fileinput_example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# encoding: utf-8
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann.  All rights reserved.
#
"""Example for fileinput module.
"""

#end_pymotw_header
import fileinput
import sys
import time
from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, tostring
from xml.dom import minidom

# Establish the RSS and channel nodes
rss = Element('rss',
              {'xmlns:dc': "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/",
               'version': '2.0'})
channel = SubElement(rss, 'channel')
title = SubElement(channel, 'title')
title.text = 'Sample podcast feed'
desc = SubElement(channel, 'description')
desc.text = 'Generated for PyMOTW'
pubdate = SubElement(channel, 'pubDate')
pubdate.text = time.asctime()
gen = SubElement(channel, 'generator')
gen.text = 'https://pymotw.com/'

for line in fileinput.input(sys.argv[1:]):
    mp3filename = line.strip()
    if not mp3filename or mp3filename.startswith('#'):
        continue
    item = SubElement(rss, 'item')
    title = SubElement(item, 'title')
    title.text = mp3filename
    encl = SubElement(item, 'enclosure',
                      {'type': 'audio/mpeg',
                       'url': mp3filename})

rough_string = tostring(rss)
reparsed = minidom.parseString(rough_string)
print(reparsed.toprettyxml(indent="  "))