Download videos from Panopto based on RSS feed file

download.py

#!/bin/env python3
import argparse, sys
import os, subprocess
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--rssfile", help="Location of RSS feed file downloaded from Panopto",
                    required=True, type=argparse.FileType('r'))

args = parser.parse_args()

with args.rssfile as rss:
    et = ET.parse(rss)
    root = et.getroot()
    for name, url in zip((e.text for e in root.findall('./channel/item/title')),
                         (e.attrib['url'] for e in root.findall('./channel/item/enclosure'))):
        download_name = f"{name.replace(' ', '-')}.mp4"
        if os.path.isfile(download_name):
            print(f'Skipping {download_name} because it already exists')
        else:
            subprocess.run(['wget', f"-O{download_name}", url])