Pluto TV script

Chris G · 2024-12-04T23:26:25+00:00

Here is my custom Pluto TV script for TVHeadand. It requires Streamlink and makes use of TVHeadends useful pipe options. It queries the Pluto TV API directly...

Chris G

Most instances of Python come with requests pre-installed these days.
To install it, you can use pip: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/installing-packages/.
Then its pip install requests.

Mehdi

Sorry for noob question:
1.Is Pluto tv api free? And how can I get one?

Is there a list of channels?

Chris G

It is free, but I think it is geo restricted.
If this URL works for you, then you can probably get it: https://api.pluto.tv/v2/channels

Eric S

To assist, I am running LibreElec 11.0.6 on a Generic-legacy.x86_64.

Okay, I know it is getting a little off topic, but I do want to make this work. I tried to find instructions for installing pip on LibreElec and it looks like there isn't any. I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction, when I attempted to install pip I downloaded the script get-pip.py and attempted to run it, this is what I get:

Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting pip
Using cached pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.7 kB)
Collecting setuptools
Using cached setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.7 kB)
Using cached pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl (1.8 MB)
Using cached setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl (1.2 MB)
Installing collected packages: setuptools, pip
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 105, in _run_wrapper
status = inner_run()
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/internal/cli/base_command.py", line 96, in_inner_run
return self.run(options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/internal/cli/req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/internal/commands/install.py", line 457, in run
installed = install_given_reqs(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/internal/req/init.py", line 70, in install_given_reqs
requirement.install(
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/internal/req/req_install.py", line 867, in install
install_wheel(
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/_internal/operations/install/wheel.py", line 732, in install_wheel
install_wheel(
File "/tmp/tmpdew4zs1j/pip.zip/pip/internal/operations/install/wheel.py", line 621, in _install_wheel
assert os.path.exists(pyc_path)
AssertionError

Chris G

I asked ChatGPT to replace requests with urlib3:

#!/usr/bin/python
import urllib3
import json
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import socket
import io

# CONFIG #############################################################################################
SOCKET = "/config/epggrab/xmltv.sock"  # Path to your UNIX socket
######################################################################################################

now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
start_time = now - timedelta(
    minutes=now.minute % 30, seconds=now.second, microseconds=now.microsecond
)
stop_time = start_time + timedelta(hours=8)
epg_begin = start_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S-00:00")
epg_end = stop_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S-00:00")

# Initialize urllib3 PoolManager
http = urllib3.PoolManager()

# Fetch data using urllib3
url = f"https://api.pluto.tv/v2/channels?start={epg_begin}&stop={epg_end}"
response = http.request('GET', url)
data = json.loads(response.data.decode('utf-8'))

m3u = "#EXTM3U\n"
root = ET.Element("tv")
programmes = []

for channel in data:
    channel_element = ET.SubElement(root, "channel", id="pluto-" + channel["_id"])
    ET.SubElement(channel_element, "display-name").text = channel["name"]
    ET.SubElement(channel_element, "channel-number").text = str(channel["number"])
    ET.SubElement(channel_element, "icon").text = channel.get("colorLogoPNG", {}).get(
        "path", ""
    )

    m3u += f'#EXTINF:-1 tvg-ID="{"pluto-" + channel["_id"]}" tvg-chno="{channel["number"]}" tvg-name="{channel["name"]}" tvg-logo="{channel.get("colorLogoPNG", {}).get("path", "")}", {channel["name"]}\n'
    m3u += (
        f"pipe://streamlink 'https://pluto.tv/live-tv/{channel['_id']}' best --stdout\n"
    )

    for programme in channel["timelines"]:
        programme_data = {
            "start": programme["start"],
            "stop": programme["stop"],
            "channel": "pluto-" + channel["_id"],
            "title": programme["title"],
            "episode": programme.get("episode", {}),
        }
        programmes.append(programme_data)

for programme in programmes:
    start_time = datetime.fromisoformat(programme["start"]).strftime(
        "%Y%m%d%H%M%S +0000"
    )
    stop_time = datetime.fromisoformat(programme["stop"]).strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S +0000")

    programme_element = ET.SubElement(
        root,
        "programme",
        start=start_time,
        stop=stop_time,
        channel=programme["channel"],
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "title").text = programme.get("title", "Untitled")
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "sub-title").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "name", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "desc").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "description", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "episode-num").text = (
        f'S{programme["episode"].get("season", 0)}E{programme["episode"].get("number", 0)}'
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "category").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "genre", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "category").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "subGenre", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "category").text = programme.get("category", "")

tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
ET.indent(tree, space="\t", level=0)

xml_bytes = io.BytesIO()
tree.write(xml_bytes, encoding="UTF-8", xml_declaration=True)

try:
    with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
        s.connect(SOCKET)
        xml_bytes.seek(0)
        s.sendall(xml_bytes.read())
except:
    pass
    with open("pluto.xmltv", "wb") as file:
        tree.write(file, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)

print(m3u)

Give it a try.
While requests is included with most versions of Python, I think urlib3 is even more common.

Eric S

Okay, we got farther than we did before.

When I ran the script in SSH it produced a list that I then put into an m3u file and put it into the network and it worked perfectly and instantly.

But when the python script was executed in the network even though it got past the imports there was another error.
I am hoping that if you have more experience with python that you can point me in the right direction. And if I can get this working I am going to work again on the EPG data. I had a script that I used in the past to download it and it is probably still good.

Here is the log entry.
2024-12-11 20:13:30.207 spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/python"
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: Traceback (most recent call last):
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: File "/storage/downloads/plutotv.py", line 95, in
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: s.connect(SOCKET)
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: Traceback (most recent call last):
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: File "/storage/downloads/plutotv.py", line 100, in
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: with open("pluto.xmltv", "wb") as file:
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2024-12-11 20:13:31.646 spawn: OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: 'pluto.xmltv'
2024-12-11 20:13:31.952 iptv: unknown playlist format for network 'Pluto TV'

Thanks.

Eric S

Okay, I take it back. When I ran the m3u it immediately mapped the services, but the channel won't come up, I get the error "No Free Adapter available". Maybe because I don't have streamlink installed, I am going to look into it. I have the file streamlink_for_tvh_container.sh but the first instruction is to put it into a directory /custom-cont-init.d which doesn't exist, or at least I can't find it.

If I am understanding the sequence, the plutotv.py script is meant to get the latest information about the channels and the streamlink program tells it what to do with it via the pipe command. I really need to learn more about this stuff.

Chris G

What happens is the script queries the Pluto TV API and gets the channels and EPG data.
It converts the API data into a playlist which is printed to stdout.
Because of TVHeadends pipe function, this is read like a regular m3u playlist file.
Then the EPG data is sent to the external socks EPG grabber.
Because, by default, TVH refetches any IPTV playlist every hour, this means that the channels and EPG is always up-to-date.

I think you need help from someone that also uses LibreELEC and has a better understanding of what's going on.

A complete guess: You haven't followed the steps in the first post to set your socks path in the script?

Chris G

The script requires Streamlink being installed for the channels to play.
I can't help you there.

Bernard DELAVILLE

Hello,
Maybi it's a silly question, but I've followed step by step, there is now 151 streams on tvh, but i can’t map . There are no services.
Any idea what i can do ?
Python3 is installed, streamlink installed too ...

Chris G

I just enable “create bouquet” on the network and map all the channels using it:

Bernard DELAVILLE

Chris G
Ok it was so simple ! Thank you I've got channels now ..

Bernard DELAVILLE

So now I manage to create home server for emby and tvheadend with an RPI5 on wich I put official RPI ubuntu-server 24.04.1 LTS.
I was doing the same install than on my PC VM machine (python-ffmpeg-tvheandend 4.3.2375 and streamlink 7.1.1)
When I ssh to RPI and test with $streamlink -o essai.ts 'https://pluto.tv/live-tv/66f55c3955567d0008ef9b68' best .. then it works great, I've got essai.ts file and can read it.
In THV I've got all muxes, services, channels well created.
But when I try to play a channel I've got
2024-12-29 10:08:48.188 mpegts: python3 - Allociné in Pluto - tuning on IPTV #1
2024-12-29 10:08:48.191 spawn: Executing "/home/rpi/.local/bin/streamlink"
2024-12-29 10:08:48.191 subscription: 0002: "192.168.1.78 [ | Kodi Media Center ]" subscribing on channel "Allociné", weight: 100, adapter: "IPTV #1", network: "Pluto", mux: "python3 - Allociné", service: "Allociné", profile="htsp", hostname="192.168.1.78", username="192.168.1.78", client="Kodi Media Center"
2024-12-29 10:08:49.760 spawn: [cli][info] Found matching plugin pluto for URL https://pluto.tv/live-tv/6618e3037bcd8600089b62a8
2024-12-29 10:08:50.869 spawn: error: No playable streams found on this URL: https://pluto.tv/live-tv/6618e3037bcd8600089b62a8

Do you know why ? I thaught il was rights permission and I add hts on root group an my user group but the same happened ...

Chris G

Sorry, I am unsure.
Maybe old version of Streamlink without support for Pluto TV?
I really have no idea.

Bernard DELAVILLE

Yes I was wrong with the rights permissions. It was bad version. Installed last version of streamlink and it worked.
Thank you, you were right.

MikeW

roisiano2 When I asked Copilot if Linux requires python scripts to be made executable, it told me no if you are specifying the python executable run path as you did. But if you do make it executable and add a shebang line it can be run directly.

Add to the top of your Python script:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
Make the script executable with the CLI command:
chmod +x your-script-name.py
After that, you can run your Python script directly from the command line:
./plutotv.py
Or with pipe:///storage/videos/plutotv.py

Chris G

MikeW

It depends on where your Python is installed.
For me, the script in the first post works perfectly without calling python in the pipe command.
But different systems install Python in different places.

Chris G

I also have a Xumo script.
Does anyone want me to post that too?

luke

I can get the channels to show up, but nothing will play. I have streamlink installed. When I run in the terminal i get the message: [cli][info] Found matching plugin pluto for URL https://pluto.tv/live-tv/6793eaa4bc03978b9bc63db1
error: No playable streams found on this URL: https://pluto.tv/live-tv/6793eaa4bc03978b9bc63db1
does this script still work?

Chris G

I think I know what might be happening luke
You might live somewhere that doesn't get Pluto TV.
I got the same error when I tried to get Pluto TV for a different region.

So I updated the script to take an optional argument for an IP address.
Pluto TV trusts the x-forwarded-for header, so no need for a proxy or VPN.
Just pass a known static IP that is in the region for which channels you want.
For example, if I wanted to appear in the US, I could use Googles DNS IP (8.8.8.8)

#!/usr/bin/python
import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import socket
import io
import sys

# CONFIG #############################################################################################
SOCKET = "/config/epggrab/xmltv.sock"  # Path to your UNIX socket
######################################################################################################

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    IP = sys.argv[1]
else:
    IP = None

now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
start_time = now - timedelta(
    minutes=now.minute % 30, seconds=now.second, microseconds=now.microsecond
)
stop_time = start_time + timedelta(hours=8)
epg_begin = start_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S-00:00")
epg_end = stop_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S-00:00")

if IP != None:
    headers={"X-Forwarded-For": IP}
else:
    headers={}

data = requests.get(
    f"https://api.pluto.tv/v2/channels?start={epg_begin}&stop={epg_end}", headers=headers
).json()

m3u = "#EXTM3U\n"
root = ET.Element("tv")
programmes = []

for channel in data:
    channel_element = ET.SubElement(root, "channel", id="pluto-" + channel["_id"])
    ET.SubElement(channel_element, "display-name").text = channel["name"]
    ET.SubElement(channel_element, "channel-number").text = str(channel["number"])
    ET.SubElement(channel_element, "icon").text = channel.get("colorLogoPNG", {}).get(
        "path", ""
    )

    m3u += f'#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="{"pluto-" + channel["_id"]}" tvg-chno="{channel["number"]}" tvg-name="{channel["name"]}" tvg-logo="{channel.get("colorLogoPNG", {}).get("path", "")}",{channel["name"]}\n'
    if IP != None:
        m3u += f"pipe://streamlink --http-header 'x-forwarded-for={IP}' 'https://pluto.tv/live-tv/{channel['_id']}' best --stdout\n"
    else:
        m3u += f"pipe://streamlink 'https://pluto.tv/live-tv/{channel['_id']}' best --stdout\n"

    for programme in channel["timelines"]:
        programme_data = {
            "start": programme["start"],
            "stop": programme["stop"],
            "channel": "pluto-" + channel["_id"],
            "title": programme["title"],
            "episode": programme.get("episode", {}),
        }
        programmes.append(programme_data)

for programme in programmes:
    start_time = datetime.fromisoformat(programme["start"]).strftime(
        "%Y%m%d%H%M%S +0000"
    )
    stop_time = datetime.fromisoformat(programme["stop"]).strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S +0000")

    programme_element = ET.SubElement(
        root,
        "programme",
        start=start_time,
        stop=stop_time,
        channel=programme["channel"],
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "title").text = programme.get("title", "Untitled")
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "sub-title").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "name", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "desc").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "description", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "episode-num").text = (
        f'S{programme["episode"].get("season", 0)}E{programme["episode"].get("number", 0)}'
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "category").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "genre", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "category").text = programme["episode"].get(
        "subGenre", ""
    )
    ET.SubElement(programme_element, "category").text = programme.get("category", "")

tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
ET.indent(tree, space="\t", level=0)

xml_bytes = io.BytesIO()
tree.write(xml_bytes, encoding="UTF-8", xml_declaration=True)

try:
    with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
        s.connect(SOCKET)
        xml_bytes.seek(0)
        s.sendall(xml_bytes.read())
except:
    pass
    with open("pluto.xmltv", "wb") as file:
        tree.write(file, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)

print(m3u)

Set the URL on the network like this pipe:///storage/downloads/plutotv.py 8.8.8.8
Adding no option uses your real IP pipe:///storage/downloads/plutotv.py

Chris G

Still working for me.

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