Creating XML for Brightcove Once

gistfile1.py

from lxml import etree
import brightcove

'''
This script extracts data from a given brightcove account and formats a request suitable for ingest into Brightcove ONCE

Sample format:
<items>
<!--
fetched from https://api.brightcove.com/services/library?command=search_videos&all=the%20battles&none=blind&all=series:the%20voice&video_fields=lastModifiedDate,name,referenceid,renditions,id,cuepoints&media_delivery=http&sort_by=MODIFIED_DATE:DSC&token=&
-->
<item>
<name>Ep 12: The Battles</name>
<videoId>3588568300001</videoId>
<referenceId>BpanUxbjofkMEroeNfkKZv0KSf09hoPU</referenceId>
<lastModified>1401779132729</lastModified>
<url>
http://progressive.download.com.au/hds/1622448031001/201405/758/1622448031001_3588752319001_329b1114-18de-97cf-51af-b4332cf83fec.mp4
</url>
<cuepoints>
<cuepoint>0</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>805</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>1299</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>1787</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>2530</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>3026</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>3512</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>3875</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>4187</cuepoint>
</cuepoints>
</item>
</items>
'''

BC_API_KEY = ""

#Setup XML document
def create_once_xml():
    root = etree.Element("items")
    
    assets = brightcove.get_latest(BC_API_KEY, count=10)
    for item in assets["items"]:
        if not item["sharedByExternalAcct"]:
            this_item = etree.SubElement(root, "item")
            url = etree.SubElement(this_item, "url")
            url.text = item["videoFullLength"]["url"]
            name = etree.SubElement(this_item, "name")
            name.text = item["name"]
            referenceId = etree.SubElement(this_item, "referenceId")
            referenceId.text = item["referenceId"]
            lastModifiedDate = etree.SubElement(this_item, "lastModifiedDate")
            lastModifiedDate.text = item["lastModifiedDate"]
            #print item["renditions"]
            cuepoints = []
            
            for cuepoint in item["cuePoints"]:
                cuepoints.append(int(cuepoint["time"]))
                
            cuepoints = sorted(cuepoints)
            cuepoints_xml = etree.SubElement(this_item, "cuepoints")
            for cuepoint in cuepoints:
                cuepoint_xml = etree.SubElement(cuepoints_xml, "cuepoint")
                cuepoint_xml.text = str(cuepoint)
    return etree.tostring(root)

def write_once_xml():
    f = open("once.xml","w")
    f.write()
    f.close()
    
xml = create_once_xml()
write_once_xml(xml)