LG ProCentric EPG and Channel Bundle Creator

Overview

This project is designed to model and format TV EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data for LG ProCentric servers. It fetches raw EPG data, processes it into a structured format, and ensures compatibility with the LG ProCentric server.

Features

• Fetches and parses EPG data.
• Maps data to structured models (Event, Channel, ProgramGuide).
• Handles time zones, dates, and program durations.
• Safe extraction of data with default values for missing fields.

Dependencies

• requests: For fetching data.
• xml.etree.ElementTree: For XML parsing.
• pydantic: For data modeling.
• pytz: For time zone handling.

Current Sources

• New Zealand, SKY NZ GraphQL
• Australia, xmltv.net

LG ProCentric Server

Preparing the data form importation is only the first step, you must host a Zip file on and accessable FTP server and has the file named correctly.

ZIP Naming Convention = Procentric_EPG_{ISO Country Code ie NZL}_{Date YYYYMMDD}.zip

JSON Naming Convention = Procentric_EPG.json

JSON payload needs to be enclosed into the the ZIP file and places in the approperate directory for collections over FTP.

FTP Service

Your file needs to sit in a sub directory from a logged in FTP user.

Linux Users prospective /home/procentric/EPG/NZL

FTP Users prospective /EPG/NZL

Expected JSON Format

{
    "filetype": "Pro:Centric JSON Program Guide Data NZL",
    "version": "0.1",
    "fetchTime": "2022-06-24T13:22:44+1200",
    "maxMinutes": 60,
    "channels": [
        {
            "channelID": "1",
            "name": "TVNZ One",
            "resolution": "HD",
            "events": [
                {
                    "eventID": "334242",
                    "title": "6 News",
                    "eventDescription": TVNZ New Zealand News",
                    "rating": "TV-MA",
                    "date": "2022-06-25",
                    "startTime": "1800",
                    "length": "60",
                    "genre": "News"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Good Luck.