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Embed Latest YouTube Video From a Channel
<iframe class="latestVideoEmbed" vnum='0' cid="UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ" width="600" height="340" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe class="latestVideoEmbed" vnum='1' cid="UC0xXUfNSFQN3qOmf_G_nT5w" width="600" height="340" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
const requestOptions = {
method: 'GET',
redirect: 'follow'
};
const loadVideo = (iframe) => {
const cid = iframe.getAttribute('cid');
const channelURL = encodeURIComponent(`https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=${cid}`)
const reqURL = `https://api.rss2json.com/v1/api.json?rss_url=${channelURL}`;
fetch(reqURL, requestOptions)
.then(response => response.json())
.then(result => {
const videoNumber = (iframe.getAttribute('vnum') ? Number(iframe.getAttribute('vnum')) : 0);
const link = result.items[videoNumber].link;
const id = link.substr(link.indexOf("=") + 1);
iframe.setAttribute("src", `https://youtube.com/embed/${id}?controls=0&autoplay=1`);
})
.catch(error => console.log('error', error));
}
var iframes = document.getElementsByClassName('latestVideoEmbed');
for (var i = 0, len = iframes.length; i < len; i++) {
loadVideo(iframes[i]);
}
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