Add new Youtube video to RSS Feed
Each time a new video is published on the YouTube channel you choose, FlowMattic adds it as an item in your own RSS feed, giving readers and other tools a feed of your uploads that you control.
Youtube
RSS Feed2 steps Setup ~5 min Used on 1.8k sites Free to import
What this workflow does
A YouTube channel is easy to watch on YouTube, but harder to plug into other places such as a newsletter tool, a news reader or a website widget that expects RSS. Building that feed by hand means adding an entry for every upload. This workflow keeps your own feed in step with the channel instead.
The Youtube trigger, New Video Published, fires when a new video goes live on the channel you specify. FlowMattic receives the video's details, such as its title and link, and makes them available to map. The RSS Feed step runs Create New Item in RSS Feed, which adds an entry to a custom feed powered by FlowMattic.
You decide what each entry contains when you map the step after import. Each new video adds one item. The workflow doesn't change or remove items later, so a video you edit or take down on YouTube keeps its original entry. Task History lists each run and what was sent to the feed.
Newsletter that features your latest videos
Your email tool can build a digest from an RSS feed. Point it at this feed and each new upload appears in the next issue without you pasting links.
Video list on a website or intranet
A company posts training videos to YouTube. An RSS widget on the staff intranet reads the feed and lists each new video as it comes out.
Feeding other automations
Tools that watch RSS feeds can react to each new item. Your feed becomes one source they can follow for every upload from the channel.
How this workflow runs
What happens at each step once the workflow is on, and what you need before you import it.
Youtube New Video PublishedStarts a run whenever your chosen YouTube channel goes live with a new upload. The video's title, link and other details pass to the RSS Feed step.
- RSS Feed Create New Item in RSS Feed
Adds an item to your FlowMattic RSS feed for each new video. Map the YouTube title, link and description into the item, then open the feed after a test run to see the entry.
What you need
- FlowMatticCore
- Youtube AccountAccount
After importing, map your own data. To keep the template universal, not every step is pre-filled. Open each step in the builder and connect your accounts and fields (channels, lists, sheets, recipients) before you switch the workflow on.
Make it yours
Changes worth making after you import it.
- Map the video link into the item, not only the title, so anyone reading the feed can click straight through to watch.
- Use a Filter after the trigger if only some uploads belong in the feed, for example videos whose title contains a series name you use.
- Add a second workflow with the same Youtube trigger to post new videos to Slack or Discord, so the RSS feed keeps its own single job.
Questions about this workflow
Do my older YouTube videos get added to the RSS feed?
No. Only videos published after you switch the workflow on start a run. Earlier uploads stay off the feed unless you add them another way.
What happens to the feed item if I edit the YouTube video later?
Nothing. The trigger fires only on new videos, and the RSS Feed step only adds items, so the entry keeps the details it had when the video was published.
Can one RSS feed cover more than one YouTube channel?
Each Youtube trigger follows the single channel set in it. For a second channel, import the workflow again and set up its RSS Feed step the same way, then test it.
Where do I find the address of the FlowMattic RSS feed?
Open the RSS Feed step after import to see how the feed is set up. Run a test with a video to make sure items appear the way you expect.
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