IPTV M3U8 Builder/Generator

You need to have the following installed or configured on your machine:

• Foxtel Now active account
• Windows 10/11 laptop
• Python (latest)
• Git (latest)
• Google Chrome
• Proper github permission to [email protected]:githubuseraccount/reponame.git

Prep

1. Copy\download the iptv fodler.
2. Rename the detailsenv.txt to .env.
3. In the .env file, set the FOXTEL_USERNAME and FOXTEL_PASSWORD to the appropriate values and save the file.
4. Create a GitHub repository in order to save generated M3U8 playlist.
5. After repository created edit the scrape.pyand instert your repo address [email protected]:githubuseraccount/reponame.git
6. In the start.bat file, update/modify the path to the extracted iptv folder location

Setting up permissions to GitHub repo

• SSH generated key is required for laptop connection to GitHub repo.
• This allows the script to upload the M3U8 files to the requested repo.
• See below link for instructions on how to set this up.

https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

Some handy commands for the above to work.

Generating the SSH key

• ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C [email protected]

Verifying SSH key should work

• ssh -T [email protected]

Running the scrape

For windows:

1. Open a powershell window as Administrator.
2. Change directory to the location where this application is installed/extracted.
3. Run ./scripts/windows/start.bat to start running the scrape.

For macOS: Not tested, may not work.

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Change directory to the location where this application is installed/extracted.
3. Run ./scripts/macos/start.sh to start running the scrape.