Mzansi Magic TV guide

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_8jnpg7q5/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Africa/Johannesburg"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_8jnpg7q5/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_8jnpg7q5/history?from=2025-10-12T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z"

$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_8jnpg7q5/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Africa/Johannesburg");
curl_setopt_array($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_8jnpg7q5/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Africa/Johannesburg", {
  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_8jnpg7q5/schedule",
    params={"date": "2026-10-13", "tz": "Africa/Johannesburg"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TVG_KEY']}"},
)
for slot in r.json()["data"]:
    print(slot["start"], slot["title"])

// GET /v1/channels/ch_8jnpg7q5/schedule?date=2026-10-13, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_n2wz388y",
            "channel": "ch_8jnpg7q5",
            "start": "2026-10-12T22:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-12T23:00:00Z",
            "title": "Buya Tata",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "A Cinderella drama with a kasi twist. After losing her father, a young woman ...",
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 33,
        "date": "2026-10-13",
        "tz": "Africa/Johannesburg"
    }
}