CHIRP Radio Developer Guide

CHIRP is a non-profit organization that runs a community radio station in Chicago focused on new music and the arts. This is the source code for some internal applications we are building.

• Listen to CHIRP Radio here
• Keep up with the CHIRP organization here

These are internal tools used in the daily operation of our station. In particular, this is not meant to be a turnkey system for running a radio station. Many things about this code are CHIRP-specific. However, all code is open source and we may be able to provide guidance to anyone wishing to generalize the apps and modules for other uses, just ask.

We use Google App Engine and Django as the platform for these applications.

Documentation

Here’s how to get started developing CHIRP Radio DJ applications.

• Installing
• Bootstrapping Your Dev Setup
• Users and Authentication
• Adding a New Application
• The CHIRP Radio Style Guide

The CHIRP API

There is a hosted API to get CHIRP data for mobile apps.

Community

Feel free to connect and ask questions on the CHIRP Dev mailing list.

Other code

Looking for something else by CHIRP?

• The CHIRP iPhone app
• The CHIRP Android app
• The CHIRP Radio Machine: music library / broadcast stream

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page