Create Comment Thread with YouTube (Data API) API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Comment Thread with the YouTube (Data API) API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Comment Thread action
1. Connect your YouTube (Data API) account
2. Select a Channel Id
3. Select a Video Id
4. Configure Text
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Comment Thread on YouTube (Data API)

Description:Creates a new top-level comment in a video. [See the docs](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/commentThreads/insert) for more information

Version:0.0.1

Key:youtube_data_api-create-comment-thread

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Code#

import youtubeDataApi from "../../youtube_data_api.app.mjs";
import common from "./common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "youtube_data_api-create-comment-thread",
  name: "Create Comment Thread",
  description: "Creates a new top-level comment in a video. [See the docs](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/commentThreads/insert) for more information",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    youtubeDataApi,
    channelId: {
      propDefinition: [
        youtubeDataApi,
        "userOwnedChannel",
      ],
    },
    videoId: {
      propDefinition: [
        youtubeDataApi,
        "userOwnedVideo",
      ],
      description: "Select the video to add comment to. Leave blank to post comment to channel.",
    },
    text: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text",
      description: "The text of the comment",
    },
    ...common.props,
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
YouTube (Data API)	`youtubeDataApi`	`app`	This component uses the YouTube (Data API) app.
Channel Id	`channelId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Video Id	`videoId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Text	`text`	`string`	The text of the comment

Authentication#

YouTube (Data API) uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your YouTube (Data API) account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into YouTube (Data API) 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) 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