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# Add a private-feed listener

Preview, create, and verify one listener for a protected podcast feed.

Create a listener with an email or username, then verify the returned access state.

## Before you start

* Confirm that the target podcast is protected.
* Confirm edit permission and available listener allowance.
* Prepare the listener's email or username and optional expiry.
* Prepare one stable idempotency key.

## Add the listener

1. Preview `create_listener` with the listener attributes and `dry_run: true`.
2. Review the podcast ID, normalized email or username, expiry, and `password_supplied` indicator.
3. Confirm the exact preview with the same idempotency key and the `confirm` value from the preview.
4. Submit the creation once.
5. Keep the listener ID and review its status.
6. List listeners for the podcast and verify the new record.

Provide either an email or username. An email without a supplied password normally creates a pending invitation. A supplied password creates active access, so transfer it only through an approved secure channel.

## Expected result

Podigee creates one listener in the intended podcast and returns a pending or active state.

## If creation is blocked

Resolve a duplicate email, invalid expiry, listener allowance, podcast access, or feed-protection issue. Then request a new preview.

## Next step

[Find the correct private feed URL](/documentation/start-here/ai-agents/manage-private-feed-access/find-the-correct-private-feed-url.md).


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