Link | podcast |
Author | Jason Huck |
Category | XML |
Version | 8.x |
License | http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php |
Posted | 18 Nov 2006 |
Updated | 18 Nov 2006 |
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Three tags to make generating podcast feeds in Lasso easier:
[podcast_categories] - A constant which is a map of all allowed top-level categories. The value of each item in the map is an array of allowed subcategories.
[podcast_item] - A custom type for creating item nodes for the feeds -- the block of xml that describes an individual episode in your podcast.
[podcast] - A custom type for assembling and serving the complete feed.
All of the parameters specified in the Apple spec are supported. See the official documentation and the sample code below. Requires [xml_tree].
var('myitem') = podcast_item( -title='test title', -author='me', -enclosure=map( 'href' = 'http://www.somewhere.com/', 'length' = 123456, 'type' = 'audio/mpeg' ), -summary='Much ado about nothing.', -guid='90210', -pubDate=date, -duration=duration('00:03:35') ); var('items') = array($myitem); var('myfeed') = podcast( -title='mypodcast', -link='http://somewhere.com/', -language='en-us', -copyright='©2006 Somebody.', -description='The podcast about nothing. Just like all the rest.', -summary='Really, it is just a bunch of talking.', -ownername='me', -image='blah.gif', -category='Arts', -subcats=(: 'Design', 'Visual Arts'), -items=$items ); content_type('text/xml;charset=utf-8'); $myfeed;
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!lasso_tagexists('podcast_categories') ? define_constant( 'categories', -namespace='podcast_', map( 'Arts' = (: 'Design', 'Fashion & Beauty', 'Food', 'Literature', 'Performing Arts', 'Visual Arts'), 'Business' = (: 'Business News', 'Careers', 'Investing', 'Management & Marketing', 'Shopping'), 'Comedy' = array, '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' = array, 'Music' = array, 'News & Politics' = array, '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', 'Tech News', 'Podcasting', 'Software How-To'), 'TV & Film' = array ) ); define_type( 'podcast', -description='Extends [xml_tree] specifically for the podcast RSS format.' ); local('data' = xml_tree); define_tag( 'onCreate', -opt='title', -opt='link', -opt='language', -opt='copyright', -opt='description', -opt='subtitle', -opt='author', -opt='summary', -opt='block', -opt='explicit', -opt='keywords', -opt='image', -opt='ownername', -opt='owneremail', -opt='new-feed-url', -opt='items', -opt='category', -opt='subcats', -type='array' ); self->'data'->setname('rss'); self->'data'->addattribute('version'='2.0'); self->'data'->addnamespace('itunes'='http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'); self->'data'->newchild('channel'); iterate((:'title', 'link', 'language', 'copyright', 'description'), local('i')); if(local_defined(#i)); self->'data'->channel->newchild(#i); self->'data'->channel->getnode(#i)->addcontent(local(#i)); /if; /iterate; iterate((:'subtitle', 'author', 'summary', 'block', 'explicit', 'keywords', 'new-feed-url'), local('i')); if(local_defined(#i)); local('nodename' = 'itunes:' + #i); self->'data'->channel->newchild(#nodename); self->'data'->channel->getnode(#nodename)->addcontent(local(#i)); /if; /iterate; if(local_defined('image')); self->'data'->channel->newchild('itunes:image'); self->'data'->channel->getnode('itunes:image')->addattribute('href'=#image); /if; // workaround iterate((:'ownername', 'owneremail'), local('i')); if(local_defined(#i)); self->'data'->channel->newchild('itunes:owner'); loop_abort; /if; /iterate; iterate((:'ownername', 'owneremail'), local('i')); if(local_defined(#i)); local('nodename' = 'itunes:' + string_removeleading(#i, -pattern='owner')); self->'data'->channel->getnode('itunes:owner')->newchild(#nodename); self->'data'->channel->getnode('itunes:owner')->getnode(#nodename)->addcontent(local(#i)); /if; /iterate; if(local_defined('category') && podcast_categories->find(#category) != ''); self->'data'->channel->newchild('itunes:category'); self->'data'->channel->getnode('itunes:category')->addattribute('text'=#category); if(local_defined('subcats')); iterate(#subcats, local('i')); if(podcast_categories->find(#category)->size && podcast_categories->find(#category) >> #i); self->'data'->channel->getnode('itunes:category')->newchild('itunes:category'); self->'data'->channel->getnode('itunes:category')->lastchild->addattribute('text'=#i); /if; /iterate; /if; /if; if(local_defined('items')); iterate(#items, local('i')); // may have problems getting this to work with xml_tree... self->'data'->channel->addchild(xml(#i)); /iterate; /if; /define_tag; define_tag('_unknownTag'); return(self->'data'->tag_name); /define_tag; define_tag('onConvert'); return(string(self->'data')); /define_tag; /define_type; define_type( 'item', -namespace='podcast_', -description='Generates XML for a podcast item RSS node.' ); local('data' = xml_tree); define_tag( 'onCreate', -opt='title', -opt='author', -opt='subtitle', -opt='summary', -opt='enclosure', -type='map', -opt='guid', -opt='pubDate', -type='date', -opt='duration', -type='duration', -opt='keywords', -opt='block', -opt='explicit' ); self->'data'->setname('item'); self->'data'->addnamespace('itunes'='http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'); iterate((:'title', 'guid'), local('i')); if(local_defined(#i)); self->'data'->newchild(#i); self->'data'->getnode(#i)->addcontent(local(#i)); /if; /iterate; iterate((:'subtitle', 'author', 'summary', 'block', 'explicit', 'keywords', 'duration'), local('i')); if(local_defined(#i)); local('nodename' = 'itunes:' + #i); self->'data'->newchild(#nodename); self->'data'->getnode(#nodename)->addcontent(local(#i)); /if; /iterate; if(local_defined('pubDate')); self->'data'->newchild('pubDate'); // Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:00:00 GMT self->'data'->pubDate->addcontent(date_localtogmt(#pubDate)->format('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')); /if; if(local_defined('enclosure')); self->'data'->newchild('enclosure'); self->'data'->enclosure->addattribute('url'=#enclosure->find('url')); self->'data'->enclosure->addattribute('length'=#enclosure->find('length')); self->'data'->enclosure->addattribute('type'=#enclosure->find('type')); /if; // convert to xml type when finished to work around inheritance bugs self->'data' = xml(self->'data'); /define_tag; define_tag('_unknownTag'); return(self->'data'->tag_name); /define_tag; define_tag('onConvert'); return(string(self->'data')); /define_tag; /define_type;
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