[FR]: Parse YouTube URLs into RSS feeds

[shoulders]

Brief description of the feature request

I would like to easily add YouTube feeds to RSSGuard by copying a standard YouTube URL and then when RSSGuard detects this YouTube URL it will convert it to a RSS feed URL which will then follow the current import/parse procedure for normal RSS feeds.

The way you get a YouTube RSS feed is as follows:

• Navigate to a YouTube page i.e. https://www.youtube.com/@syntaxfm
• View Source and browse for the browser_id which will look like {"key":"browse_id","value":"UCyU5wkjgQYGRB0hIHMwm2Sg"}
• The place holder url is
  https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=CHANNELID
• Swap CHANNELID for the browser_id you got earlier giving
  https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCyU5wkjgQYGRB0hIHMwm2Sg
• This URL can then be used as any RSS feed for adding into RSS Guard.

Links

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-get-youtube-channel-rss-feed

My RSSGuard Version

RSS Guard

Version: 4.7.3 (built on Windows/AMD64)
Revision: a4e2048
Build date: 26/07/2024 04:16
OS: Windows 10 Version 22H2
Qt: 6.7.2 (compiled against 6.7.2)

[martinrotter]

fb5ff84

Youtube detection was already there, but I enhanced it as per your suggestion.

Now "Discover feeds" feature works with youtube well. BUT. Before you do anything, make sure to open https://www.youtube.com in RSS Guard internal new tab browser and accept cookies warning first, then all should work with the above fix.

[shoulders]

thanks