podfox - podcatching for the terminal.

A program for managing & catching podcasts from the terminal.

Work in Progress and unfinished. Use at your own risk.

Requirements

requires feedparser, pycurl and colorama
Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python3-colorama python3-feedparser python3-pycurl python3-docopt

Configuration

podfox main configuration file is called .podfox.json and should be located in your home directory. Here is mine:

{
    "podcast-directory" : "/home/basti/podcasts",
    "maxnum"            : 5
}

podcast-directory is your main directory to store podcast data. This directory should be empty before you begin adding feeds. maxnum describes the maximum number of episodes you want to download with a single download-command.

Directory Structure

In podfox, every podcast is identified with its own shortname, which is restricted to lowercase-letters, numbers, and dashes. If the shortname is not specifically given during import, it will be derived from the title of the feed. The following shows a directory tree for such a setup, including two podcasts, each with its own feed.json file for bookkeeping.

+ podcast-directory
|              
+-----------+ python-for-rockstars
|           |
|           + feed.json
|           + episode1.ogg
|           + episode2.ogg
|
+-----------+ cobol-today
            |
            + feed.json
            + episode289.ogg
            + episode288.ogg

Usage:

    podfox.py import <feed-url> [<shortname>]
    podfox.py update [<shortname>]
    podfox.py feeds
    podfox.py episodes <shortname>
    podfox.py download [<shortname> --how-many=<n>]

Import

To import a new feed use: podfox.py import <feed-url> [<shortname>] For example, to import the haskell cast feed:

podfox import http://www.haskellcast.com/feed.xml To import the techsnap podcast, and to store the episodes to a specific folder ts, use

podfox import http://feeds.feedburner.com/techsnapmp3 ts

Update

podfox update will update all feeds (This does not include downloading any new episodes)

podfox update <shortname> will only update the feed associated with the given shortname

Feeds

podfox feeds will give an overview over the imported pocasts, and their shortnames. In the example:

$ podfox feeds
title                                     |  shortname           
================================================================
TechSNAP MP3                              |  ts                  
The Haskell Cast                          |  the-haskell-cast    

Episodes

podfox episodes <shortname> will produce a list of episodes available for this podcast, and wether they have been downloaded yet.

$ podfox episodes ts
A Rip in NTP | TechSNAP 237               |  Not Downloaded      
National Security Breaking Agency | Tech  |  Not Downloaded      
Catching the Angler | TechSNAP 235        |  Not Downloaded      
Key Flaw With GPL | TechSNAP 234          |  Not Downloaded      
Dukes of Cyber Hazard | TechSNAP 233      |  Not Downloaded      
Hardware Insecurity Module | TechSNAP 23  |  Not Downloaded      
Leaky RSA Keys | TechSNAP 231             |  Not Downloaded      
Trojan Family Ties | TechSNAP 230         |  Not Downloaded      
Extortion Startups | TechSNAP 229         |  Not Downloaded      
[...]

Downloading

podfox download will download maxnum not yet downloaded episodes for every feed (if possible.)

podfox download ts --how-many=3 will download the 3 newest techsnap podcasts that have not yet been downloaded. (Skipping newer, but already downloaded ones). If the --how-many parameter is omitted, the maxnum parameter from the configuration file is used instead.