searchpods 0.1.2

Let's find some podcasts!

Podcast searcher

Search any podcast in iTunes library

podsearch finds podcasts via iTunes Search API.

Search parameters:

• query - search string (name, author etc)
• country - ISO alpha-2 country code (us, de, fr etc), default: us
• limit - maximum number or search results, default: 5

Returned attributes for each podcast:

• id - iTunes ID (e.g., 979020229)
• name - podcast name (Talk Python To Me)
• author - author name (Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy))
• url - Apple Podcasts URL (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id979020229)
• feed - podcast RSS URL (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/rss)
• category - main category (Technology)
• image - 600x600px image URL (https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/.../600x600bb.jpg)
• country - ISO alpha-3 country code (USA)
• episode_count - episode count this year (26)

Installation

pip install podsearch

Usage

Search podcasts by query:

>>> import podsearch
>>> podcasts = podsearch.search("python", country="us", limit=10)
>>> podcasts[0].name
'Talk Python To Me'
>>> podcasts[0].author
'Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)'
>>> podcasts[0].url
'https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id979020229'

Retrieve podcast by iTunes ID:

>>> import podsearch
>>> podcast = podsearch.get(979020229)
>>> podcast.name
'Talk Python To Me'

Development setup

$ python3 -m venv env
$ . env/bin/activate
$ make deps
$ tox

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Make sure to add or update tests as appropriate.

Use Black for code formatting and Conventional Commits for commit messages.

Changelog

License

MIT