Podcast Downloader

The Python module for downloading missing mp3 from given RSS feeds (mostly podcasts). It do not using database of any sort, but it require configuration file.

Setup

Installation from PyPI

pip install podcast_downloader

Configuration

Provide a configuration file. Place the .podcast_downloader_config.json it your home directory (JSON format). It should contain an array of settings. Each setting per RSS channel.

Usage

python -m podcast_downloader

In action

Using the example above, the result will be:

[2020-06-16 19:54:35] Loading configuration (from file: "~/.podcast_downloader_config.json")
[2020-06-16 19:54:35] Checking "The Skeptic Guide"
[2020-06-16 19:54:35] Last downloaded file "skepticast2020-06-13.mp3"
[2020-06-16 19:54:39] The Skeptic Guide: Nothing new
[2020-06-16 19:54:39] ------------------------------
[2020-06-16 19:54:39] Finished

Script arguments

The script accept following command line arguments:

Short version	Long name	Parameter	Default	Note
	`--downloads_limit`	number	inifinity	The maximum number of downloaded mp3 files
	`--if_directory_empty`	string	`download_last`	The general approach on empty directory'

Configuration hierarchy

The script will replace default values by read from configuration file. Those will be cover by all values given by command line.

Podcasts

Podcasts is the part of configuration file where you provide the array of objects with fallowing content:

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

An example:

{
    "if_directory_empty": "download_from_4_days",
    "podcasts": [
        {
            "name": "The Skeptic Guide",
            "rss_link": "http://www.theskepticsguide.org/feed/rss.aspx",
            "path": "~/podcasts/SGTTU"
        }
    ]
}

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.

In case of empty directory

If a directory for podcast is empty, the script needs to recognize what to do. Due to lack of database, you can:

download only the last episode
download all new episode from last n days

Only last

The script will download only the last episode from the feed. It is a good approach when you wish to start listening the podcast. It is also default approach of the script.

Set by download_last.

Download all from n days

The script will download all episodes which appear in last n days. I can be use when you are downloading on regular schedule. The n number is given within the setup value: download_from_n_days. For example: download_from_3_days means download all episodes from last 3 days.

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