Integrating Zype Playlist Feeds with MAZ Integrating Zype Playlist Feeds with MAZ

Integrating Zype Playlist Feeds with MAZ

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Note: This article refers to the first generation of Apps Creator. For information on the most recent version, see the Introduction to Apps Creator article.

 

Overview

This document will outline how you can integrate a Zype playlist into your MAZ app.

Create a MAZ Playlist in Zype

  1. Navigate to the Playlists page of the Zype Dashboardmceclip2.png
  2. Click on the yellow “Add Playlist” button next to the search barmceclip3.png
  3. Add a “Title”, “Description”, and any other desired information into the open fields. mceclip4.png
  4. When finished, click on “Save Changes”

For more information on Zype playlists, see the articles “Creating a Playlist” and “Adding Videos to a Playlist”.

Extract Zype Playlist Feed

NOTE: Steps 1-5 can be skipped if a MAZ Profile has already been established

 

  1. Navigate to the Playlists page of the Zype Dashboard
  2. Click into the name of the desired playlist
  3. On the details tab, click into the text, “Create MAZ App Profile”
  4. Click on the yellow “Create MAZ App Profile” button on the next pagemceclip5.png
  5. Click on the yellow “Manage Your App” button on the following pagemceclip6.png
  6. Return to the Playlists page of the Zype Dashboard
  7. Click into the name of the desired playlist
  8. Find the field, “MAZ MRSS Feed URL”, and copy the URL next to it

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Import Zype Playlist Feed into MAZ

  1. Navigate to the MAZ dashboard
  2. Create a section for your app by hitting the “+Section” button
    1. NOTE: This step can be skipped if the section has already been created
  3. Click into your section to add your feed
  4. Click on “+Content”, followed by “+Feed”, and finally “+MRSS”mceclip8.png
  5. Paste the URL previously copied from the Zype playlist into the “Feed URL” field
  6. Add a “Name”, “Title”, or any other desired information into the open fieldsmceclip9.png
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  7. Finish by clicking on Save

For more information, see the articles “Import an MRSS Feed” and “Add Content to Sections (Detailed)” or watch this quick video tutorial

Synchronized Sort Order

The sort order of Zype playlist items and corresponding MAZ playlist feed items are synchronized. In other words, when the sort order of videos in a Zype playlist is updated, the MAZ playlist feed will also be updated to reflect the new sort order. 

Nested Playlists

Nested playlists (playlists within a playlist) are not supported at this time. The feed URL of each underlying playlist will need to be copied and imported into the MAZ platform.