├── .gitignore
├── renovate.json
├── README.md
└── download-podcast.ps1


/.gitignore:
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1 | 


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/renovate.json:
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1 | {
2 |   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
3 |   "extends": [
4 |     "config:recommended"
5 |   ]
6 | }
7 | 


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/README.md:
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 1 | # Download Podcast
 2 | 
 3 | This is a silly script I wrote to download podcasts from an RSS feed.
 4 | 
 5 | ## PowerShell
 6 | 
 7 | ```powershell
 8 | .\download-podcast.ps1 -rssFeedUrl "https://example.com/rss" -maxRetries 3
 9 | ```
10 | 


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/download-podcast.ps1:
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 1 | param (
 2 |     [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
 3 |     [string]$rssFeedUrl,
 4 |     [int]$maxRetries = 3
 5 | )
 6 | 
 7 | function Test-Url {
 8 |     param (
 9 |         [string]$url
10 |     )
11 |     return $url -match '^https?://'
12 | }
13 | 
14 | function Get-PodcastEpisodes {
15 |     param (
16 |         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
17 |         [string]$rssFeedUrl,
18 |         [int]$maxRetries
19 |     )
20 | 
21 |     if (-not (Test-Url -url $rssFeedUrl)) {
22 |         Write-Host "Invalid URL: $rssFeedUrl"
23 |         return
24 |     }
25 | 
26 |     Write-Host "Loading RSS feed from $rssFeedUrl"
27 |     # Load RSS feed
28 |     [xml]$rssFeed = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $rssFeedUrl).Content
29 | 
30 |     # Get podcast title and remove invalid characters for Windows
31 |     $podcastTitle = $rssFeed.rss.channel.title -replace '[\\/:*?"<>|]', ''
32 |     Write-Host "Podcast title: $podcastTitle"
33 | 
34 |     # Create directory for podcast
35 |     if (-not (Test-Path -Path $podcastTitle)) {
36 |         Write-Host "Creating directory for podcast: $podcastTitle"
37 |         New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $podcastTitle | Out-Null
38 |     }
39 |     else {
40 |         Write-Host "Directory already exists: $podcastTitle"
41 |     }
42 | 
43 |     # Download episodes
44 |     $rssFeed.rss.channel.item | ForEach-Object {
45 |         # Remove invalid characters from episode title
46 |         $episodeTitle = $_.title -replace '[\\/:*?"<>|]', ''
47 |         $episodeUrl = $_.enclosure.url
48 |         $outputFile = Join-Path -Path $podcastTitle -ChildPath "$episodeTitle.mp3"
49 | 
50 |         if (-not (Test-Path -Path $outputFile)) {
51 |             Write-Host "Downloading episode: $episodeTitle"
52 |             $retryCount = 0
53 |             $success = $false
54 | 
55 |             while (-not $success -and $retryCount -lt $maxRetries) {
56 |                 try {
57 |                     Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $episodeUrl -OutFile $outputFile
58 |                     Write-Host "Downloaded: $outputFile"
59 |                     $success = $true
60 |                 }
61 |                 catch {
62 |                     $retryCount++
63 |                     Write-Host "Failed to download $episodeTitle. Attempt $retryCount of $maxRetries."
64 |                     if ($retryCount -eq $maxRetries) {
65 |                         Write-Host "Failed to download $episodeTitle after $maxRetries attempts."
66 |                     }
67 |                 }
68 |             }
69 |         }
70 |         else {
71 |             Write-Host "Episode already downloaded: $outputFile"
72 |         }
73 |     }
74 | }
75 | 
76 | Write-Host "Starting podcast download process..."
77 | Get-PodcastEpisodes -rssFeedUrl $rssFeedUrl -maxRetries $maxRetries
78 | Write-Host "Podcast download process completed."
79 | 


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