URL/API Source: Live Data, Media and AI on OBS Made Simple v0.4.0

What's New in 0.4.0​

This release brings the obs-urlsource plugin up to date with the latest OBS Studio infrastructure and build tooling, ensuring compatibility with the newest versions of OBS Studio, macOS, and development tools.

️ Build System Modernization​

The entire build system has been synchronized with the latest OBS plugin template, bringing significant improvements to the development and release process.

Platform Updates:

• Ubuntu 22.04 → 24.04
• macOS 14 → 15 with Xcode 15.2 → 16.1
• Modernized GitHub Actions workflows with improved caching and permissions

Build Infrastructure:

• Replaced legacy symlink-based build scripts with platform-specific implementations
• New standalone build-ubuntu and package-ubuntu scripts
• Migrated from cmake-format to gersemi (OBS project standard)
• Enhanced build presets for better cross-platform consistency

Dependency Updates​

• OBS Studio: 30.1.2 → 31.1.1
• obs-deps: 2024-03-19 → 2025-07-11
• Qt6: 2024-03-19 → 2025-07-11
• jsoncons: Updated to latest (CMake 3.15+ compatible)
• inja: Updated to v3.5.0
• Lexbor: v2.3.0 → v2.6.0
• PugiXML: Updated to v1.15

Code Improvements​

• Replaced deprecated obs_scene_sceneitem_from_source() with obs_scene_find_source()
• Updated Qt signal usage to QCheckBox::toggled for better Qt6 compatibility across all platforms
• Improved CMake configuration with modern syntax and conventions

️ Cleanup​

Removed obsolete files and legacy tooling:

• .Wingetfile
• Legacy Linux symlink scripts
• run-cmake-format action
• Deprecated build utilities

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed macOS build compatibility with macOS 15 and Xcode 16.1
• Resolved CMake preset discovery issues on Ubuntu
• Fixed Windows build warnings related to deprecated APIs
• Improved cross-platform Qt6 signal compatibility

Full Changelog​

Merged Pull Requests:

• #137 Sync build system with latest OBS plugin template

Fix major memory leak in HTML parser, and improve XML, JSON, regex parsers a bit.

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.7-macos-universal.pkg
• obs-urlsource-0.3.7-windows-x64-Installer.exe
  
  
• obs-urlsource-0.3.7-windows-x64.zip
  
  
• obs-urlsource-0.3.7-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb
  

In this release

• Initial support for Websockets!
• XML parsing exception handling
• Some UI improvements
• OpenAI presets updates

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.6-macos-universal.pkg
  obs-urlsource-0.3.6-source.tar.xz
• obs-urlsource-0.3.6-windows-x64-Installer.exe
• obs-urlsource-0.3.6-windows-x64.zip
• obs-urlsource-0.3.6-x86_64-linux-gnu-dbgsym.ddeb
• obs-urlsource-0.3.6-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb

Fixing the critical input bug with OBS v30.2+
Fix small UI bug

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.5-macos-universal.pkg
• obs-urlsource-0.3.5-windows-x64-Installer.exe
• obs-urlsource-0.3.5-windows-x64.zip
• obs-urlsource-0.3.5-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb

In this release:

• Bump to OBS 30.1 deps
• Fix problem with 30.2 text sources not showing up
• Fix crash on missing / changed external source

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.4-macos-universal.pkg
• obs-urlsource-0.3.4-windows-x64-Installer.exe
• obs-urlsource-0.3.4-windows-x64.zip
• obs-urlsource-0.3.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb

In this release:

• handling memory leaks and other bug causing issues
• refactoring and clean up
• bump to OBS v30.1+ and new CI scripts

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.3-macos-universal.pkg 12.4 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.3-windows-x64-Installer.exe 4.77 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.3-windows-x64.zip 5.1 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.3-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb 1.16 MB

This release introduces the ability to add multiple inputs to a request, instead of just one possible input so far.

Download:

• obs-urlsource-0.3.2-macos-universal.pkg 12.4 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.2-windows-x64-Installer.exe 2.13 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.2-windows-x64.zip 798 KB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.2-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb 1.16 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.2-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz 970 KB

In this release:

• Showing images in HTML templates (via <img src="{{..}}"/>)
• Key-Value parsing
• in-URL templating fix

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.1-macos-universal.pkg 11.9 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.1-windows-x64-Installer.exe 2.17 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.1-windows-x64.zip 793 KB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb 1.15 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz 962 KB

This release introduces the Output Mapping feature allowing to control which part of the output (for example, a json document) should go to which OBS source. You can now build complex queries and route different parts of the response to multiple sources instead of running multiple queries.

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.3.0-macos-universal.pkg 11.6 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.0-windows-x64-Installer.exe 2.16 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.0-windows-x64.zip 783 KB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb 1.14 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.3.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz 953 KB

Don't puzzle with settings - use a preset! It will automatically set all the request fields for you. Common use cases like OpenAI and translation. If you're missing your use case - let me know and I'll add it!
Enjoy!

What's Changed​

• Robustness fixes. Adding polyglot assist button by @royshil in #85
• Presets for common use cases by @royshil in #86

Download

• obs-urlsource-0.2.7-macos-universal.pkg 10.8 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.2.7-windows-x64-Installer.exe 2.15 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.2.7-windows-x64.zip 766 KB
• obs-urlsource-0.2.7-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb 1.1 MB
• obs-urlsource-0.2.7-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz 927 KB