fetch-bbc-sfx

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# frozen_string_literal: true

# fetch-bbc-sfx: Fetch the entire BBC Sound Effects Archive.
# Note: Sound effects are downloaded sequentially, to avoid hogging the service.
# All sound effects are copyrighted by the BBC and
# licensed under the terms of the RemArc license.

require "csv"
require "json"
require "net/http"

CSV_URL = "http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/assets/BBCSoundEffects.csv"
ASSET_BASE = "http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/assets/%<location>s"

def try_fetch(url)
  Net::HTTP.get(URI(url))
rescue Net::HTTPError => e
  abort "Fetch of #{url} failed: #{e}"
end

puts "[+] Fetching the SFX manifest..."
csv_data = try_fetch CSV_URL

CSV.parse(csv_data, headers: true) do |row|
  location = row["location"]
  asset_url = ASSET_BASE % { location: location }

  puts "[+] Saving #{location}..."
  wav = try_fetch asset_url
  File.write location, wav
end