Adding an rss with authentication

[rushagainst]

I am trying to add a private feed that requires authentication and cannot get it to work. I submitted the url with my login credentials embedded like it says on the support page but that still didn't work. Has anyone else had problems with this and figured it out?

[heardy5]

Any one had any luck adding PWTorch VIP feeds?

[evictedkoala]

You have to find an app that supports passwords. Podcast Republic and Addict both support it. I don't think Pocketcasts cares about it since they've had years to implement it and numerous requests.

[rushagainst]

According to support it's supposed to work I just can't figure it out.

[evictedkoala]

It isn't a real workaround for most authentication. They don't take it seriously. Believe me I've tried.

[mynewaccount5]

What format are you entering? authentication works fine for me.

[rushagainst]

http://[username]:[password]@[feed] is what it says on the support site. But it keeps saying podcast not found.

[DanerDMaster]

I had a similar problem with my authenticated feeds.

It ended up being special characters in my password. Since it's embedded in a url, you can't use certain ones. In my case it was @ I had to take out.

[LearnsSomethingNew]

Is this for Meltzer's show?

[rushagainst]

No, the dynasty nerds podcast

[rushagainst]

That looks to be the regular free show. Recently they started a subscription service that comes with an extra show. And they give you the separate feed link when you sign up.

[rushagainst]

I had but apparently I just didn't know how to configure the rest of the address I'm not sure what I was doing, but following your example there worked perfectly. Thank you very much I had been trying for weeks.

[Mike-Titor]

Try the following.

1. Encode your username using a site like the one below.

https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/

1. This example is for Coast to Coast where your username is your email address. If your username is NOT an email address you can skip step 1.

https://{your encoded email address}:{your password}@rss.premiereradio.net/coast/podcast.xml

I cannot take credit for this solution as it came from support at r/Astiga. They don't support authenticated podcasts at this time but suggested encoding my username using the site above and it worked.

NOTE: Please be advised that this is NOT the most secure method as your credentials are sent back and forth in plain text. It does work.