RSS Feed for YouTube channel

So I didn't know you can actually get an RSS feed for a given YouTube channel.

At the time of this writing if you open the source code of the channel you'll find:

"externalId":"UCoLrcjPV5PbUrUyXq5mjc_A"Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Feed url

Then use that ID with this URL.

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=XXXXXCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

Done!

Feed parser with PHP and WordPress

So I built this small PHP script to fetch the RSS feed. It is tailored for my needs:

  • Find the Boston Red Sox game recaps
  • Post it in my WordPress as a post
  • Send me an email if new videos are found

You can find the source code on Github https://github.com/quicoto/redsox-video-feed/

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