Makkal TV TV guide

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/schedule?date=2026-10-16&tz=Asia/Kolkata"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"

$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/schedule?date=2026-10-16&tz=Asia/Kolkata");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("TVG_KEY")],
]);
foreach (json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true)["data"] as $slot) {
  echo $slot["start"], " ", $slot["title"], "\n";
}

const r = await fetch("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/schedule?date=2026-10-16&tz=Asia/Kolkata", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TVG_KEY}` },
});
const { data } = await r.json();
data.forEach(s => console.log(s.start, s.title, s.flags.live ? "LIVE" : ""));

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/schedule",
    params={"date": "2026-10-16", "tz": "Asia/Kolkata"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TVG_KEY']}"},
)
for slot in r.json()["data"]:
    print(slot["start"], slot["title"])

// GET /v1/channels/ch_zw8gr1ny/schedule?date=2026-10-16, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_d16m1w6b",
            "channel": "ch_zw8gr1ny",
            "start": "2026-10-15T18:30:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-15T18:33:00Z",
            "title": "தமிழ் தாய் வாழ்த்து",
            "sub_title": "The presenter sheds light on the tradition, culture and language of Tamil Nadu, India, to create awareness about the rich heritage of the land",
            "description": "தமிழ்நாட்டின் பாரம்பரியம், கலாச்சாரம் மேலும் மொழி, வளமான பாரம்பரியம் பற்றி வி...",
            "category": [
                "178"
            ],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 56,
        "date": "2026-10-16",
        "tz": "Asia/Kolkata"
    }
}