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iTunes Podcast RSS Feed

Author:
Kyle_Dickerson
Posted:
July 16, 2010
Language:
Python
Version:
1.2
Score:
2 (after 2 ratings)

The syndication documentation gives a very basic beginning to creating an iTunes Podcast Feed, but leaves a lot of work left to be figured out. This is a completed example. Because I needed to obtain the duration of the podcast file programmatically (not part of this code) I limit the podcast to mp3 files. If you want to obtain durations some other way you can set the mime_type in the same manner as the other properties.

This is what I'm using and should be plenty for you to customize from.

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from django.utils.feedgenerator import Rss201rev2Feed
from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
import datetime

class iTunesPodcastsFeedGenerator(Rss201rev2Feed):

  def rss_attributes(self):
    return {u"version": self._version, u"xmlns:atom": u"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom", u'xmlns:itunes': u'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'}

  def add_root_elements(self, handler):
    super(iTunesPodcastsFeedGenerator, self).add_root_elements(handler)
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:subtitle', self.feed['subtitle'])
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:author', self.feed['author_name'])
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:summary', self.feed['description'])
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:explicit', self.feed['iTunes_explicit'])
    handler.startElement(u"itunes:owner", {})
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:name', self.feed['iTunes_name'])
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:email', self.feed['iTunes_email'])
    handler.endElement(u"itunes:owner")
    handler.addQuickElement(u'itunes:image', self.feed['iTunes_image_url'])

  def add_item_elements(self,  handler, item):
    super(iTunesPodcastsFeedGenerator, self).add_item_elements(handler, item)
    handler.addQuickElement(u'iTunes:summary',item['summary'])
    handler.addQuickElement(u'iTunes:duration',item['duration'])
    handler.addQuickElement(u'iTunes:explicit',item['explicit'])

class iTunesPodcastPost():
  def __init__(self, podcast):
    self.id = podcast.id
    self.approval_date_time = podcast.approval_date_time
    self.title = podcast.title
    self.summary = podcast.description
    self.enclosure_url = insecure_url(podcast.podcast_file.url)
    self.enclosure_length = podcast.podcast_file.size
    self.enclosure_mime_type = u'audio/mpeg'
    self.duration = podcast.duration
    self.explicit = u'no'
  
  def __unicode__(self):
    return "Podcast: %s" % self.title
  
  @permalink
  def get_absolute_url(self):
    return ('podcast_view', [str(self.id)])

class iTunesPodcastsFeed(Feed):
  """
  A feed of podcasts for iTunes and other compatible podcatchers.
  """
  title = "iTunes Podcast"
  link = "/podcasts/iTunes/"
  author_name = 'The Great Author'
  description = "A Podcast of great things."
  subtitle = "From now until forever"
  summary = "People get around and chat about stuff.  You listen."
  iTunes_name = u'author Name'
  iTunes_email = u'[email protected]'
  iTunes_image_url = u'http://example.com/url/of/image'
  iTunes_explicit = u'no'
  feed_type = iTunesPodcastsFeedGenerator
  feed_copyright = "Copyright %s by the The Author." % datetime.date.today().year
  
  def items(self):
    """
    Returns a list of items to publish in this feed.
    """
    stop = datetime.datetime.now()
    start = stop - datetime.timedelta(hours=72)
    posts = Podcast.objects.filter(approval_date_time__range=(start,stop)).order_by('-approval_date_time','id')
    posts = [iTunesPodcastPost(item) for item in posts]
    return posts

  def feed_extra_kwargs(self, obj):
    extra = {}
    extra['iTunes_name'] = self.iTunes_name
    extra['iTunes_email'] = self.iTunes_email
    extra['iTunes_image_url'] = self.iTunes_image_url
    extra['iTunes_explicit'] = self.iTunes_explicit
    return extra

  def item_extra_kwargs(self, item):
    return {'summary':item.summary, 'duration':item.duration, 'explicit':item.explicit}

  def item_pubdate(self, item):
    return item.approval_date_time

  def item_enclosure_url(self, item):
    return item.enclosure_url
    
  def item_enclosure_length(self, item):
    return item.enclosure_length
    
  def item_enclosure_mime_type(self, item):
    return item.enclosure_mime_type

  def item_description(self, item):
    return item.summary

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Comments

gregb (on September 14, 2010):

You need a from django.db.models import permalink at the top there. Otherwise, very handy - cheers.

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sojimmyso (on September 28, 2010):

You have one bug in add_item_elements method - name space iTunes with capital "T" - it doesn't work in iTunes app. Need to use 'itunes'.

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mlissner (on September 17, 2014):

Super useful snippet, thank you very much.

If others are interested in an example of this that'll soon be deployed, you can see our code at:

https://github.com/freelawproject/courtlistener/blob/multi-doc/alert/audio/feeds.py

You may notice that we didn't end up using iTunesPodcastPost from above. Seemed unnecessary and added unneeded complexity. I also ran into the issue with the capital iTunes breaking things.

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