Zattoo PVR Simple "Generator"

import urllib2
import json
import zlib
import xbmcplugin
import xbmcgui
import sys


#dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
HEADERS = {'User-Agent' : 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0'}


def list_epg(epg_name='ZINFO', date='2016-01-01'):
    try:
        req = urllib2.Request('https://live.tvspielfilm.de/tvs3.cellular.de/broadcast/list/%s/%s' % (epg_name, date), None, HEADERS)
        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        if response.getcode() != 200: return
        json_data = zlib.decompressobj(16 + zlib.MAX_WBITS).decompress(response.read())
        tv_programs = json.loads(json_data)
    except: return
    for program in tv_programs:
        try:
            title = program['title']
            if program.has_key('originalTitle'):
                original_title = program['originalTitle']
            else:
                original_title = ''
            if program.has_key('preview'):
                short_desc = program['preview']
            elif program.has_key('conclusion'):
                short_desc = program['conclusion']
            else:
                short_desc = ''
            start_time = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(program['timestart']).strftime("%H:%M")
            duration_in_seconds = program['timeend'] - program['timestart']
            if program.has_key('fsk'):
                rating = program['fsk']
            else:
                rating = -1 # wenn fehler -> 0
            if program.has_key('videos'):
                try: # if program has key 'videos' we assume atleast one video...
                    for video in program['videos'][0]['video']:
                        if video['type'] == 'high':
                            trailer = video['url']
                            break
                except: trailer = ''
            else: trailer = ''
            cast_and_role = []
            if program.has_key('actors'):
                # we want 'cast and role' instead of 'role and cast'
                for role_and_cast in program['actors']:
                    for role in role_and_cast:
                        cast_and_role.append((role_and_cast[role], role))
            elif program.has_key('anchorman'):
                cast_and_role.append((program['anchorman'], ''))
            try:
                desc = program['text']
            except:
                if program.has_key('currentTopics'):
                    if not short_desc:
                        short_desc = program['currentTopics']
                    else:
                        short_desc = '%s\n%s' % (program['currentTopics'], short_desc)
                desc = short_desc
            try:
                genre = program['genre']
            except:
                genre = ''
            try:
                year = program['year']
            except:
                year = -1 # sonst 0
            try:
                country = program['country']
            except:
                country = ''
            try:
                director = program['director']
            except:
                director = ''
            print(trailer)
            print('#######')
            link = sys.argv[0] + '?mode=play-video'
            item = xbmcgui.ListItem('[B][COLOR fffa481c]%s[/COLOR] %s[/B]' % (start_time, title), iconImage='', thumbnailImage='')
            item.setInfo(type='Video', infoLabels={
                'Title': title,
                'OriginalTitle': original_title,
                'Plot': desc,
                'PlotOutline': short_desc,
                'Mpaa': rating,
                'Genre': genre,
                'Year': year,
                'Director': director,
                'CastAndRole': cast_and_role,
                'Country': country,
                'Trailer': trailer,
            }
            )
            item.addStreamInfo('video', {'duration': duration_in_seconds})
            item.setProperty('IsPlayable', 'true')
            # item.setProperty('fanart_image', fanart)
            xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle=int(sys.argv[1]), url=link, listitem=item)
        except: continue
    # add folder 'date of tomorrow' if 'date of tomorrow' - today <= 14
    # add folder 'date of yesterday'


def list_live_channels():
    try:
        req = urllib2.Request('https://live.tvspielfilm.de/tvs3.cellular.de/content/channel-list/4.0.3/livetv-streaming', None, HEADERS)
        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        if response.getcode() != 200: return
        json_data = zlib.decompressobj(16 + zlib.MAX_WBITS).decompress(response.read())
        tv_channels = json.loads(json_data)
    except: return
    for channel in tv_channels:
        try:
            epg_name = tv_channels[channel]['epgId']
            channel_name = tv_channels[channel]['name']
            print(epg_name, channel_name)
        except: continue
        
#list_live_channels()
list_epg('ARTE', '2015-12-28')