XSPF

A simple xspf generator for python.

To install, either run python setup.py install or copy xspf.py into your project.

Use

import xspf
x = xspf.Xspf()

x.title = "my playlist"
x.info = "http://example.org"
# You can set these attributes:
# title, creator, annotation, info, location, identifier, image, date, license

# add a link or meta tag
x.add_meta("http://example.org/key", "value")
x.add_link("http://foaf.example.org/namespace/version1",
           "http://socialnetwork.example.org/foaf/mary.rdfs")
# and delete them again if you want
x.del_meta("http://example.org/key")

# Add attributes at creation:
y = xspf.Xspf(title="playlist", creator="alastair")
# Or, with a dictionary
z = xspf.Xspf({"title": "playlist", "creator": "alastair"})

# Add tracks by creating a Track object
tr1 = xspf.Track()
tr1.title = ""
tr1.creator = ""
tr2 = xspf.Track(title="", creator="")
tr3 = xspf.Track({"title": "", "creator": ""})
# Tracks can have meta and link tags too
tr1.add_meta("duration", 1000)
x.add_track(tr1)
x.add_tracks([tr2, tr3])

# Or by passing the track information directly into add_track:
x.add_track(title="", creator="")
x.add_track({"title": "", "creator": ""})

# Finally, get the XML contents
print x.toXml()

If you don't like typing Xspf, we've helpfully aliased 'Spiff' to the same thing:

from xspf import Spiff
x = Spiff()
... etc

Reading xspf?

You might want to use xspfparser

You can load a playlist parsed with xspfparser, modify it, then write it out again.

result = xspfparser.parse(url)
x = Xspf(result['playlist'])
# we also support if you forget to deference playlist:
y = Xspf(result)
x.title = "New title"

print x.toXml()

Compatibility

xspf.py is targeted to python 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4. Other versions may work but their output is not guaranteed. For example, python 2.6 works but all tags are output with a fixed namespace prefix, ns0:. This is valid XSPF, but some applications don't like it (e.g. VLC).

License

Copyright 2011 Alastair Porter. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

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