Playlists
Smart
Create and manage smart playlists
Overview
Use Smart playlists to automatically curate a list of audio articles or summaries based on your criteria.
Create a Smart playlist
To create a Smart playlist:
- Go to Project > Distribution > Playlists.
- Click + Playlist.
- Enter a name for your playlist.
- Upload a cover image for your playlist.
- Select Smart.
- Click Continue.
Your playlist will be created and you’ll be redirected to the playlist editor.
Whenever you create a playlist, a podcast feed will be created automatically.
Curate a Smart playlist
To curate a Smart playlist:
By default, your Smart playlist will include all articles in your project.
- Click Set rules.
- Click + Rule.
- Select the field you want to filter by. This will be based on your arricle metadata. By default it will include author, title, and published date.
- Choose the operator you want to use:
is
,is not
,contains
,wildcard
. - Enter the value you want to filter by.
- Click Apply.
- You can add multiple rules and combine them using the
AND
operator. - Review the results and click Save changes.
Publish your playlist
To publish your playlist:
- Click on the Embed code button.
- Select the content type: Articles or Summaries.
- Copy the embed code.
- Paste the embed code into your website.
You can only select Summaries if your articles have summaries.
Share your playlist
To share your playlist:
- Click on the Share button.
- Select the content type: Articles or Summaries.
- Click Copy link.
- Share the link.
You playlist will not be visible unless you have set the visibility to Public.
Copy your playlist ID
To copy your playlist ID:
- Click on the ⋯ button.
- Click Copy playlist ID.
Want to let your audience create their own playlists?
To let your audience create their own playlists, you can use the Player JavaScript SDK.