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pxgamer/getiplayer-php
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An easy to use wrapper for the iPlayer download API written in PHP.

v1.1.2(8y ago)09[1 issues](https://github.com/owenvoke/getiplayer-php/issues)MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Jan 12Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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getiplayer-php
==============

[](#getiplayer-php)

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An easy to use wrapper for the iPlayer download API written in PHP.

Structure
---------

[](#structure)

```
resources/
src/
tests/
vendor/

```

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require pxgamer/getiplayer-php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This currently creates a single .ts file which can be encoded using Handbrake or another encoder.

Usage
-----

[](#usage-1)

```
use pxgamer\GetiPlayer;

$client = new GetiPlayer\Client();

echo 'Episode URL: ' . $client->setUrl('https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b088ppll/sherlock-series-4-2-the-lying-detective') . "\n";

echo 'Video ID: ' . $client->getVideoId() . "\n";
echo 'Output Quality: ' . $client->setQuality('highish') . "\n";

$client->getMediaISM();

echo 'Discovered URL: ' . $client->discoveredUrl . "\n";
echo 'Master Key: ' . $client->getMasterKey() . "\n";

$client->getM3u8();
$client->getStream();
//echo "M3u8: " . $client->getM3u8() . "\n";
//echo "M3u8 Stream: " . $client->getStream() . "\n";

echo 'Programme ID: ' . $client->getProgrammeId() . "\n";
echo 'Programme Title: ' . $client->getFullProgramTitle() . "\n";

$client->listHlsFiles();

$client->createDirectories();

echo 'Parsed: ' . $client->downloadFiles($client->hlsFiles) . "\n";

echo 'Files written: ' . $client->writeFiles() . "\n";

$client->cleanDirectory();

echo "Cleaned directory\n";
```

*Note: This is based off of Tiiveni's original code from SquarePenguin.*

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [pxgamer](https://github.com/pxgamer)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~65 days

Recently: every ~81 days

Total

6

Last Release

3127d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.5.0

v1.1.0PHP ^7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1899334?v=4)[Owen Voke](/maintainers/owenvoke)[@owenvoke](https://github.com/owenvoke)

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Top Contributors

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