gopkg.in/eduncan911/podcast.v1
Package podcast generates a fully compliant iTunes and RSS 2.0 podcast feed for GoLang using a simple API.
Full documentation with detailed examples located at https://godoc.org/github.com/eduncan911/podcast
To use, go get and import the package like your typical GoLang library.
$ go get -u github.com/eduncan911/podcast
import "github.com/eduncan911/podcast"
The API exposes a number of method receivers on structs that implements the logic required to comply with the specifications and ensure a compliant feed. A number of overrides occur to help with iTunes visibility of your episodes.
Notably, the Podcast.AddItem function performs most
of the heavy lifting by taking the Item input and performing
validation, overrides and duplicate setters through the feed.
Full detailed Examples of the API are at https://godoc.org/github.com/eduncan911/podcast.
In no way are you restricted in having full control over your feeds. You may choose to skip the API methods and instead use the structs directly. The fields have been grouped by RSS 2.0 and iTunes fields.
iTunes specific fields are all prefixed with the letter I.
RSS 2.0: https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html
Podcasts: https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itca5b22233
The 1.x branch is now mostly in maintenance mode, open to PRs. This means no more planned features on the 1.x feature branch is expected. With the success of 6 iTunes-accepted podcasts I have published with this library, and with the feedback from the community, the 1.x releases are now considered stable.
The 2.x branch's primary focus is to allow for bi-direction marshalling both ways. Currently, the 1.x branch only allows unmarshalling to a serial feed. An attempt to marshall a serialized feed back into a Podcast form will error or not work correctly. Note that while the 2.x branch is targeted to remain backwards compatible, it is true if using the public API funcs to set parameters only. Several of the underlying public fields are being removed in order to accommodate the marshalling of serialized data. Therefore, a version 2.x is denoted for this release.
We use SemVer versioning schema. You can rest assured that pulling 1.x branches will remain backwards compatible now and into the future.
However, the new 2.x branch, while keeping the same API, is expected break those that bypass the API methods and use the underlying public properties instead.
1.3.2
* Correct count len of UTF8 strings (#9)
* Implement duration parser (#8)
* Fix Github and GoDocs Markdown (#14)
* Move podcast.go Private Methods to Respected Files (#12)
* Allow providing GUID on Podcast (#15)
1.3.1
* increased itunes compliance after feedback from Apple:
- specified what categories should be set with AddCategory().
- enforced title and link as part of Image.
* added Podcast.AddAtomLink() for more broad compliance to readers.
1.3.0
* fixes Item.Duration being set incorrectly.
* changed Item.AddEnclosure() parameter definition (Bytes not Seconds!).
* added Item.AddDuration formatting and override.
* added more documentation surrounding Item.Enclosure{}
1.2.1
* added Podcast.AddSubTitle() and truncating to 64 chars.
* added a number of Guards to protect against empty fields.
1.2.0
* added Podcast.AddPubDate() and Podcast.AddLastBuildDate() overrides.
* added Item.AddImage() to mask some cumbersome addition of IImage.
* added Item.AddPubDate to simply datetime setters.
* added more examples (mostly around Item struct).
* tweaked some documentation.
1.1.0
* Enabling CDATA in ISummary fields for Podcast and Channel.
1.0.0
* Initial release.
* Full documentation, full examples and complete code coverage.
atomlink.go author.go doc.go enclosure.go image.go item.go itunes.go podcast.go textinput.go
type AtomLink struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"atom:link"`
HREF string `xml:"href,attr"`
Rel string `xml:"rel,attr"`
Type string `xml:"type,attr"`
}
AtomLink represents the Atom reference link.
type Author struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"itunes:owner"`
Name string `xml:"itunes:name"`
Email string `xml:"itunes:email"`
}
Author represents a named author and email.
For iTunes compliance, both Name and Email are required.
type Enclosure struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"enclosure"`
// URL is the downloadable url for the content. (Required)
URL string `xml:"url,attr"`
// Length is the size in Bytes of the download. (Required)
Length int64 `xml:"-"`
// LengthFormatted is the size in Bytes of the download. (Required)
//
// This field gets overwritten with the API when setting Length.
LengthFormatted string `xml:"length,attr"`
// Type is MIME type encoding of the download. (Required)
Type EnclosureType `xml:"-"`
// TypeFormatted is MIME type encoding of the download. (Required)
//
// This field gets overwritten with the API when setting Type.
TypeFormatted string `xml:"type,attr"`
}
Enclosure represents a download enclosure.
type EnclosureType int
EnclosureType specifies the type of the enclosure.
const (
M4A EnclosureType = iota
M4V
MP4
MP3
MOV
PDF
EPUB
)
EnclosureType specifies the type of the enclosure.
func (et EnclosureType) String() string
String returns the MIME type encoding of the specified EnclosureType.
type ICategory struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"itunes:category"`
Text string `xml:"text,attr"`
ICategories []*ICategory
}
ICategory is a 2-tier classification system for iTunes.
type IImage struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"itunes:image"`
HREF string `xml:"href,attr"`
}
IImage represents an iTunes image.
Podcast feeds contain artwork that is a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels, 72 dpi, in JPEG or PNG format with appropriate file extensions (.jpg, .png), and in the RGB colorspace. To optimize images for mobile devices, Apple recommends compressing your image files.
type ISummary struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"itunes:summary"`
Text string `xml:",cdata"`
}
ISummary is a 4000 character rich-text field for the itunes:summary tag.
This is rendered as CDATA which allows for HTML tags such as <a href="">.
type Image struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"image"`
URL string `xml:"url"`
Title string `xml:"title"`
Link string `xml:"link"`
Description string `xml:"description,omitempty"`
Width int `xml:"width,omitempty"`
Height int `xml:"height,omitempty"`
}
Image represents an image.
Podcast feeds contain artwork that is a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels, 72 dpi, in JPEG or PNG format with appropriate file extensions (.jpg, .png), and in the RGB colorspace. To optimize images for mobile devices, Apple recommends compressing your image files.
type Item struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"item"`
GUID string `xml:"guid"`
Title string `xml:"title"`
Link string `xml:"link"`
Description string `xml:"description"`
Author *Author `xml:"-"`
AuthorFormatted string `xml:"author,omitempty"`
Category string `xml:"category,omitempty"`
Comments string `xml:"comments,omitempty"`
Source string `xml:"source,omitempty"`
PubDate *time.Time `xml:"-"`
PubDateFormatted string `xml:"pubDate,omitempty"`
Enclosure *Enclosure
// https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390
IAuthor string `xml:"itunes:author,omitempty"`
ISubtitle string `xml:"itunes:subtitle,omitempty"`
ISummary *ISummary
IImage *IImage
IDuration string `xml:"itunes:duration,omitempty"`
IExplicit string `xml:"itunes:explicit,omitempty"`
IIsClosedCaptioned string `xml:"itunes:isClosedCaptioned,omitempty"`
IOrder string `xml:"itunes:order,omitempty"`
}
Item represents a single entry in a podcast.
Article minimal requirements are:
Audio minimal requirements are:
Recommendations:
func (i *Item) AddDuration(durationInSeconds int64)
AddDuration adds the duration to the iTunes duration field.
func (i *Item) AddEnclosure(
url string, enclosureType EnclosureType, lengthInBytes int64)
AddEnclosure adds the downloadable asset to the podcast Item.
func (i *Item) AddImage(url string)
AddImage adds the image as an iTunes-only IImage. RSS 2.0 does not have the specification of Images at the Item level.
Podcast feeds contain artwork that is a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels, 72 dpi, in JPEG or PNG format with appropriate file extensions (.jpg, .png), and in the RGB colorspace. To optimize images for mobile devices, Apple recommends compressing your image files.
func (i *Item) AddPubDate(datetime *time.Time)
AddPubDate adds the datetime as a parsed PubDate.
UTC time is used by default.
func (i *Item) AddSummary(summary string)
AddSummary adds the iTunes summary.
Limit: 4000 characters
Note that this field is a CDATA encoded field which allows for rich text
such as html links: <a href="<a href="http://www.apple.com">http://www.apple.com</a>">Apple</a>.
type Podcast struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"channel"`
Title string `xml:"title"`
Link string `xml:"link"`
Description string `xml:"description"`
Category string `xml:"category,omitempty"`
Cloud string `xml:"cloud,omitempty"`
Copyright string `xml:"copyright,omitempty"`
Docs string `xml:"docs,omitempty"`
Generator string `xml:"generator,omitempty"`
Language string `xml:"language,omitempty"`
LastBuildDate string `xml:"lastBuildDate,omitempty"`
ManagingEditor string `xml:"managingEditor,omitempty"`
PubDate string `xml:"pubDate,omitempty"`
Rating string `xml:"rating,omitempty"`
SkipHours string `xml:"skipHours,omitempty"`
SkipDays string `xml:"skipDays,omitempty"`
TTL int `xml:"ttl,omitempty"`
WebMaster string `xml:"webMaster,omitempty"`
Image *Image
TextInput *TextInput
AtomLink *AtomLink
// https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390
IAuthor string `xml:"itunes:author,omitempty"`
ISubtitle string `xml:"itunes:subtitle,omitempty"`
ISummary *ISummary
IBlock string `xml:"itunes:block,omitempty"`
IImage *IImage
IDuration string `xml:"itunes:duration,omitempty"`
IExplicit string `xml:"itunes:explicit,omitempty"`
IComplete string `xml:"itunes:complete,omitempty"`
INewFeedURL string `xml:"itunes:new-feed-url,omitempty"`
IOwner *Author // Author is formatted for itunes as-is
ICategories []*ICategory
Items []*Item
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
Podcast represents a podcast.
func New(title, link, description string,
pubDate, lastBuildDate *time.Time) Podcast
New instantiates a Podcast with required parameters.
Nil-able fields are optional but recommended as they are formatted to the expected proper formats.
func (p *Podcast) AddAtomLink(href string)
AddAtomLink adds a FQDN reference to an atom feed.
func (p *Podcast) AddAuthor(name, email string)
AddAuthor adds the specified Author to the podcast.
func (p *Podcast) AddCategory(category string, subCategories []string)
AddCategory adds the category to the Podcast.
ICategory can be listed multiple times.
Calling this method multiple times will APPEND the category to the existing list, if any, including ICategory.
Note that Apple iTunes has a specific list of categories that only can be used and will invalidate the feed if deviated from the list. That list is as follows.
* Arts
* Design
* Fashion & Beauty
* Food
* Literature
* Performing Arts
* Visual Arts
* Business
* Business News
* Careers
* Investing
* Management & Marketing
* Shopping
* Comedy
* Education
* Education Technology
* Higher Education
* K-12
* Language Courses
* Training
* Games & Hobbies
* Automotive
* Aviation
* Hobbies
* Other Games
* Video Games
* Government & Organizations
* Local
* National
* Non-Profit
* Regional
* Health
* Alternative Health
* Fitness & Nutrition
* Self-Help
* Sexuality
* Kids & Family
* Music
* News & Politics
* Religion & Spirituality
* Buddhism
* Christianity
* Hinduism
* Islam
* Judaism
* Other
* Spirituality
* Science & Medicine
* Medicine
* Natural Sciences
* Social Sciences
* Society & Culture
* History
* Personal Journals
* Philosophy
* Places & Travel
* Sports & Recreation
* Amateur
* College & High School
* Outdoor
* Professional
* Technology
* Gadgets
* Podcasting
* Software How-To
* Tech News
* TV & Film
func (p *Podcast) AddImage(url string)
AddImage adds the specified Image to the Podcast.
Podcast feeds contain artwork that is a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels, 72 dpi, in JPEG or PNG format with appropriate file extensions (.jpg, .png), and in the RGB colorspace. To optimize images for mobile devices, Apple recommends compressing your image files.
func (p *Podcast) AddItem(i Item) (int, error)
AddItem adds the podcast episode. It returns a count of Items added or any errors in validation that may have occurred.
This method takes the "itunes overrides" approach to populating itunes tags according to the overrides rules in the specification. This not only complies completely with iTunes parsing rules; but, it also displays what is possible to be set on an individual episode level – if you wish to have more fine grain control over your content.
This method imposes strict validation of the Item being added to confirm to Podcast and iTunes specifications.
Article minimal requirements are:
* Title
* Description
* Link
Audio, Video and Downloads minimal requirements are:
* Title
* Description
* Enclosure (HREF, Type and Length all required)
The following fields are always overwritten (don't set them):
* GUID
* PubDateFormatted
* AuthorFormatted
* Enclosure.TypeFormatted
* Enclosure.LengthFormatted
Recommendations:
* Just set the minimal fields: the rest get set for you.
* Always set an Enclosure.Length, to be nice to your downloaders.
* Follow Apple's best practices to enrich your podcasts:
<a href="https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itc2b3780e76">https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itc2b3780e76</a>
* For specifications of itunes tags, see:
<a href="https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390">https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390</a>
func (p *Podcast) AddLastBuildDate(datetime *time.Time)
AddLastBuildDate adds the datetime as a parsed PubDate.
UTC time is used by default.
func (p *Podcast) AddPubDate(datetime *time.Time)
AddPubDate adds the datetime as a parsed PubDate.
UTC time is used by default.
func (p *Podcast) AddSubTitle(subTitle string)
AddSubTitle adds the iTunes subtitle that is displayed with the title in iTunes.
Note that this field should be just a few words long according to Apple. This method will truncate the string to 64 chars if too long with "..."
func (p *Podcast) AddSummary(summary string)
AddSummary adds the iTunes summary.
Limit: 4000 characters
Note that this field is a CDATA encoded field which allows for rich text
such as html links: <a href="<a href="http://www.apple.com">http://www.apple.com</a>">Apple</a>.
func (p *Podcast) Bytes() []byte
Bytes returns an encoded []byte slice.
func (p *Podcast) Encode(w io.Writer) error
Encode writes the bytes to the io.Writer stream in RSS 2.0 specification.
func (p *Podcast) String() string
String encodes the Podcast state to a string.
type TextInput struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"textInput"`
Title string `xml:"title"`
Description string `xml:"description"`
Name string `xml:"name"`
Link string `xml:"link"`
}
TextInput represents text inputs.
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