Go-OPML

OPML to JSON Converter with RSS Feed Fetching

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Features

Getting Started

  1. Download the latest release for your platform from the GitHub releases page
  2. Extract the downloaded file
  3. Open a terminal and navigate to the extracted directory
  4. Run the following command to convert an OPML file to JSON: 
    ./Go-OPML -input your_file.opml -output result.json
  5. To also fetch RSS feeds, add the -fetch-rss flag: 
    ./Go-OPML -input your_file.opml -output result.json -fetch-rss

Usage

./Go-OPML -input <input_opml_file> -output <output_json_file> [options]

Options


-concurrency int
      Number of concurrent RSS feed fetches (default 5)
-fetch-rss
      Fetch RSS feeds and include episode information
-input string
      Path to the input OPML file
-max-episodes int
      Maximum number of episodes to fetch per podcast (default 10)
-output string
      Path to the output JSON file (default "output.json")
-timeout duration
      Timeout for fetching RSS feeds (default 30s)

Examples

Sample OPML


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<opml>
    <head/>
    <body version="1.0">
        <outline xmlUrl="https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thediaryofaceo" title="The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett"/>
        <outline xmlUrl="https://feeds.simplecast.com/e_GRxR9a" title="Azeem Azhar's Exponential View"/>
        <outline xmlUrl="http://feeds.harvardbusiness.org/harvardbusiness/ideacast" title="HBR IdeaCast"/>
    </body>
</opml>

Resulting JSON


[
  {
    "title": "The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett",
    "url": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thediaryofaceo",
    "episodes": [
      {
        "title": "The Investing Expert: We're Raising The Most Unhappy Generation In History!",
        "link": "",
        "publishDate": "2024-07-11T05:00:00Z",
        "description": "The millionaire entrepreneur revealing Wall Street's secrets and simplifying finance for the masses..."
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Azeem Azhar's Exponential View",
    "url": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/e_GRxR9a",
    "episodes": [
      {
        "title": "The Science of Making Truthful AI",
        "link": "https://hbr.org/podcasts/exponential-view",
        "publishDate": "2024-02-07T13:17:29Z",
        "description": "Artificial Intelligence is on every business leader's agenda..."
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "HBR IdeaCast",
    "url": "http://feeds.harvardbusiness.org/harvardbusiness/ideacast",
    "episodes": [
      {
        "title": "Why We Should Pay More Attention to Departing CEOs",
        "link": "https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/07/why-we-should-pay-more-attention-to-departing-ceos",
        "publishDate": "2024-07-09T13:00:32Z",
        "description": "When news breaks of a CEO succession, much of the attention is given to the new leader..."
      }
    ]
  }
]

Performance Showcase

Test Results


$ time ./Go-OPML -input jad.opml -output output.json -fetch-rss
Successfully processed OPML and generated JSON. Output written to output.json

real    0m3.813s
user    0m1.662s
sys     0m0.238s

Total execution time: 3.813 seconds

Number of feeds processed: 19

Average time per feed: Approximately 0.2 seconds