2024-05-06 00:33:43 +00:00
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# YouTube Subscriptions to OPML
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2024-05-06 02:38:41 +00:00
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This repo contains a small collection of scripts that I used to turn my YouTube
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subscriptions into an OPML file for import in to [Feedbin]. I also wrote a blog
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post that goes into detail on how each bit works:
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<https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2024/youtube-subscriptions-opml/>
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2024-05-06 00:33:43 +00:00
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## Dependencies
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The scripts have only been run on a Linux system using GNU coreutils. They will
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probably need some tweaking to run on other UNIX-like systems.
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- [Scraper](https://lib.rs/crates/scraper)
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- [jaq](https://github.com/01mf02/jaq)
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- curl
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- Python
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- awk
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- GNU make (I haven't tested non-GNU make)
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## Usage
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1. Visit your [subscriptions page](https://www.youtube.com/feed/channels)
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2. Repeatedly scroll to the end of the page to make them all load
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3. Run the following in the JavaScript console to copy the list of subscriptions to you clipboard as JSON array:
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```javascript
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copy(JSON.stringify(Array.from(new Set(Array.prototype.map.call(document.querySelectorAll('a.channel-link'), (link) => link.href))).filter((x) => !x.includes('/channel/')), null, 2))
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```
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**Note:** I only tested the above on Firefox.
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Also why do this instead of processing the subscriptions.csv from Google Takeout?
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1. Takeout generates multiple gigabytes of archives I have to download to get the CSV file.
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2. It's slow to generate. This process can be done whenever you want.
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4. Paste the list of subscriptions into `subscriptions.json`.
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5. Run `make fetch` to fetch the channel pages of all the subscriptions. This only needs to be run once.
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6. Run `make channel-json` to extract info from each channel page.
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7. Run `make subscriptions.opml` to generate the OPML file.
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[Feedbin]: https://feedbin.com/
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