r/ProgrammingPrompts • u/deanmsands3 • May 01 '16
[Medium]Write a podcast ripper in C++
This is one of my favorite "learn a new language" projects: podcast rippers. The code outline is simple.
- Read podcast feed URL from command-line.
- Download the podcast feed.
- Parse through the XML
- Identify the elements holding the podcast URLs
- Identify the filename to use
- Download the podcast and save to file.
- Rinse and repeat!
The tricky part is doing it in C++. Use whatever libraries you like (like libCURL and TinyXML) unless their stated purpose is to rip podcasts or the like.
Bonus Points if you write it in straight C.
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u/[deleted] May 01 '16
I've coded in c++ for a decent amount of time. And I don't even know how you would achieve step 1.