RSS Liberator (from iTunes Feed)

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import subprocess
import re
import sys
import json

re_iTunes = re.compile('http.*id([0-9]+)')

url_iTunes = sys.argv[1]

print("Converting iTunes URL (%s) to JSON retrieval link for podcast" % (url_iTunes))

podcast_id = 0

match_result = re_iTunes.match(url_iTunes)

if match_result != None:
    podcast_id = match_result.group(1)
    pass

if podcast_id == 0:
    sys.exit()
    pass

url_json = 'https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=%d&entity=podcast' % (int(podcast_id))
print("JSON URL: %s" % url_json)

# Retrieve the JSON file

subprocess.check_output('curl -s -o podcast.json %s' % (url_json), shell=True)

try:
    podcast_file = open('podcast.json','r')
    podcast_data = json.loads(podcast_file.read())
    print("================= Actual RSS Feed URL =================")
    print(podcast_data['results'][0]['feedUrl'])
    print("=======================================================")
except:
    print("Unable to open the JSON file")
    sys.exit()