Podcast Downloader

Note:

Error handling and this readme.md was provided by chatgpt. and hardcoded modifications aswell many other common features were worked and modified by me non ai.

Description

A Python script to download media from a podcast XML feed.

Usage

Execute the script and provide the RSS feed URL when prompted.

python podcast_downloader.py

Feed Requirements

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
  	<channel>
  		...nodes...
		<item>
			...nodes...
			<enclosure url="http://theFileToDownload.extension"/>
		</item>
		<item>
			...nodes...
			<enclosure url="http://theFileToDownload.extension"/>
		</item>
	</channel>
	</rss>

Features

Downloads podcast episodes based on the provided RSS feed.
Renames files to the title of the item + original file extension.
Allows setting start and end parameters to limit the range of downloaded podcasts.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the required Python libraries installed:

pip install requests

How to Use

Run the script: python podcast_downloader.py.
Input the RSS feed URL when prompted. Optionally, set start and end episode parameters.
The script will download podcast episodes, displaying a progress bar for each download.

License

This script is licensed under the GNU v3.0 License.

Credits

Original Bash script by Andrew Morton (GitHub Repository).
Wowfunhappy's Modified Bash script (Gist).
Modified to Python by GhostyTongue, adapting Wowfunhappy's changes.

Changelog

vForked (12/13/2024):
- ~~TODO: Create option to rename files to the title of the item + original file extension.~~ Completed.
  - Files are now renamed to the title of the podcast episode along with the original file extension.
- ~~TODO: Create start and end parameters to limit the range of downloaded podcasts.~~ Completed.
  - Users can set start and end parameters to download a specific range of episodes.

Ghosty-Tongue / python-podcast-download