Mobileclient v2.1 - Station Categories

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Mobileclient v2.0w - Station Categories

New API-Url https://mclients.googleapis.com/sj/v2.1/

Listen now content can be retrieved via: sj_url + browse/stationcategories sj_url + browse/stations/<station_id> (supports dynamic_param -> location_id)

Original response (stripped-down) -> browse/stationcategories

{
    "kind": "sj#getStationCategoriesResponse", 
    "root": {
        "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
        "subcategories": [
            {
                "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                "subcategories": [
                    {
                        "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                        "display_name": "Dance & Electronic", 
                        "id": "JZC3321"
                    }
                ], 
                "display_name": "Genres", 
                "id": "JZC3319"
            }, 
            {
                "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                "subcategories": [
                    {
                        "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                        "display_name": "Falling Asleep", 
                        "id": "JZC3306"
                    }
                ], 
                "display_name": "Activities", 
                "id": "JZC3320"
            }, 
            {
                "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                "subcategories": [
                    {
                        "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                        "display_name": "Energetic", 
                        "id": "JZC3346"
                    }
                ], 
                "display_name": "Moods", 
                "id": "JZC3310"
            }, 
            {
                "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                "subcategories": [
                    {
                        "kind": "sj#stationCategory", 
                        "display_name": "1980s", 
                        "id": "JZC3356"
                    }
                ], 
                "display_name": "Decades", 
                "id": "JZC3311"
            }
        ], 
        "display_name": "BROWSE_STATIONS_ROOT", 
        "id": "BROWSE_STATIONS_ROOT"
    }
}

Proof-of-Concept implementation

#protocol/mobileclient.py
class GetStationCategories(McCall):
    static_params = {'alt': 'json'}
    static_method = 'GET'
    static_url = sj_url + 'browse/stationcategories'

#clients/mobileclient.py
...
def get_station_categories(self):
    res = self._make_call(mobileclient.GetStationCategories)
    return res['root']['subcategories']
...

Original response (stripped-down) -> browse/stations/JZC3321 (id picked from Genres -> Dance & Electronic. location_id=en_US)

{
    "kind": "sj#getStationsResponse", 
    "stations": [
        {
            "kind": "sj#radioStation",
            "name": "Relaxed Electronica",
            "compositeArtRefs": [
                {
                    "url": "http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/...",
                    "kind": "sj#imageRef",
                    "aspectRatio": "2"
                }
            ],
            "seed": {
                "kind": "sj#radioSeed",
                "curatedStationId": "Ltsxgnw2ay732rpoaoqijj5quwu",
                "seedType": "9"
            },
            "skipEventHistory": [],
            "stationSeeds": [
                {
                    "kind": "sj#radioSeed",
                    "curatedStationId": "Ltsxgnw2ay732rpoaoqijj5quwu",
                    "seedType": "9"
                }
            ],
            "imageUrls": [
                {
                    "url": "http://lh5.ggpht.com/...",
                    "kind": "sj#imageRef",
                    "aspectRatio": "1",
                    "autogen": false
                }
            ],
            "description": "Relaxed songs for travel, dream or just to chill out."
        }
    ]
}

Proof-of-Concept implementation

#protocol/mobileclient.py
class GetStations(McCall):
    static_params = {'alt': 'json'}
    static_method = 'GET'

    @staticmethod
    def dynamic_url(station_id, location_id):
        return sj_url + 'browse/stations/' + station_id

    @staticmethod
    def dynamic_params(station_id, location_id):
        return {'hl': location_id}

#clients/mobileclient.py
...
def get_stations(self, station_id, location_id):
    res = self._make_call(mobileclient.GetStations, station_id, location_id)
    return res['stations']
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Update: The response of browse/stations/station_id contains a curatedStationId and seedType Therefore mobileclient.create_station() should be extended to support it.