refactoring; remove old methods; add configuration file; default to mpv instead of mpg123

config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import configparser
+
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read('radiostations.ini')
+
+
+def api():
+    return config.get('DEFAULT', 'radio_browser.api')
+
+
+def player():
+    return config.get('DEFAULT', 'player.command')
+
+
+def options():
+    return config.get('DEFAULT', 'player.options')
+

radiomenu.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from python_console_menu import AbstractMenu, MenuItem
 import subprocess
 
+from config import player, options
+
 
 class RadioMenu(AbstractMenu):
     def __init__(self, station_list=None):
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ class RadioMenu(AbstractMenu):
                     station_list[i]["codec"] + " " +
                     station_list[i]["bitrate"] + " " +
                     station_list[i]["url"],
-                    lambda url=station_list[i]["url"]: subprocess.run(["mpv", "--no-video", url])
+                    lambda url=station_list[i]["url"]: subprocess.run([player(), options(), url])
                 )
             )
 

radiostations.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+radio_browser.api=all.api.radio-browser.info
+player.command=mpv
+player.options=--no-video
+

stations.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import json
 import requests
 import secrets
 
+from config import api
 from radiomenu import RadioMenu
 
 
@@ -16,24 +17,12 @@ def nsname(ipaddrs, rectype='A'):
 
 
 def get_host():
-    hosts = ipaddr('all.api.radio-browser.info')
+    hosts = ipaddr(api())
     preferred_host = secrets.choice(hosts)
     return nsname(preferred_host)
 
 
-def get_station_by_name(callsign, host):
-    resp = requests.get(f"https://{host}/json/stations/byname/" + callsign)
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return json.loads(resp.text)
-    else:
-        return [{"response_code": resp.status_code, "reason": resp.reason}]
-
-
 def get_stations(qstring, host):
-    # https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations/search?name=wfmt&limit=100
-    # https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations/search?tag=classical&limit=100
-    # https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations/search?state=Illinois&tag=classical&limit=100
-    # https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations/search?country=America&state=Illinois&tag=classical&limit=100
     resp = requests.get(f"https://{host}/json/stations/search?{qstring}&limit=100000")
     if resp.status_code == 200:
         return json.loads(resp.text)