Parse the library file

scraper.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# ex: set filetype=python
+
+import argparse
+import xml.etree.cElementTree as xml
+
+class Track():
+    """
+    Stores all the information of a track inside an object.
+    Can be used to easily access the tracks stored in the database.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, xml_doc):
+        it = iter(xml_doc)
+        for k, v in zip(it, it):
+            setattr(self, k.text.replace(' ', ''), v)
+
+def parseXml(xml_file):
+    """
+    Parses an xml file and returns the DOM tree.
+    """
+    tree = xml.parse(xml_file)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    tracks = []
+    for t in root.findall('.//dict/dict/dict'):
+        tracks.append(Track(t))
+    return tracks
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Setup our main program
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-t', '--target', type=str, help='The target path to store the scraped \
+                                                          files into', default='~/itunesscrape')
+    parser.add_argument('-l', '--logfile', type=str, help='The path to the logfile to use.',
+                        default='~/itunesscrape.log')
+    parser.add_argument('libraryFile', help='The iTunes library file in XML format.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    tracks = parseXml(args.libraryFile)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()