Generate podcasting RSS file from mp3 files

podcast_rss_gen.py

import os
import datetime 

from rfeed import *

# -----

base_url = "https://somewhere/podcast/showname"
show_title = "show name"
author = "someone"

# -----

def generatePodcastRss( base_url, show_title, author ):

    cover_filename = "cover.jpg"
    cover_url = "%s/%s" % ( base_url, "cover.jpg" )

    items = []

    filenames = os.listdir()
    filenames.sort()

    for filename in filenames:

        if filename.endswith(".mp3"):

            name, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
        
            link = link = "%s/%s" % (base_url, name)
            mp3_url = "%s/%s" % ( base_url, filename )

            itunes_item_extension = iTunesItem(
                author = author,
                image = cover_url,
                #duration = "01:11:02",
                explicit = "clean",
                subtitle = "",
                summary = ""
                )

            items.append( 
                Item( title = name,
                    #link = link,
                    #description = "",
                    author = author,
                    #guid = Guid(link),
                    #pubDate = datetime.datetime(2010, 11, 20, 0, 0),
                    enclosure = Enclosure( url = mp3_url, length=0, type='audio/mpeg'),
                    extensions = [itunes_item_extension]
                )
            )

    itunes_feed_extension = iTunes(
        author = author,
        subtitle = "",
        summary = "",
        image = cover_url,
        explicit = "clean",
        #categories = iTunesCategory(name = 'Technology', subcategory = 'Software How-To'),
        #owner = iTunesOwner(name = 'me', email = 'me@gmail.com')
        )

    feed = Feed(
        title = show_title,
        link = base_url,
        description = "",
        language = "ja-JP",
        lastBuildDate = datetime.datetime.now(),
        items = items,
        extensions = [itunes_feed_extension]
        )

    with open( "rss.xml", "w", encoding="utf-8" ) as fd:
        fd.write(feed.rss())


generatePodcastRss( base_url, show_title, author )