nextcloud-gpodder

Nextcloud app that replicates basic gpodder.net api to sync podcast consumer apps (podcatchers) like AntennaPod.

Clients supporting sync

client	support status
AntennaPod	Initial purpose for this project, as a synchronization endpoint for this client. Support is available as of version 2.5.1.
KDE Kasts	Supported since version 21.12
Podcast Merlin	Full sync support podcast client for Windows
RePod	Nextcloud app for playing and managing podcasts with sync support
Cardo	Podcast client with sync support, for Windows, Mac and Linux
Garmin Podcasts	Repository archived, app is no longer available

Installation

Either from the official Nextcloud app store (link to app page) or by downloading the latest release and extracting it into your Nextcloud apps/ directory.

API

subscription

• get subscription changes: GET /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/subscriptions
  • (optional) GET parameter since (UNIX time)
• upload subscription changes : POST /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/subscription_change/create
  • returns JSON with current timestamp

The API replicates this: https://gpoddernet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/reference/subscriptions.html

Example requests:

GET /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/subscriptions?since=1633240761

{
  "add": [
    "https://example.com/feed.xml",
    "https://example.org/feed/"
  ],
  "remove": [
    "https://example.net/feed.rss"
  ],
  "timestamp": 1663540502
}

POST /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/subscription_change/create

{
  "add": [
    "https://example.com/feed.xml",
    "https://example.org/feed/"
  ],
  "remove": [
    "https://example.net/feed.rss"
  ]
}

episode action

• get episode actions: GET /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/episode_action
  • (optional) GET parameter since (UNIX time)
  • fields: podcast, episode, guid, action, timestamp, position, started, total
• create episode actions: POST /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/episode_action/create
  • fields: podcast, episode, guid, action, timestamp, position, started, total
  • position, started and total are optional, default value is -1
  • guid is also optional, but should be sent if available
  • identification is done by guid, or episode if guid is missing
  • returns JSON with current timestamp

The API replicates this: https://gpoddernet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/reference/events.html

Example requests:

GET /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/episode_action?since=1633240761

{
    "actions": [
      {
       "podcast": "http://example.com/feed.rss",
       "episode": "http://example.com/files/s01e20.mp3",
       "guid": "s01e20-example-org",
       "action": "PLAY",
       "timestamp": "2009-12-12T09:00:00",
       "started": 15,
       "position": 120,
       "total":  500
      },
      {
       "podcast": "http://example.com/feed.rss",
       "episode": "http://example.com/files/s01e20.mp3",
       "guid": "s01e20-example-org",
       "action": "DOWNLOAD",
       "timestamp": "2009-12-12T09:00:00",
       "started": -1,
       "position": -1,
       "total":  -1
      },
    ],
    "timestamp": 12345
}

POST /index.php/apps/gpoddersync/episode_action/create

[
  {
   "podcast": "http://example.com/feed.rss",
   "episode": "http://example.com/files/s01e20.mp3",
   "guid": "s01e20-example-org",
   "action": "play",
   "timestamp": "2009-12-12T09:00:00",
   "started": 15,
   "position": 120,
   "total":  500
  },
  {
   "podcast": "http://example.org/podcast.php",
   "episode": "http://ftp.example.org/foo.ogg",
   "guid": "foo-bar-123",
   "action": "DOWNLOAD",
   "timestamp": "2009-12-12T09:05:21",
  }
]

Development

Testing

• mount project into apps-extra of nextcloud environment (https://github.com/juliushaertl/nextcloud-docker-dev)
• docker-compose exec nextcloud occ app:enable gpoddersync enable app so we have database tables
• docker-compose exec nextcloud phpunit9 -c apps-extra/nextcloud-gpodder/tests/phpunit.xml