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Creek API - Version 1

Written by
Travis Bernard

Version 1 of the Creek API.

Using API paths

To access the API endpoints in this guide, just add the station's domain.

Example: GET /api/station becomes http://xray.fm/api/station

Station

Basic information about the station itself, including its title and main stream addresses.

Request

GET /api/station

Example

{
  "station_name": "BFF.fm",
  "time_zone": "America\/Los_Angeles",
  "streams": {
    "main": {
      "purpose": "main",
      "url": "http:\/\/stream.bff.fm\/listen.mp3",
      "format": "mp3",
      "codec": "",
      "bitrate": "",
      "channels": "2"
    },
    "website": {
      "purpose": "main",
      "url": "http:\/\/stream.bff.fm\/listen.mp3",
      "format": "mp3",
      "codec": "",
      "bitrate": "",
      "channels": "2"
    },
    "archiver": {
      "purpose": "main",
      "url": "http:\/\/stream.bff.fm\/listen.mp3",
      "format": "mp3",
      "codec": "",
      "bitrate": "",
      "channels": "2"
    },
    "apps": {
      "purpose": "main",
      "url": "http:\/\/stream.bff.fm\/listen.mp3",
      "format": "mp3",
      "codec": "",
      "bitrate": "",
      "channels": "2"
    },
    "tune_in": {
      "purpose": "main",
      "url": "http:\/\/stream.bff.fm\/listen.mp3",
      "format": "mp3",
      "codec": "",
      "bitrate": "",
      "channels": "2"
    }
  }
}

Currently Broadcasting

Request

GET /api/broadcasting

Shows

All shows

Request

GET /api/shows
GET /api/shows?category=123

GET Parameters

  • category — ID of category.
  • plain_text — Removes mark-up from the description.

Single Show

Request

GET /api/show/123

GET Parameters

  • category — ID of category.
  • plain_text — Removes mark-up from the description.

Weekly Schedule

GET /api/schedule

Broadcasts

All Broadcasts

GET /api/broadcasts
GET /api/broadcasts?show=short-name-of-show

Parameters

  • plain_text — Removes mark-up from the description.
  • show — ID of show.

Single Broadcast

/api/broadcast/123
  • plain_text — Removes mark-up from the description.

Tracks

All Tracks

GET /api/tracks

Current Track

GET /api/tracks/current

Add New Track

  • Adds a track to the current Broadcast.
  • Or, if there is a current Show but no current Broadcast, then it will automatically create a Broadcast.
POST /api/tracks/add
GET /api/tracks/add

Parameters

Available for both GET (query string) and POST (post data).

  • key
  • title
  • artist
  • album
  • label
  • year

Problems with adding tracks?

  1. Check your API key.
  2. Make sure that there is a current show. This API will do nothing if there is no current Show.
  3. If your API key is a User API Key, for a single user account, then make sure that the current Show belongs to this user.

Podcasts

iTunes-compatible XML feed.

All shows

GET /podcasts
GET /podcasts.xml

Both return a podcast feed in XML format.

Single shows

GET /podcasts/short-name-of-show
GET /podcasts/short-name-of-show.xml

Both return a podcast feed in XML format.

Posts

All Posts

GET /api/posts

Parameters

  • category — ID of category.
  • plain_text — Removes mark-up from the description.

Single Post

GET /api/post/123

Parameters

  • plain_text — Removes mark-up from the description.