Edit /usr/bin/tv_grab_url

henrydatei

Hi everyone,
I'm using TVHeadend as docker and to get XMLTV data I use the "XMLTV: XMLTV URL grabber" where I provide the URL https://xmltv.info/de/epg.xml as extra parameter. I've seen that this executes a script /usr/bin/tv_grab_url https://xmltv.info/de/epg.xml The problem is now, that this XMLTV provider generates a unique link for every request, so if you request https://xmltv.info/de/epg.xml you get a redirect to https://xmltv.info/de/epg.xml/e4aed9d33f528a05dd3fa1ed2f8b3ef3 and here you get the XMLTV data. This link is then invalid. So for tv_grab_url to function with this provider it needs to follow redirects. If you look in the script code you find the line
curl -s "$URL"
but to follow redirects it should be
curl -sL "$URL"
Where can I make a pull request to suggest the change?

DeltaMikeCharlie

Perhaps start here: XMLTV/xmltv

Chris G

Hello. I made the pull request for this grabber.
I no longer use XMLTV, but you can easily make a pull request to fix it.
That linuxserver image isn't “official”.

henrydatei

Thanks, I'll ask my way through

henrydatei

The team from XMLTV redirected me here again because tv_grab_url is not their script

Chris G

I made it, and it's included only in the linuxserver.io docker image (unless someone else copied it).
You could make a pull request… but you might be waiting a while.
I made a pull requests months ago for compiling libdvbcsa with extra options, but no one has accepted or even acknowledged it.

henrydatei

I found it and made a PR: linuxserver/docker-tvheadend259