"DOMDocument cannot parse XML: Start tag expected"

Created on 24 October 2020, almost 5 years ago
Updated 11 August 2025, 2 months ago

Problem/Motivation

I'm trying to use the module to import https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCAYKj_peyESIMDp5LtH... but it's coming back with an error and 0 items imported;

The feed from <em class="placeholder">unfa</em> seems to be broken because of error "<em class="placeholder">DOMDocument cannot parse XML: Start tag expected, &#039;&lt;&#039; not found</em>". 

I have the Mapping with a YouTube video field and the url and ir mapped to ltem url and guid, and title to title.

Might I have misconfigured something?

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🇬🇧United Kingdom mxmilkiib

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  • I got this error because the Parser defaults to "CSS/Atom" and I forgot to change it to CSV (the format I was using in the input file).

    (Hopefully this late reply will help anyone encountering this issue in the future.)

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