legistream_backend

This is the Python backend for legistream.

Install with pip:

pip install legistream-backend

View project on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/legistream-backend/.

Usage

This package uses different modules to get live stream data from the various Australian parliaments.

Currently supported parliaments:

• Australian Capital Territory
• Federal
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Setup

1. Install poetry:

   pip3 install poetry

2. Install/update dependencies with poetry:

   poetry update

Install ffmpeg:

Linux

sudo apt install ffmpeg

Mac

Install with brew:

brew install ffmpeg

Windows

Official Windows builds of ffmpeg can be found here

Print out stream URLs:

Every parliament module returns data the same way, Victoria is used here only for example purposes.

The stream_urls property can be used to return streams as a dict:

from legistream_backend.vic import Stream

print(Stream().stream_urls)

Each URL can be returned individually by using the [house]_stream_url property (e.g lower_stream_url)

print(Stream().lower_stream_url)

Check if a parliament's house is live:

Similarly, you can check the status of a live stream with the [house]_is_live boolean property.

if(Stream().lower_is_live):
    print('The lower house of Victoria is currently live.')
else:
    print('The lower house of Victoria is not currently live.')

Notes

1. Run all scripts using poetry:

   poetry run python3 [file].py

2. The South Australia stream extractor uses code adapted from the streamlink ustreamtv implementation.