To ask for help with adding a channel simply fill out this [form](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/issues/new?assignees=&labels=channel+request&projects=&template=2_channel-request.yml).
If you want to add a channel to the list yourself, here are the instructions on how to do it.
First select the site from [SITES.md](SITES.md) that you know has a guide for the channel you need. Then go to the folder with its config and open the file `*.channels.xml`.
| LANGUAGE_CODE | Language of the guide ([ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) code). | `en` |
| CHANNEL_ID | ID of the channel. Full list of supported channels with corresponding ID could be found on [iptv-org.github.io](https://iptv-org.github.io/). | `HBO.us@East` |
| SITE_ID | Unique ID of the channel used in the source. | `hbo` |
| CHANNEL_NAME | Name of the channel used in the source. | `HBO East` |
After that just [commit](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/about-commits) all changes and send a [pull request](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-pull-requests).
If you start to get errors when downloading the guide or if nothing loads at all, please let us know via this [form](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/issues/new?assignees=&labels=broken+guide&projects=&template=3_broken-guide.yml).
If you are not familiar with javascript programming, you can ask for help from other community members through this [form](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/issues/new?assignees=&labels=source+request&projects=&template=1_source-request.yml). Otherwise, below are the instructions for you.
To start with, you need to create a new folder in the [/sites](/sites) folder and put at least 4 files in it:
After you finish working on the files you can make sure that everything works by running the config test:
```
npm test --- example.com
```
Then check that all channels have the correct `xmltv-id`:
```
npm run channels:validate sites/example.com/example.com.channels.xml
```
And then try downloading the guide itself:
```
npm run grab --- example.com
```
If everything goes well just [commit](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/about-commits) all changes and send us a [pull request](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-pull-requests).
### How to map the channels?
In order for the guides to be linked with playlists from [iptv-org/iptv](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv) and also with our other projects, each channel must have the same ID in the description as in our [iptv-org/database](https://github.com/iptv-org/database).
To check this, select one of the sites in the [SITES.md](SITES.md), open its `*.channels.xml` file and check that all channels have a valid `xmltv_id`. A list of all channels with corresponding IDs can be found at [iptv-org.github.io](https://iptv-org.github.io/).
If the channel is not in our database yet, you can add it to it through this [form](https://github.com/iptv-org/database/issues/new?assignees=&labels=channels%3Aadd&projects=&template=1_channels_add.yml&title=Add%3A+).
If the `*.channels.xml` file contains many channels without `xmltv_id`, you can speed up the process by running the command in the [Console](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Console) (or [Terminal](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_(macOS)>) if you have macOS):
```sh
npm run channels:edit path/to/channels.xml
```
This way, you can map channels by simply selecting the proper ID from the list:
Once complete, [commit](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/about-commits) all changes and send a [pull request](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-pull-requests).
-`act:check`: allows to test the [check](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/blob/master/.github/workflows/check.yml) workflow locally. Depends on [nektos/act](https://github.com/nektos/act).
-`act:update`: allows to test the [update](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/blob/master/.github/workflows/update.yml) workflow locally. Depends on [nektos/act](https://github.com/nektos/act).
