[stoolie]

I am currently using the requests and re modules to scrape podcasts from http://podbay.fm/show/1089022756. The source website links to pages that include a source mp3 for each podcast, therefore I would need an individual request for each podcast in the list. It takes about 45 seconds to fetch only the 6 most recent podcasts. Can I add directory items that executes a python function when the user selects the item? I have found xbmc.executebuiltin('XBMC.RunScript(...)') but no way to link it to a directory item inplace of a URL. Thank you.

[spiff]

yes, look into any plugin being implemented correctly for examples - cluestick: setResolvedUrl.
basics:

you return a plugin:// url pointing to your plugin, make it a *file* and set the 'isPlayable' property. in the url you encode the info to know which podcast to resolve
when users click the item in the list, a callback to your plugin is performed. you then return the actual playback url using setResolvedUrl.

[stoolie]

yes, look into any plugin being implemented correctly for examples - cluestick: setResolvedUrl.
basics:

you return a plugin:// url pointing to your plugin, make it a *file* and set the 'isPlayable' property. in the url you encode the info to know which podcast to resolve
when users click the item in the list, a callback to your plugin is performed. you then return the actual playback url using setResolvedUrl.

This works, you need to set the url = 'plugin://plugin.audio.example/?dosomething=foobar'. In the beginning of the main you can check for to see if a query is being passed into the plugin with 

if str(sys.argv[2]):
#Request and Scrape for link
xbmc.Player().play( link)  

[spiff]

Don't use player, you return the url using setResolvedUrl or stuff like resume and settings won't work properly.