Add a config flag to disable/enable feeds to be publically indexed

Author: ThijsRay

.env.example

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ PODIMO_BIND_HOST="127.0.0.1:12104"
 #            need a reverse proxy like Caddy, Apache, or nginx
 #PODIMO_PROTOCOL="http"
 
+# PUBLIC_FEEDS defines whether the feeds generated by the tool
+# are indexed by public podcast catalogues. This allows users of
+# apps like Apple Podcasts or PocketCasts to find the podcasts.
+# The options are
+# - "false", the default. Podcasts will not be publically indexed.
+# - "true", podcasts will be indexed by podcast catalogues.
+#PUBLIC_FEEDS=false
+
 ###########
 # CREDENTIALS #
 ###########

main.py

@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ async def podcastsToRss(podcast_id, data, locale):
             artist = last_episode["artist"]
         fg.author({"name": artist})
 
+        if not PUBLIC_FEEDS:
+            fg.podcast.itunes_block(True)
+
     async with ClientSession() as session:
         for chunk in chunks(episodes, 5):
             await asyncio.gather(
@@ -372,6 +375,7 @@ async def main():
 - PODIMO_HOSTNAME: {PODIMO_HOSTNAME}
 - PODIMO_BIND_HOST: {PODIMO_BIND_HOST}
 - PODIMO_PROTOCOL: {PODIMO_PROTOCOL}
+- PUBLIC_FEEDS: {PUBLIC_FEEDS}
 - HTTP_PROXY: {HTTP_PROXY}
 - ZENROWS_API: {ZENROWS_API}
 - SCRAPER_API: {SCRAPER_API}

podimo/config.py

@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 # The time that the content information is cached
 HEAD_CACHE_TIME = int(config.get("HEAD_CACHE_TIME", 7 * 60 * 60 * 24))  # seconds = 7 days by default
 
+# Whether the feeds generated with this tool should show up in public podcast catalogues
+PUBLIC_FEEDS = bool(str(config.get("PUBLIC_FEEDS", None)).lower() in ['true', '1', 't', 'y', 'yes'])
+
 LOCALES = [
         'nl-NL',
         'de-DE',
@@ -112,4 +115,3 @@
             if line and not line.startswith('#'): 
                 line = line.split(' ', 1)[0]
                 BLOCKED.add(line)
-#logging.debug(f'{BLOCKED}')