OPML import for Rhythmbox, kind of

Update : it seems that Rhythmbox now has support for OPML import, you may type the path to the OPML import in the new feed dialog box. I didn't try it, though

I've just installed the brand new Ubuntu 9.04 to replace my good old 6.06, and now I must find a way to import all my podcast feeds exported in opml format from Juice, to Rhythmbox, the official Ubuntu music manager.

However, it seems that Rhythmbox does not manage opml imports. I don't feel like copying manually 70 rss feeds...

An opportunity to learn the XML library of Groovy !

Save this groovy script as opml2rhythmbox.groovy
<br />#!/usr/bin/groovy<br /><br />if(args.size() != 1){<br /> println("Usage : opml2rhythmbox.groovy myfile.opml")<br /> System.exit 1<br />}<br /><br />File opmlFile = new File(args[0])<br />def opml = new XmlSlurper().parse(opmlFile)<br /><br />def builder = new groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder()<br />opml.body.depthFirst().findAll { it.@type == "rss"}.each { rss -><br /> builder.entry(type:'podcast-feed') {<br /> title rss.@title.text()<br /> location rss.@xmlUrl.text()<br /> status '1'<br /> } <br />}<br />
Then if it is not already done, install Groovy
<br />sudo apt-get install groovy<br />
Execute the script on your exported opml file
chmod +x opml2rhythmbox.groovy<br />./opml2rhythmbox.groovy exported.opml > generated.xml<br />
Now, you must manually copy the content of the generated generated.xml file, into the ~/local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml db file of Rhythmbox (make a backup of the rhythmdb.xml file before !)

The generated file content must be inserted after the rhythmdb opening tag at the begining of the rhythmdb.xml file
<br /><?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><br /><rhythmdb version="1.6"><br /><!-- Insert here --><br />
Then start Rhythmbox and run "Update all Feeds"

You're done !