Update track title and listener count from an Icecast2 server
by Znuff
HTML
<p>Listeners: <span id="listeners">00</span></p>
<p>Current track: <span id="track-title">LIVE</span></p>
JavaScript
function radioTitle() {
// this is the URL of the json.xml file located on your server.
var url = 'http://stream.amea-radio.gr:9000/json.xsl';
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: url,
async: true,
jsonpCallback: 'parseMusic',
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(json) {
// this is the element we're updating that will hold the track title
$('#track-title').text(json['/radio']['title']);
// this is the element we're updating that will hold the listeners count
$('#listeners').text(json['/radio']['listeners']);
},
error: function(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}
});
}
$(document).ready(function(){
setTimeout(function(){radioTitle();}, 2000);
setInterval(function(){radioTitle();}, 15000); // we're going to update our html elements / player every 15 seconds
});