YouTube integration

Overview

YouTube Data API covers videos, channels, playlists, comments, search, analytics. The Automize YouTube connector covers these endpoints.

• Regions: Global.
• Plans: Free quota (10k units/day). Higher via quota application.

Setting up the connection

Auth type: OAuth 2.0 (Authorization Code).

1. Google Cloud Console → Enable YouTube Data API v3.
2. OAuth client credentials.
3. In Automize → Settings → Connectors → YouTube. Paste credentials.

Find your credentials at https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials.

Rate limits

Quota units per day. Different ops cost different units (Search = 100 units, List = 1 unit).

Data model

YouTube primitives:

    Channel ─┬─ Videos
             ├─ Playlists ─── Playlist Items
             └─ Subscriptions
    Videos ─── Comments

Available operations

9 operations available. Click any row to jump to its detail.

Operations

Add Comment

Post a new top-level comment

List Channels

List channel details

No input parameters.

List Comment Threads

List top-level comment threads

No input parameters.

List Playlist Items

List videos in a playlist

No input parameters.

List Playlists

List playlists for a channel

No input parameters.

Tips

• Per channel.

List Subscriptions

List channel subscriptions

No input parameters.

List Videos

List video details by ID

No input parameters.

Tips

• By id OR mine=true OR chart=mostPopular. Returns metadata + stats.

Search

Search for videos, channels, playlists

No input parameters.

Tips

• Most expensive endpoint (100 units/call). Cache aggressively.

Update Video

Update video metadata

FAQ

Why is search so expensive?

Google heavily rate-limits search to discourage scraping. Use channel/playlist endpoints for known content.

YouTube Analytics?

Separate YouTube Analytics API. Channel-level views, watch time, demographics.

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