With the Visual Explorer now encompassing more than 100 channels from 50 countries and territories, sometimes you may wish to bookmark or share a link to just a subset of all available channels. You can do this via the "chans=" URL parameter, which allows you to specify a comma-delimited list of channels to filter the main display to. Using this parameter you can customize the Visual Explorer to only show the channels you are interested in. This filtering carries forward through both forward/backward and calendar date navigation and when you share the URL with others.
Here are a couple of examples to get you started:
- CSPAN/CSPAN2/CSPAN3 only: https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/tvv/tvv?chans=CSPAN,CSPAN2,CSPAN3
- Belarus/Russia/Ukraine only: https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/tvv/tvv?chans=BELARUSTV,1TV,NTV,RUSSIA1,RUSSIA24,ESPRESO
- Iran PRESSTV only: https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/tvv/tvv?chans=PRESSTV
- CNN/MSNBC/FOXNEWS only: https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/tvv/tvv?chans=CNN,MSNBC,FOXNEWS