Create a (podcast) RSS feed from given audio files (using Python, feedgen)

create_feed.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
'''Create a simple RSS feed for a podcast

Usage:  python create_feed.py *.m4a
Assumes .m4a audio files. Edit MIME type if needed.
Depends on feedgen:  pip install feedgen
'''
import sys
from feedgen.feed import FeedGenerator

BASE='https://example.com'

fg = FeedGenerator()
fg.load_extension('podcast')
fg.podcast.itunes_category('Podcasting')
fg.id(BASE)
fg.link(href=f'{BASE}/podcast.xml', rel='self')
fg.language('en')
fg.title('asd')
fg.description('asd')


for f in sys.argv[1:]:
    url = f'{BASE}/{f}'
    fe = fg.add_entry()
    fe.id(url)
    fe.title(f)
    fe.link(href=f, rel='alternate')
    # NB: iOS Podcast app starts crashing if there are more than ~80k characters for the description.
    fe.description('')
    fe.enclosure(url, 0, 'audio/x-m4a')

fg.rss_str(pretty=True)
fg.rss_file('podcast.xml')