VoiceForge download script, requires python 3 and requests

voiceforge_download

#! /usr/bin/env python3
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import argparse
import re
import requests
import sys
import time

BASE_URL = 'https://www.voiceforge.com'

def parse_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Download VoiceForge audio')
    parser.add_argument('-c', '--voice', required=True, default='Wiseguy', help='name of voice to use. (Garfield is Wiseguy, Jon is JerkFace)')
    parser.add_argument('-t', '--text', required=True, default='Time to kick Odie off the table', help='text to speak')
    parser.add_argument('-f', '--format', required=True, default='mp3', choices=('mp3', 'ogg'), help='audio format')
    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', required=True, help='path to output file to, - is stdout')
    return parser.parse_args()

def get_session_cookies():
    r = requests.get(BASE_URL + '/demo')
    return r.cookies

def get_audio_rl(voice, text, format, cookies):
    # voiceforge's js uses Date.getTime()
    p = {'voice': voice, 'voiceText': text, 'createTime': int(time.time() * 1000)}
    r = requests.get(BASE_URL + '/demos/createAudio.php', params=p, cookies=cookies)
    expr = r'"(?P<rl>[/\w\.]+\.{fmt})"'.format(fmt=format)
    match = re.search(expr, r.text)
    if not match:
        raise Exception("Couldn't find URL in {}".format(r.text))
    return match.group('rl')

def download_audio(output, rl, cookies):
    r = requests.get(BASE_URL + rl, cookies=cookies)
    if not r.content:
        raise Exception("Didn't get an audio download in {}".format(r))
    if output == '-':
        sys.stdout.write(r.content)
    else:
        with open(output, 'wb') as o:
            o.write(r.content)

def main():
    args = parse_args()
    cookies = get_session_cookies()
    rl = get_audio_rl(voice=args.voice, text=args.text, format=args.format, cookies=cookies)
    download_audio(output=args.output, rl=rl, cookies=cookies)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

how do i use it tho? and does it even work anymore?

@danielbup https://opensourceoptions.com/blog/how-to-run-python-scripts-from-the-command-line/

However it does not work anymore since they got rid of their web version, as far as I can tell. It's now a mobile app only. Maybe you can run it in an Android emulator if you want to try automating usage of it.