Download this american life

this_american_life.py

import requests
import os

DEST_PATH = os.path.join(
    os.path.expanduser('~'), 'TAM')
os.makedirs(DEST_PATH, exist_ok=True)

print("enter episode number:")
episode = int(input())

def url(episode_number, ix):
    params = { 'ep': episode_number, 'ix': ix }
    return "http://stream.thisamericanlife.org/{ep}/stream/{ep}_64k_{ix:03d}.ts".format(
        **params
    )

chunk = 0
sink_path = os.path.join(DEST_PATH, "{0}.mpeg".format(str(episode)))
if os.path.exists(sink_path):
    print("looks like you already have that file at", sink_path)
    exit(1)

with open(sink_path, 'wb') as f:
    while True:
        chunk_url = url(episode, chunk)
        res = requests.get(chunk_url)
        if res.status_code != 200:
            print("got response code", res.status_code, chunk_url)
            if res.status_code == 404:
                print("   ... so probably done")
            break
        print("got chunk", int(chunk))
        f.write(res.content)
        chunk += 1