podcast-downloader 0.1.1

The script for downloading the recent mp3 from given RSS channels

Podcast Downloader

The Python script for downloading new mp3 from RSS given channels. It do not using any database, but it require configuration file.

Script arguments

The script accept following command line arguments:

Short version	Long name	Parameter	Default	Note
	--downloads_limit	number	inifinity	The maksimum number of downloaded mp3 files

Configuration

Provide a configuraiton file with name config.json (JSON format). It should contain an array of settings. Each setting per RSS channel.

Property	Type	Required	Default	Note
name	string	yes	-	The name of channel (used in logger)
rss_link	string	yes	-	The URL of RSS channel
path	string	yes	-	The path to directory, for podcast files
require_date	boolean	no	false	Is date of podcast should be added into name of file
disable	boolean	no	false	This podcast will be ignored

Example

[
    {
        "name": "The Skeptic Guide",
        "rss_link": "http://www.theskepticsguide.org/feed/rss.aspx",
        "path": "~/podcasts/SGTTU"
    }
]

In action

Using the example above, the result will be:

[2020-03-29 11:24:30] Loading configuration (from file: "config.json")
[2020-03-29 11:24:30] Checking "The Skeptic Guide"
[2020-03-29 11:24:30] Last downloaded file "skepticast2020-03-21.mp3"
[2020-03-29 11:24:34] The Skeptic Guide: Downloading file: "https://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2020-03-28.mp3"
[2020-03-29 11:24:34] ------------------------------
[2020-03-29 11:24:34] Finished

Adding date to file name

If RSS channel doesn't have single and constant name convention, script is able to adding the date on beginning of downloaded file name. Just set the require_date option to true.