netflix-dvd-feed is a script that scans email from NetFlix and creates an RSS feed for DVDs. It should be run as a cronjob. It's a replacement for their AtHomeRSS feed, which was discontinued in September 2012.
There's a description of the reasons for the framework at my blog.
- Forward all your email from Netflix (or DVD.com) to a new mailbox, say, netflix@yourdomain.com
- Rename netflix-dvd-feed.cfg.sample to netflix-dvd-feed.cfg
- Customize the variables in netflix-dvd-feed.cfg (More on this below.)
- Set up a cronjob that runs netflix-dvd-feed every day.
- Bob's your uncle.
In addition to scanning and parsing email from NetFlix and making a feed out of it, it logs its progress to a logfile, and if it runs into trouble (say, because NetFlix changes the format of their email), it'll email you.
The logfile it writes looks something like this:
2012-10-11, 11:14 0s OK
2012-10-10, 11:14 1s OK (Wrote 1 new item.)
2012-10-09, 11:14 0s OK
2012-10-08, 11:14 1s OK (Wrote 1 new item.)
The RSS feed it writes validates at the feed validation service.
netflix-dvd-feed.cfg looks like this:
[main]
domain = yourdomain.com
name = John Doe
url_base = netflixdvds.%(domain)s
logfile = logfile.txt
rss_base = AtHomeRSS
[smtp]
from_addr = dvds_at_home_script@yourdomain.com
to = johnd@yourdomain.com
user = smtp_username
password = mooltipass
[imap]
mailbox = mail.yourdomain.com
user = netflix@yourdomain.com
password = mooltipass
This section refers to stuff like the name and location of the new RSS file.
domain: This is the domain that the script resides at and will write the RSS feed to.
name: The name of the person to whom the NetFlix feed belongs.
url_base: The base of the URL that the RSS feed is at.
logfile: The name of the logfile.
rss_base: The base filename of the RSS file. '.xml' will be appended to the end.
Given the example above, the complete URL for the feed would be http://netflixdvds.yourdomain.com/AtHomeRSS.xml.
This section is for when the script needs to email you that it ran into a problem
from_addr: The address from which email will be sent.
to: The address to which email should be sent if there's a problem.
user: The SMTP username used to access email.
password: The SMTP password needed to send email.
This section refers to the mailbox to which you're forwarding your email from NetFlix.
mailbox: The internet address of the email mailbox.
user: The user for the email address to which you've forwarded the NetFlix email.
password: The IMAP password.
Run the command with the --debug flag for it to print output directly to stdout.
This software uses the MIT License.