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Youtube Subscriptions to RSS/OPML
javascript:(function()%7Bconst%20e%3D%5B...document.querySelectorAll(%22%23main-link.channel-link%22)%5D.map((e%3D%3E%7Bconst%5B%2Ct%2Cn%5D%3De.href.match(%22%2F((%3F%3Auser)%7C(%3F%3Achannel))%2F(.*)%24%22)%3Breturn%5B%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Ffeeds%2Fvideos.xml%3F%22%2B(%22user%22%3D%3D%3Dt%3F%22user%3D%22%3A%22channel_id%3D%22)%2Bn%2Ce.querySelector(%22yt-formatted-string.ytd-channel-name%22).innerText%5D%7D))%3Bif(0%3D%3De.length)alert(%22Couldn't%20find%20any%20subscriptions%22)%3Belse%7Bconsole.log(e.map(((%5Be%2Ct%5D)%3D%3Ee)).join(%22%5Cn%22))%3Blet%20t%3D%60%3Copml%20version%3D%221.0%22%3E%3Chead%3E%3Ctitle%3EYouTube%20Subscriptions%20as%20RSS%3C%2Ftitle%3E%3C%2Fhead%3E%3Cbody%3E%3Coutline%20text%3D%22YouTube%20Subscriptions%22%20title%3D%22YouTube%20Subscriptions%22%3E%3C%2Foutline%3E%24%7Be.map(((%5Be%2Ct%5D)%3D%3E%60%3Coutline%20type%3D%22rss%22%20text%3D%22%24%7Bt%7D%22%20title%3D%22%24%7Bt%7D%22%20xmlUrl%3D%22%24%7Be%7D%22%2F%3E%60)).join(%22%22)%7D%3C%2Foutline%3E%3C%2Fbody%3E%3C%2Fopml%3E%60%3Bconst%20n%3Dnew%20Blob(%5Bt%5D%2C%7Btype%3A%22text%2Fplain%22%7D)%2Co%3Dwindow.URL.createObjectURL(n)%2Cl%3Ddocument.createElement(%22a%22)%3Bl.setAttribute(%22download%22%2C%22youtube_subs.opml%22)%2Cl.setAttribute(%22href%22%2Co)%2Cl.dataset.downloadurl%3D%60text%2Fplain%3Ayoutube_subs.opml%3A%24%7Bo%7D%60%2Cl.click()%7D%7D)()%3B
const channels = [...document.querySelectorAll("#main-link.channel-link")].map(e => {
const [, a, b] = e.href.match("/((?:user)|(?:channel))/(.*)$");
const feed = "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?" + (a === "user" ? "user=" : "channel_id=") + b;
const channelName = e.querySelector("yt-formatted-string.ytd-channel-name").innerText;
return [feed, channelName];
});
if (channels.length == 0) {
alert("Couldn't find any subscriptions");
} else {
console.log(channels.map(([feed, _]) => feed).join("\n"));
let opmlText = `<opml version="1.0"><head><title>YouTube Subscriptions as RSS</title></head><body><outline text="YouTube Subscriptions" title="YouTube Subscriptions"></outline>${channels
.map(([feed, channelName]) => `<outline type="rss" text="${channelName}" title="${channelName}" xmlUrl="${feed}"/>`)
.join("")}</outline></body></opml>`;
const blob = new Blob([opmlText], { type: "text/plain" });
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
const anchorTag = document.createElement("a");
anchorTag.setAttribute("download", "youtube_subs.opml");
anchorTag.setAttribute("href", url);
anchorTag.dataset.downloadurl = `text/plain:youtube_subs.opml:${url}`;
anchorTag.click();
}

Update (June 2023):

Due to changes to the YouTube website, this script is now obsolete. An updated version is availaible here



YouTube Subscriptions to RSS feeds in OPML file

To generate an OPML file containing RSS feeds of your YouTube subscriptions:

  • Navigate to https://www.youtube.com/feed/channels, and scroll the page to make sure links to every channel are loaded.
  • Run the script or activate the bookmarklet. An OPML file will download, and a list of RSS feeds will be logged to the console if you need it.

Works in Chrome, Firefox and Safari as of May 2023.

@JaosnHsieh
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JaosnHsieh commented Aug 12, 2021

thanks. when you have too many subscriptions over youtube 1 page, you have to scroll it down manually to the bottom first then run the script.

Then I go to this opml-gen.ovh website to generate OPML file then go the feedly OPML import page. Successfully imported all of my youtube subscriptions into my RSS reader feedly.

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jeb5 commented Aug 15, 2021

thanks. when you have too many subscriptions over youtube 1 page, you have to scroll it down manually to the bottom first then run the script.

Then I go to this opml-gen.ovh website to generate OPML file then go the feedly OPML import page. Successfully imported all of my youtube subscriptions into my RSS reader feedly.

Thanks for the tip! 😁
I've updated the script and markdown to be a little more helpful.

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RoneoOrg commented Sep 25, 2021

Related: a bookmarklet to get the RSS feed directly from a Youtube page:

javascript:(function() {
  var url = (document.querySelector('link[type="application/rss+xml"]') || '').href;
  if (url !== undefined) {
    return location.href = url;
  }
  try {
    var channelId = ytplayer.config.args.ucid;
    location.href = 'https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=' + channelId;
  }
  catch (TypeError) {
    console.error('YouTube RSS feed bookmarklet: Could not find a channel RSS feed');
  }
})();

Tested with Firefox ESR (v78)

Source: https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/160594/bookmarklet-to-go-to-youtube-channel-rss-feed#answer-160650

@SamBiswas95
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After I've created the new rssmix, what's after that? What should I do with all the codes that I've created?

Screenshot: https://sta.sh/0285jno95qln

@Fooftilly
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@SamBiswas95 Add the link to your rss reader, those are all the feeds. Which rss reader are you using?

@Edwin-Zarco
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opml-gen appears to be permanently down?

"Website unavailable

This site is currently suspended.
The site administrator has been informed. "

If it is, then may I suggest replacing or removing opml-gen in the .md file?

@Fooftilly
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Consider using this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/418574-export-youtube-subscriptions-to-rss-opml
It doesn't need third party site to export YouTube RSS.

@ciltocruz
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This method doesn't work today (23/05/2023)

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