radiocut2podcast

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Generic syntax

rc2pc.py [--since][--quiet][--show]
    pc_dir history_file config_file base_public_url

where:

• --quiet (optional): only show anything if warning/error
• --since (optional): is a timestamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD for the program to get stuff from that when
• --show: is the show id as specified in the config (otherwise it will work on all the shows from the config)
• pc_dir: is the directory where the podcast stuff will be dump
• history_file: where the timestamp of last run is stored
• config_file: is a yaml with all the proper shows info (see below)
• base_public_url: is the base URL on which the podcast RSS is served

If --since is given, program will get shows from there and save the timestamp in the indicated history_file. The --since timestamp overrides what is indicated in the history file.

Config file

The config file should be a YAML file with the show(s) information, each show having an id and some info (and repeat everything for each show you want to podcast):

show_id:
      name: The Show Name
      description: A description for the show
      station: the station name as appears in radiocut
      cron: a string with crontab info in "m h dom mon dow" format,
            indicating when the show starts
      timezone: the timezone used when writing the cron hours
      duration: the show duration (in seconds)
      image_url: the URL of an image representing the show

Example for one show:

gentedeapie:
    name: La vida en particular
    description: Programa de los Sábados de Mario Wainfeld
    station: nacional870
    cron: "00   10    *     *     6"  # m h dom mon dow
    timezone: America/Buenos_Aires
    duration: 10800  # 3hs in seconds
    image_url: http://noserver.com/gentedeapie.jpeg

How to use

First / eventual manual call:

rc2pc.py --since=2017-05-23 ./podcast/ rc2pc.hist rc2pc.yaml

Something to put in the crontab:

rc2pc.py --quiet ./podcast/ rc2pc.hist rc2pc.yaml