Source configuration – Sesamy help center

Sesamy Access can pull content from multiple sources when creating a new feed. Each source can be configured to either public or private.

If the titles or guid's matches between an episode in a public and a private feed,the private episode will replace the public episode for paying customers. This way it's possible to have dynamic ads in the public feed but keep the private feed ad free.

XML Extension

Sesamy access uses the Access XML extention for both reading and writing RSS.

With the Access extension it is possible to declare which episodes are locked and which products they are part of. It is also possible to declare feed level settings and behaviours.

The sesamy namespace has to be added as a property in the rss element:

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:sesamy="http://schemas.sesamy.com/feed/1.0">
  <channel>

Using XML

The Access tags can be applied both on a feed level and for individual episodes.

Channel level tags

The following tags are supported on the channel level:

Product. Specifies the different products available for the current feed

FeedId. A unique ID for the feed

Private. If this is a user unique feed with the values yes or no

VendorId. The unique ID for the publisher

Below is an example of a channel tag with the tags:

<channel>
    <sesamy:feed-id>sid:mgfbtQAeItFHCrvMem9i3</sesamy:feed-id>
    <sesamy:vendor-id>sid:mgfbtQAeItFHCrvMem9i3</sesamy:vendor-id>
    <sesamy:private>no</sesamy:private>
    <sesamy:product>
        <id>ffe1ee6e-b59b-4187-9811-b3f9a6e07d75</id>
        <title>Season 1<title>
        <price>13</price>
        <currency>SEK</currency>
        <description>
<![CDATA[<p>A description about the first season</p>]]>
        </description>
        <type>Single Purchase</type>
        <link>https://sesamy.com/products/...</link>
    </sesamy:product>

Episode level tags

The sesamy-item tag is a superset of the rss item tag, but with extra properties to handle unlocking of content.

The sesamy item has the following attributes:

Locked. Specifies if the episode is locked with the values true or false

Sample. Specifies if the episode is a sample and with the values true or false

Permissions. A concatinated list of the valid permissions that can unlock the episode, using a | as separator.

Below is an example of the access-item tag:

<channel>
    <sesamy:sesamy-item locked="true" sample="false" permissions="4b9c10c3-992a-4fbb-b468-2f5c4955dd9c|ffe1ee6e-b59b-4187-9811-b3f9a6e07d75">
        <guid isPermaLink="false">25094780-d6fa-4772-b47e-0e30edaebd00</guid>
        ...
    </access:access-item>
    ...
<channel>

Description Fallback

As many podcast hosting services doesn't support the access XML tags there's a fallback to add the same information in the episode descriptions.

The syntax used is very similar to markdown and the goal is to make it as easy to write by hand as possible

Usage

The data is added anywhere in the description of a channel or an episode as markdown and work very similar to how the XML tags work.

Channel level tags

Below is an example of a channel tag with the access data in the description:

<channel>
    <description>
        Some text that will be visible in the description

        # Products

        ## Subscription

        - Id: subscription
        - Price: 9 EUR
        - Type: Recurring

        Some text describing the subscription product

        ## A special episode

        - Id: special-episode
        - Price: 2 EUR
        - Type: Single Purchase

        Another text describing this episode

    </description>

Episode level tags

The episode contains a product tag that links it to one or more of the products defined in the channel description.

Below is an example of the access-item tag:

<channel>
    <item>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">25094780-d6fa-4772-b47e-0e30edaebd00</guid>
        <description>
            A description of an episode ending with a new line.

            # Products

            ## A special episode

            - Id: special-episode
        </description>
        ...
    </item>
    ...
<channel>

If the product id that is used on an episode isn't defined on the channel the episode will still be locked but the product will not be available for purchase. This can for instance be used to lock an episode that is part of a bundle.