"Tuning In" via API

[droobah]

I'm in the middle of writing an iOS app for rainwave so I can actually do things like see the title/artist/album/artwork when connected to my car. Also, watchOS companion, possible tvOS app, etc etc.

Anywho, all things appear to be working except for the ability to 'tune in' so I'm able to vote. By looking at how the website performs this, I see a listen_key that is provided by the /bootstrap endpoint and is being used/passed to the stream.

Is this the official/only way to do this? I had planned on only storing the user ID and API key on the device and not the username and password. Any direction would be appreciated.

[William]

If you make a call to this endpoint:

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GET https://rainwave.cc/api4/stations?user_id=<user_id>&key=<api_key>

You will get a list of stations that includes a streaming url with the user ID and listen_key already appended. Start streaming audio from one of those streaming urls and the user will be tuned in.

[William]

If you prefer you can also POST:

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POST https://rainwave.cc/api4/stations
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

user_id=<user_id>&key=<api_key>

[droobah]

Wow. I can't believe I was forgetting to send the api key and user ID to my /stations request.

So simple. Thanks!

[MrEmperor]

Let me know if you decide to publish your iOS app. I'm definitely interested.