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FeedOtter can automatically import new videos from your YouTube channels or playlists using YouTube’s built-in RSS feeds. This guide explains how to find the correct URLs and IDs to set up your feed.

Create a new YouTube Content Source

  • Go to Settings > Content Sources > select New Content Source.

  • Under Platform, select YouTube. Then give your content source a name.

  • Next we need to find the appropriate YouTube feed for our channel or playlist.

Finding URLs for YouTube Channels and Playlists

We need to locate the numeric id for your channel and/or playlists. Once you have identified the id you can append it to the following url samples and enter that into the Feed Url input in the Feedotter interface.

//Example channel video feed
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<yourchannelid>

//Example playlist video feed
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=<yourplaylistid>

Extracting the IDs You Need

FeedOtter uses the YouTube channel ID or playlist ID to build the correct RSS feed URL.

A. Channel IDs

  • If your URL includes /channel/ — The ID is everything after /channel/. Example:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1234567890ABCDEF
Channel ID: UC1234567890ABCDEF

  • If your URL uses a custom handle (@name) — You’ll need to look up the numeric channel ID:

    1. Go to the channel’s main page.

    2. Right-click and select View Page Source.

    3. Search for the text rss (Ctrl+F).

    4. Copy the long ID string after "channel_id="...

      e.g. channel_id=UCauucVdZyf_0oRLlIu9nfxP

B. Playlist IDs

  • Found after list= in the playlist URL. Example:

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6cg6pbzNzX-EIBhLbNwQt6r-uvGRJat1
Playlist ID: PL6cg6pbzNzX-EIBhLbNwQt6r-uvGRJat1

3. Building Your YouTube RSS Feed

Now that you have the numeric id plug it into one of these standard formats to get the Feed Url to use in Feedotter.

Source Type
Example Feed URL

Channel Feed

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=< YOUR NUMERIC CHANNEL ID >

Playlist Feed

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=< YOUR NUMERIC PLAYLIST ID >

Paste this RSS feed URL into FeedOtter → Content Sources → YouTube to automatically pull your latest videos into your newsletter.

FeedOtter will now check this feed for new videos and import them automatically.

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