YouTube (Data API) - Custom App API Integrations
Build and run workflows using the YouTube (Data API) - Custom App API. Use 1000s of source-available triggers and actions across 2,000+ apps. Or write custom code to integrate any app or API in seconds.
Overview#
The YouTube (Data API) - Custom App API on Pipedream lets you wield the vast capabilities of YouTube's platform directly within your automated workflows. Leverage this API to manage channels, playlists, subscriptions, and videos. You can automate video uploads, sync channel data with other platforms, analyze metrics, and engage with your audience without manual intervention. Utilize the power of serverless and event-driven architecture to respond to video events in real-time, enrich your marketing strategies, and maintain an active, data-informed YouTube presence.
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
youtube_data_api_custom_app: {
type: "app",
app: "youtube_data_api_custom_app",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.youtube_data_api_custom_app.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
},
})
},
})
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Example Use Cases#
Video Upload Automation: Automate the process of video uploads. Once a new video file is dropped into a designated cloud storage service like Google Drive or Dropbox, Pipedream can detect the new file, trigger a workflow, and use the YouTube Data API to upload the video to your channel, setting titles, descriptions, and tags based on predefined templates or metadata from the file.
YouTube Channel Analytics Dashboard: Create a custom analytics dashboard by pulling data from YouTube's API to track views, likes, comments, and subscriber counts. With Pipedream, you can schedule this as a periodic workflow that extracts the latest metrics from your YouTube channel and pushes them to a Google Sheet or a dashboard app like Geckoboard, keeping you constantly informed with up-to-date channel performance insights.
Automated Comment Moderation: Set up a workflow that monitors new comments on your YouTube videos for specific keywords or phrases that may indicate spam or inappropriate content. Use the YouTube Data API with Pipedream to automatically flag, hide, or delete these comments, and if necessary, notify you via email or messaging apps like Slack for manual review, ensuring your community remains positive and engaging.
Popular YouTube (Data API) - Custom App Integrations#
Popular YouTube (Data API) - Custom App Triggers#
Emit new event for each new comment or reply posted to a Youtube video.
Emit new event for each new Youtube video liked by the authenticated user
Emit new event for each new Youtube subscriber to user Channel.
Emit new event for each new subscription from authenticated user.
Emit new event for each new Youtube video the user posts.
Popular YouTube (Data API) - Custom App Actions#
Adds resources to a playlist. See the docs for more information
Returns statistics from my YouTube Channel or by id. See the docs for more information
Creates a new top-level comment in a video. See the docs for more information
Creates a playlist. See the docs for more information
Deletes a playlist. See the docs for more information
Authentication#
YouTube (Data API) - Custom App uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your YouTube (Data API) - Custom App account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into YouTube (Data API) - Custom App and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any YouTube (Data API) - Custom App API.
Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:
emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.uploadhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl- authorization
GEThttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?client_id={{custom_fields.client_id}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&state={{oauth.state}}&response_type=code&scope={{oauth.space_separated_scopes}}&access_type=offline&prompt=consent - accessToken
POSThttps://oauth2.googleapis.com/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{custom_fields.client_id}}&client_secret={{custom_fields.client_secret}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&grant_type=authorization_code&code={{oauth.code}} - refreshToken
POSThttps://oauth2.googleapis.com/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{custom_fields.client_id}}&client_secret={{custom_fields.client_secret}}&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token={{oauth.refresh_token}}