Scour music subreddits for Creative Commons-licensed music on Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and Vimeo

findccalbums.py

"""Print CC-licensed music from the last month"""
import json

import requests


banned_strings = [
    "blemmed.com",
    "cuterthanpie.com",
    "youtu",
    "www.reddit.com",
    "npr.org",
    "imgur.com",
    "datapiff",
    "grooveshark.com",
    "noisetrade.com",
    "lowerfrequencies.com",
    "pinballsessions.com",
    "reverbnation.com",
    "pitchfork.com",
    "spotify.com",
    "codehookup",
]


def print_cc_url(url):
    print "CC music at %s" % url


def check_bandcamp_url(url):
    """Print URL if CC music was found"""
    response = requests.get(url)
    if "some rights reserved" in response.content:
        print_cc_url(url)


def check_soundcloud_url(url):
    """Print URL if CC music was found"""
    response = requests.get(url)
    if "License: cc-" in response.content:
        print_cc_url(url)


def check_vimeo_url(url):
    """Print URL if CC video was found"""
    response = requests.get(url)
    if 'rel="license"' in response.content:
        print_cc_url(url)


def check_freealbums_top(subreddit, after=None):
    top_url = 'http://www.reddit.com/r/{}/top.json?limit=100&t=month'.format(
        subreddit)
    if after:
        top_url += '&after=' + after
    response = requests.get(top_url,
                            headers={'User-Agent': "treyhunner"})
    response.raise_for_status()
    data = json.loads(response.content)
    print "%s URLs found" % len(data['data']['children'])
    for link in data['data']['children']:
        url = link['data']['url']
        if 'bandcamp' in url:
            check_bandcamp_url(url)
        elif 'soundcloud.com' in url:
            check_soundcloud_url(url)
        elif 'vimeo.com' in url:
            check_vimeo_url(url)
        elif 'jamendo' in url or 'freemusicarchive' in url:
            print_cc_url(url)
        elif not any(s in url for s in banned_strings):
            print "Non-bandcamp URL: %s" % url
    after = data['data']['after']
    if after:
        check_freealbums_top(subreddit, after=after)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    subreddit = "+".join([
        "RepublicOfMusic",
        "listentous",
        "unheardof",
        "FreeAlbums",
        "MusicAlbums",
        "freemusic",
        "altrap",
        "indiewok",
    ])
    check_freealbums_top(subreddit)