readFileSync( URLS_FILE, 'utf-8' ).split( '\n' ).filter( Boolean );
+        /*
+            Create tar.gz of xml data
+            Must specify `cwd` - current working directory; without this, the absolute path to the .tar.gz file
+            will be added to the archive.
+
+            set cwd to the folder where the xmltv.1.xml file is located
+        */
+
+        tar.c(
+            {
+                gzip: true,
+                cwd: path.resolve( __dirname ),
+                mtime: new Date(),
+                strict: false,
+                portable: true,
+                jobs: 2,
+                maxReadSize: 48 * 1024 * 1024,
+                onwarn: ( code, message, data ) =>
+                {
+                    Log.warn( `Tar.gz warning:`, chalk.white( ` → ` ), chalk.grey( `[${ code }] ${ message }` ) );
+                }
+            },
+            [`${ envFileXML }`]
+          ).pipe( fs.createWriteStream( `${ envFileTAR }` ) );
+
+        urls = fs.readFileSync( FILE_URL, 'utf-8' ).split( '\n' ).filter( Boolean );
        if ( urls.length === 0 )
        {
-            throw new Error( `No valid URLs found in ${ URLS_FILE }` );
+            throw new Error( `No valid URLs found in ${ FILE_URL }` );
        }

        Log.info( `Initializing Complete` );
@@ -829,7 +891,15 @@ const server = http.createServer( ( request, response ) =>
        {
            Log.info( `Received request for EPG data`, chalk.white( ` → ` ), chalk.grey( `/epg` ) );

-            await serveXmltv( response, request );
+            await serveXML( response, request );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ( loadAsset === '/tar' && method === 'GET' )
+        {
+            Log.info( `Received request for EPG data`, chalk.white( ` → ` ), chalk.grey( `/epg` ) );
+
+            await serveTAR( response, request );
            return;
        }

@@ -838,7 +908,7 @@ const server = http.createServer( ( request, response ) =>
            read the loaded asset file
        */

-        ejs.renderFile( './www/' + loadAsset, { fileXML: envFileXML, fileM3U: envFileM3U, appName: name, appVersion: version }, ( err, data ) =>
+        ejs.renderFile( './www/' + loadAsset, { fileXML: envFileXML, fileM3U: envFileM3U, fileTAR: envFileTAR, appName: name, appVersion: version }, ( err, data ) =>
        {
            if ( !err )
            {
@@ -859,6 +929,7 @@ const server = http.createServer( ( request, response ) =>
                                    '.png' : 'image/png',
                                    '.gif' : 'image/gif',
                                    '.css' : 'text/css',
+                                    '.gz' : 'application/gzip',
                                    '.js' : 'text/javascript'
                                    }[loadAsset.substr( fileExt )];

--- a/tvapp2/package-lock.json
+++ b/tvapp2/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                "chalk": "^5.3.0",
                "ejs": "^3.1.10",
                "playwright": "^1.51.0",
+                "tar": "^7.4.3",
                "user-agents": "^1.1.480"
            },
            "devDependencies": {
@@ -250,6 +251,124 @@
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+            "funding": {
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+            },
+            "engines": {
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+            },
+            "funding": {
+                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
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+            },
+            "funding": {
+                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
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-            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "emoji-regex": "^8.0.0",
+                "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^3.0.0",
+                "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=8"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/string-width-cjs": {
+            "name": "string-width",
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+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz",
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-            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "ansi-regex": "^5.0.1"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=8"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/strip-ansi-cjs": {
+            "name": "strip-ansi",
+            "version": "6.0.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz",
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@@ -3703,6 +4022,23 @@
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            }
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+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tar/-/tar-7.4.3.tgz",
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+            "license": "ISC",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "@isaacs/fs-minipass": "^4.0.0",
+                "chownr": "^3.0.0",
+                "minipass": "^7.1.2",
+                "minizlib": "^3.0.1",
+                "mkdirp": "^3.0.1",
+                "yallist": "^5.0.0"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=18"
+            }
+        },
        "node_modules/through": {
            "version": "2.3.8",
            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz",
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            "license": "ISC",
            "dependencies": {
                "isexe": "^2.0.0"
@@ -4061,6 +4396,24 @@
                "node": ">=8"
            }
        },
+        "node_modules/wrap-ansi-cjs": {
+            "name": "wrap-ansi",
+            "version": "7.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "ansi-styles": "^4.0.0",
+                "string-width": "^4.1.0",
+                "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=10"
+            },
+            "funding": {
+                "url": "https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi?sponsor=1"
+            }
+        },
        "node_modules/y18n": {
            "version": "4.0.3",
            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/y18n/-/y18n-4.0.3.tgz",
@@ -4068,6 +4421,15 @@
            "dev": true,
            "license": "ISC"
        },
+        "node_modules/yallist": {
+            "version": "5.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-5.0.0.tgz",
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+            "license": "BlueOak-1.0.0",
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=18"
+            }
+        },
        "node_modules/yargs": {
            "version": "15.4.1",
            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-15.4.1.tgz",
--- a/tvapp2/package.json
+++ b/tvapp2/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
        "playwright": "^1.51.0",
        "user-agents": "^1.1.480",
        "chalk": "^5.3.0",
-        "ejs": "^3.1.10"
+        "ejs": "^3.1.10",
+        "tar": "^7.4.3"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
--- a/tvapp2/www/index.html
+++ b/tvapp2/www/index.html
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@
                            <td class="link cell-link"><a id="epg-link" target="_blank"></a></td>
                            <td class="desc cell-desc">XML / EPG guide data which contains a list of all programs which are scheduled to play on a specific channel.</td>
                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td class="icon cell-icon">
+                                <svg class="svg-inline--fa fa-file-zipper fa-fw" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas" data-icon="file-zipper" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512" data-fa-i2svg="">
+                                    <path fill="currentColor" d="M64 0C28.7 0 0 28.7 0 64V448c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64H320c35.3 0 64-28.7 64-64V160H256c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32V0H64zM256 0V128H384L256 0zM96 48c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16h32c8.8 0 16 7.2 16 16s-7.2 16-16 16H112c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16zm0 64c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16h32c8.8 0 16 7.2 16 16s-7.2 16-16 16H112c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16zm0 64c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16h32c8.8 0 16 7.2 16 16s-7.2 16-16 16H112c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16zm-6.3 71.8c3.7-14 16.4-23.8 30.9-23.8h14.8c14.5 0 27.2 9.7 30.9 23.8l23.5 88.2c1.4 5.4 2.1 10.9 2.1 16.4c0 35.2-28.8 63.7-64 63.7s-64-28.5-64-63.7c0-5.5 .7-11.1 2.1-16.4l23.5-88.2zM112 336c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16s7.2 16 16 16h32c8.8 0 16-7.2 16-16s-7.2-16-16-16H112z"></path>
+                                </svg>
+                                <!-- <i class="fa fa-fw fa-solid fa-file-lines" aria-hidden="true"></i> -->
+                            </td>
+                            <td class="file cell-tar">
+                                <a id="tar-name" target="_blank"></a>
+                            </td>
+                            <td class="link cell-link"><a id="tar-link" target="_blank"></a></td>
+                            <td class="desc cell-desc">XML / EPG guide data compressed into tar.gz</td>
+                        </tr>
                    </tbody>
                </table>
            </div>
@@ -95,15 +108,15 @@
            const baseURL = window.location.origin;
            const playlistURL = baseURL + "/playlist";
            const epgURL = baseURL + "/epg";
-            document.getElementById("playlist-url").textContent = "<%= fileM3U %>";
+            const urlTAR = urlBase + "/tar";
            document.getElementById("playlist-url").href = playlistURL;
            document.getElementById("playlist-link").textContent = playlistURL;
            document.getElementById("playlist-link").href = playlistURL;

-            document.getElementById("epg-url").textContent = "<%= fileXML %>";
-            document.getElementById("epg-url").href = epgURL;
-            document.getElementById("epg-link").textContent = epgURL;
-            document.getElementById("epg-link").href = epgURL;
+            document.getElementById("tar-name").textContent = "<%= fileTAR %>";
+            document.getElementById("tar-name").href = urlTAR;
+            document.getElementById("tar-link").textContent = urlTAR;
+            document.getElementById("tar-link").href = urlTAR;
        </script>

        <script>