podcast-parser

Podcast Parser for NodeJS

Welcome to the Podcast Parser for NodeJS.

With this module, you can download a podcast feed to a object.

Install

$ npm install podcast-parser --save

How to use

var podcastParser = require('podcast-parser');

// podcastParser.execute(url, options, callback)

podcastParser.execute(
  'http://feeds.serialpodcast.org/serialpodcast',
  {},
  function (err, res) {
		if (err) {
			console.log(err);
			return;
		}

		console.log(res);
	});

// podcastParser.download(url, callback)
podcastParser.download(
  'http://feeds.serialpodcast.org/serialpodcast',
  function (err, res) {
		if (err) {
			console.log(err);
			return;
		}

		console.log(res);
	});

// podcastParser.download(url, options, callback)
podcastParser.download(
  'http://feeds.serialpodcast.org/serialpodcast',
  { timeout: 60 },
  function (err, res) {
		if (err) {
			console.log(err);
			return;
		}

		console.log(res);
	});

// podcastParser.parse(xml, options, callback)
podcastParser.parse(
  '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel>' +
  '<title>Nerdcast &#8211; Jovem Nerd</title><item><title>Nerdcast 514 ' +
  '&#8211; Turistas Babacas 2</title><enclosure' +
  ' url="https://jovemnerd.com.br/podpress_trac/feed/148003/0/nc514.mp3"' +
  ' length="73512785" type="audio/mpeg" /></item></rss>',
  {},
  function (err, res) {
		if (err) {
			console.log(err);
			return;
		}

		console.log(res);
	});

Documentation

podcastParser.execute(url, options, callback)

Given the feed url, returns the object representation of the feed

Params

• String 'url': The podcast's feed.
• Object 'options': The options passed to podcast parser method.
  • String 'dateAs': How will handle the dates (mainly the pubDate) (default: string)
    • string: return as string: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:27:42 +0000
    • array: return as array: [ 2016, 3, 29, 6, 27, 42 ]
    • number: return as number: 20160329062742
    • date: return as Date: new Date(2016, 3, 29, 6, 27, 42)
  • String 'timeAs': How will handle the times (mainly the duration) (default: string)
    • string: return as string: 1:41:56
    • array: return as array: [ 1, 41, 56 ]
    • number: return as number: 14156
  • number 'timeout': will give timeout on waiting for the download. (default: string)
• Function 'callback': The callback function.

podcastParser.download(url, [options], callback)

Download the feed from the URL

Params

• String 'url': The podcast's feed.
• Object 'options': The options passed to podcast parser method.
  • number 'timeout': will give timeout on waiting for the download. (default: string)
• Function 'callback': The callback function.

podcastParser.parse(xml, options, callback)

Parse to a object, the representation of the feed

Params

• String 'xml': The podcast's feed xml.
• Object 'options': The options passed to podcast parser method.
  • String 'dateAs': How will handle the dates (mainly the pubDate) (default: string)
    • string: return as string: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:27:42 +0000
    • array: return as array: [ 2016, 3, 29, 6, 27, 42 ]
    • number: return as number: 20160329062742
    • date: return as Date: new Date(2016, 3, 29, 6, 27, 42)
  • String 'timeAs': How will handle the times (mainly the duration) (default: string)
    • string: return as string: 1:41:56
    • array: return as array: [ 1, 41, 56 ]
    • number: return as number: 14156
• Function 'callback': The callback function.