Feeds: YouTube Parser

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992258

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Feeds: YouTube Parser

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YouTube parser for the Feeds module.

This module adds a new parser for Feeds module that makes it possible to parse and import YouTube video feeds content using Programmatic API access: Use the YouTube API Tool to get the right URL!

Supported data from imported feeds:

Currently the module supports the following data from imported videos:

  • Feed title
  • Video ID
  • Video title
  • Author
  • Updated on (Datetime)
  • Published on (Datetime)
  • Description
  • Thumbnail
  • Category (Can be imported seamlessly with Taxonomy module)
  • Tags (Can be imported seamlessly with Taxonomy module)
  • Watch page URL (Can be imported seamlessly with Embedded Media Field module)
  • Duration (Formatted hh:mm:ss)
  • Favorite count
  • View count
  • Rating

Added since 6.x-1.0-beta2 and 7.x-2.0-beta1:

  • GUID
  • Updated on (Timestamp)
  • Published on (Timestamp)
  • Duration (Seconds)

Currently this module supports Programmatic access projection for YouTube feeds. See the YouTube API index. Supports both types of possible RSS feeds: Atom or RSS2.0.

This module uses SimpleXML to parse YouTube feeds and does not require additional libraries.

NOTE: version 7.x-3.x-dev include README.txt, please refer to it when installing and testing. There is no upgrade path from v2 to v3 due to API changes in Google Youtube APIs.

This module is sponsored and developed by Vardot.

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