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Overview#
The YouTube Analytics API enables you to pull complex, insightful data regarding your YouTube channel's performance, audience demographics, and engagement metrics. It's a goldmine for content creators looking to refine their content strategy based on solid data. Using Pipedream, you can automate the extraction of these analytics, set up real-time alerts, or synchronize this data with other tools for enhanced reporting and decision-making.
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
youtube_analytics_api: {
type: "app",
app: "youtube_analytics_api",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.youtube_analytics_api.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
},
})
},
})
Example Use Cases#
Automated Report Generation: Schedule a Pipedream workflow to fetch YouTube Analytics data daily, weekly, or monthly, then format this data into a report and send it via email or save it to Google Sheets. For instance, you can create a workflow that summarizes view counts, watch time, and new subscribers, offering a regular snapshot of channel growth without manual effort.
Real-time Subscriber Milestone Alerts: Create a Pipedream workflow that checks your subscriber count at regular intervals. Once you hit a certain milestone, it can trigger a celebratory post on your social media accounts, or notify you through Slack or another messaging platform. This automatic notification helps engage with your community at the right moments.
Content Performance Dashboard Integration: Build a dashboard in a tool like Tableau or Google Data Studio displaying your YouTube channel's analytics. Set up a Pipedream workflow that pushes YouTube Analytics data to these platforms periodically, ensuring your dashboard always reflects up-to-date information to guide your content strategies.
Popular YouTube Analytics Integrations#
Popular YouTube Analytics Actions#
Retrieve detailed analytics for a specific video. See the documentation
Fetch summary analytics reports for a specified youtube channel. Optional filters include date range and report type. See the documentation
Execute a custom analytics query using specified metrics, dimensions, filters, and date ranges. Requires query parameters to configure. See the documentation
Authentication#
Name Slug: youtube_analytics_apiYouTube Analytics uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your YouTube Analytics account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into YouTube Analytics 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 Analytics API.
Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:
emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics-monetary.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly- authorization
GEThttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?client_id={{oauth.client_id}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&state={{oauth.state}}&response_type=code&scope={{oauth.space_separated_scopes}}&prompt=consent&access_type=offline - accessToken
POSThttps://oauth2.googleapis.com/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{oauth.client_id}}&client_secret={{oauth.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={{oauth.client_id}}&client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token={{oauth.refresh_token}}
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