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# Get private feed <Badge intent="info" minimal outlined>OAuth Scope: podcasts:read</Badge>

GET https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/{publicationId}/podcasts/{podcastShowId}/private_feeds/{subscriptionId}

Retrieve a subscription's private RSS feed for a podcast. The payload matches the data property of podcasts.private_feed webhooks. Returns 422 when the podcast is fully public. Spotify Open Access links are not included.

Reference: https://developers.beehiiv.com/api-reference/podcasts/get-private-feed

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `publicationId` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the publication object
- `podcastShowId` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the podcast
- `subscriptionId` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the subscription

## Response

### 200

OK

- `data` (PodcastPrivateFeed, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized. The API key or OAuth access token is missing, invalid, or expired.

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Resource Not Found

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Entity

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate Limit Exceeded

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

## Types

### PodcastPrivateFeed

- `id` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the private feed token.
- `url` (string, required) — The personalized private RSS feed URL.
- `protocol_links` (map from string to string, required) — App-specific protocol URLs for subscribing with this private RSS feed, keyed by platform name (`apple`, `castro`, `overcast`, `pocket_casts`).
- `created` (integer, required) — The time the private feed token was created, in Unix seconds.
- `subscription` (Subscription, required) — The subscription associated with the private feed token. Custom fields, tags, and newsletter list IDs are included.
- `show` (PodcastShow, required) — The podcast associated with the private feed token.
- `activated` (integer, optional) — The time the private feed was first activated, in Unix seconds.
- `revoked` (integer, optional) — The time the private feed token was revoked, in Unix seconds.
- `expires` (integer, optional) — The time the private feed token expires, in Unix seconds.

### ErrorDetail

- `message` (string, required)
- `code` (string, required)

### Subscription

The subscription object

- `id` (string, required) — The prefixed subscription id
- `email` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required) — The status of the subscription.`validating` - The email address is being validated.`invalid` - The email address is invalid.`pending` - The email address is valid, but the subscription is pending double opt-in.`active` - The email was valid and the subscription is active.`inactive` - The subscription was made inactive, possibly due to an unsubscribe.`needs_attention` - The subscription requires approval or denial.
  - Allowed values: `validating`, `invalid`, `pending`, `active`, `inactive`, `needs_attention`, `paused`
- `created` (integer, required) — The date the subscription was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch
- `subscription_tier` (enum, required) — The current tier of the subscription.
  - Allowed values: `free`, `premium`
- `subscription_premium_tier_names` (list of string, required) — The current premium tiers of the subscription. Empty if the subscriber is not associated with any premium tiers.
- `utm_source` (string, required) — The acquisition source; where the subscriber came from
- `utm_medium` (string, required) — The acquisition medium; how the subscriber got to your publication
- `utm_channel` (enum, required) — The acquisition channel
  - Allowed values: ``, `website`, `import`, `embed`, `api`, `referral`, `recommendation`, `magic_link`, `boost`, `boost_send`, `boost_direct_link`, `integration`, `product`, `group_invite`
- `utm_campaign` (string, required) — The acquisition campaign
- `utm_term` (string, required) — The acquisition term; typically the keyword or search term
- `utm_content` (string, required) — The acquisition content; typically used for A/B testing or ad variations
- `referring_site` (string, required) — The website that the subscriber was referred from
- `referral_code` (string, required) — The code associated to this subscriber to refer others. When a new subscription is created with this referral code, credit for the referral goes to this subscription.
- `subscription_premium_tiers` (list of SubscriptionTierInfo, optional) — Optional list of tiers for a subscription. Retrievable by including `expand: [subscription_premium_tiers]` in the request body.
- `custom_fields` (list of CustomField, optional) — Optional list of custom fields for a subscription. Retrievable by including `expand: [custom_field]` in the request body.
- `tags` (list of string, optional) — Optional list of tags for a subscription. Retrievable by including `expand: [tags]` in the request body. Max limit of 100 unique tags per publication.
- `stats` (SubscriptionStats, optional) — Optional list of stats for a subscription. Retrievable by including `expand: [stats]` in the request body.
- `newsletter_list_ids` (list of string, optional) — The prefixed IDs of the newsletter lists this subscription is actively subscribed to. Requires `expand[]=newsletter_lists`.

### PodcastShow

- `id` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the podcast.
- `created` (integer, required) — The time the podcast was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
- `slug` (string, required) — The URL slug of the podcast.
- `description` (string, required) — The description of the podcast.
- `categories` (list of string, required) — Selected categories for the podcast, ordered by display position. Subcategories include the parent name (e.g. `News-Politics`).
- `artwork_url` (string, required) — The URL of the podcast artwork. Empty string when no artwork is set.
- `status` (enum, required) — The status of the podcast.`draft` - No episodes have been published. `live` - Published and active.`archived` - The podcast is no longer active.
  - Allowed values: `draft`, `live`, `archived`
- `language` (string, required) — The ISO 639-1 two-letter language code for the podcast (e.g. `en`, `es`).
- `title` (string, required) — The title of the podcast.
- `author` (string, required) — The author of the podcast. Defaults to the publication name.
- `type` (enum, required) — The type of the podcast.`episodic` - Episodes can be consumed in any order.`serial` - Episodes are intended to be consumed in order.
  - Allowed values: `episodic`, `serial`
- `imported` (boolean, required) — Whether the podcast was created via an import.
- `copyright` (string, required) — The copyright text for the podcast. Defaults to the publication name.
- `explicit` (boolean, required) — Whether the podcast is marked as explicit.
- `publishing_frequency` (integer, optional) — The most common interval, in whole days, between consecutive published episodes (the statistical mode of day gaps). Gaps are measured using each episode's display date — the custom display date if set, otherwise the scheduled time, otherwise the publish date, otherwise the creation date. Null when fewer than two published episodes exist or a frequency has not been calculated yet.
- `website_url` (string, optional) — The website URL associated with the podcast.
- `platform_links` (map from string to string, optional) — Platform distribution URLs keyed by platform name (e.g. `apple`, `spotify`, `youtube`). Present only for public podcasts. Platforms without a URL are null. Omitted for premium podcasts (limited to paid tiers), which use a private RSS feed with a unique URL per eligible subscriber.

### SubscriptionTierInfo

- `id` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the tier.
- `name` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required) — Returns whether or not the tier has any active prices.
  - Allowed values: `active`, `archived`

### CustomField

- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the existing custom field
- `kind` (enum, optional) — The type of value being stored in the custom field.
  - Allowed values: `string`, `integer`, `boolean`, `date`, `datetime`, `list`, `double`
- `value` (CustomFieldDataType, optional) — The value stored for the subscription

### SubscriptionStats

Optional list of stats for a subscription. Retrievable by including `expand: [stats]` in the request body.

- `emails_received` (integer, optional) — The total number of emails that have been sent to this subscriber
- `open_rate` (double, optional) — The percentage of emails that the subscriber has opened
- `click_through_rate` (double, optional) — The percentage of emails that the subscriber has clicked a link in

### CustomFieldDataType

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "pod_feed_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "url": "https://rss.beehiiv.com/podcasts/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private/token.xml",
    "protocol_links": {
      "apple": "podcast://rss.beehiiv.com/podcasts/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private/token.xml",
      "castro": "castro://subscribe/https%3A%2F%2Frss.beehiiv.com%2Fpodcasts%2F00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%2Fprivate%2Ftoken.xml",
      "overcast": "overcast://x-callback-url/add?url=https%3A%2F%2Frss.beehiiv.com%2Fpodcasts%2F00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%2Fprivate%2Ftoken.xml",
      "pocket_casts": "pktc://subscribe/rss.beehiiv.com/podcasts/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private/token.xml"
    },
    "created": 1666800076,
    "subscription": {
      "id": "sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "email": "example@example.com",
      "status": "active",
      "created": 1666800076,
      "subscription_tier": "premium",
      "subscription_premium_tier_names": [
        "Premium"
      ],
      "utm_source": "Twitter",
      "utm_medium": "organic",
      "utm_channel": "website",
      "utm_campaign": "utm_campaign",
      "utm_term": "",
      "utm_content": "",
      "referring_site": "https://www.blog.com",
      "referral_code": "referral_code",
      "custom_fields": [
        {
          "name": "First Name",
          "kind": "string",
          "value": "Bruce"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "VIP"
      ],
      "newsletter_list_ids": [
        "nl_list_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
      ]
    },
    "show": {
      "id": "pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "created": 1712534400,
      "slug": "morning_brief",
      "description": "Daily news for builders.",
      "categories": [
        "News"
      ],
      "artwork_url": "https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/artwork.png",
      "status": "live",
      "language": "en",
      "title": "Morning Brief",
      "author": "Jane Doe",
      "type": "episodic",
      "imported": false,
      "copyright": "Jane Doe",
      "explicit": false,
      "publishing_frequency": 7,
      "website_url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "activated": 1666800076,
    "revoked": null,
    "expires": null
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/podcasts/pod_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/private_feeds/sub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```