StreamOnline

A live stream checker

this is the culmination of many months of work, enjoy!

Instructions

To install:

curl -fsSl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/40476/streamonline/refs/heads/main/openstreams.sh | bash -s -- < /dev/tty

Do not edit these files unless you know what you are doing

a configuration file looks like this

stored as : ~/.local/share/streamonline/zentreyastream_state.txt

000
streamlink
360p
https://twitch.tv/

• line 1 (000) is the date last checked (if <= current date it will not be checked)
• line 2 (streamlink or xdg_open) is the mode to use, use xdg_open if you want our stream opened in a browser, use streamlink for media player (recommended on lower end systems)
• line 3 (360p) is the stream quality (options are provided at file creation, (see source code for details))
• line 4 (https://twitch.tv/) is the host site, you will need to provide the link exactly as it appears in you browsers address bar (minus the stream name since that is appended to the end of the URL)
• line 5 Notification text layout
• line 6 Additional arguments to send to streamlink
• line 7 and beyond (reserved for future use)

Dependencies

• streamlink
• printf
• systemd
• notify-send
• grep
• sed
• echo
• jq