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Connect YouTube with another app

YouTube integration

Connect YouTube with 918+ other apps in FlowMattic. Pick a trigger, add YouTube steps, map the fields from earlier steps and run the workflow on your own server with no per-task fees.

5 triggers 29 actions Integration version 2.1.0 Category: Video & Audio Unlimited workflows and runs

See what the two do together: triggers, actions and example workflows.

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Triggers and actions for YouTube

A trigger is the YouTube event that starts a workflow. An action is what FlowMattic does in YouTube from a step.

EventWhat it doesType
New Video in ChannelTriggers when a new video is published in the specified channel.Trigger
New Video in PlaylistTriggers when a new video is added to the specified playlist.Trigger
New CommentTriggers when a new comment is posted on a video or channel.Trigger
New SubscriberTriggers when your channel gets a new subscriber.Trigger
New Liked VideoTriggers when you like a new video.Trigger
Upload VideoUpload a video to YouTube from a URL.Action
Update VideoUpdate the metadata of an existing video.Action
Delete VideoDelete a video from YouTube.Action
Get VideoGet details of a specific video.Action
List My VideosList videos uploaded to your channel.Action
Rate VideoLike, dislike, or remove a rating on a video.Action
Set ThumbnailSet a custom thumbnail for a video from a URL.Action
Create PlaylistCreate a new playlist on your channel.Action
Update PlaylistUpdate the details of an existing playlist.Action
Delete PlaylistDelete a playlist from your channel.Action
Get PlaylistGet details of a specific playlist.Action
List PlaylistsList playlists on your channel or a specified channel.Action
Add Video to PlaylistAdd a video to a playlist.Action
Remove Video from PlaylistRemove a video from a playlist.Action
List Playlist ItemsList the videos in a playlist.Action
Get My ChannelGet details of your own channel.Action
Get Channel by IDGet details of a channel by its ID.Action
List My ChannelsList all channels owned by your account.Action
Subscribe to ChannelSubscribe to a channel.Action
Unsubscribe from ChannelUnsubscribe from a channel.Action
List SubscriptionsList the channels you are subscribed to.Action
Post CommentPost a top-level comment on a video.Action
Reply to CommentReply to an existing comment.Action
List CommentsList comments on a video or channel.Action
Update CommentUpdate the text of a comment.Action
Delete CommentDelete a comment.Action
Set Comment Moderation StatusSet the moderation status of a comment.Action
Search YouTubeSearch for videos, channels, or playlists on YouTube.Action
List Video CategoriesList assignable video categories for a region.Action

Three steps to a running YouTube workflow

The builder keeps the order you think in: connect the app, choose what starts the workflow, add what should happen.

  1. Connect

    Authorise YouTube once

    Add a YouTube connection under Connects and reuse it in every workflow. Credentials stay in your WordPress database.

  2. Trigger

    Pick what starts it

    Start from a YouTube event, or from a WordPress event, a form, a webhook, a schedule or any of the 918+ integrations, then capture a sample so later steps can map real fields.

  3. Act

    Add YouTube steps and logic

    Chain YouTube actions with Router, Filter, Iterator and Delay, test each step against captured data, then switch the workflow on.

YouTube workflows people build

Each example pairs YouTube with an app it is often used with. Build any of them on the canvas, or start from the workflow library.

Create a new WordPress post for every new YouTube video in a channel

YouTube to WordPress

Log every new YouTube video to a Google Sheet

YouTube to Google Sheets

Upload a video to YouTube when a new file is added to Google Drive

YouTube to Google Drive

Summarise new YouTube videos with OpenAI and save the recap

YouTube to OpenAI (ChatGPT)

Add a video to a YouTube playlist when a WooCommerce product is published

YouTube to WooCommerce

Email your Mailchimp audience when a new video goes live

YouTube to Mailchimp

Connect YouTube with other apps

865 apps have triggers or actions that work with YouTube. The ones used together most often come first.

About YouTube

FlowMattic integration version 2.1.0

Connect YouTube to FlowMattic to automate your channel end to end. Upload and update videos, manage playlists, moderate comments and track subscribers — and start workflows the moment a new video, comment, subscriber or liked video appears.

YouTube integration changelog

What changed in each version of the integration.

v2.1.0 – 12 Aug. 2026
– Improvement: Triggers now expose named fields at the top level — video_id, comment_text, author_name, thumbnail_url and the rest — instead of only the nested YouTube paths
– Improvement: Nested objects such as snippet are kept whole as JSON, so they can be passed on or parsed downstream
– Improvement: The same field names are used across all five triggers, and New Video in Playlist now reports the video’s own ID rather than the playlist entry ID
– Improvement: Nested objects are no longer also exploded into snippet_a_b_c keys, which listed the same value three times; a captured comment is now 20 fields instead of 41
– Improvement: Removed a duplicate Choose Connect dropdown from the API trigger settings
– Fixed: The response captured in the workflow editor matches what the workflow receives when it runs; the two disagreed before
– Note: Workflows built on the 2.0.0 API triggers that reference a snippet_… field must switch to the named field (for example comment_text). New Video in Channel is unaffected.

v2.0.0 – 3 Aug. 2026
– New: Rebuilt on the YouTube Data API v3 with a Google OAuth connect, replacing the RSS-only integration
– New: 29 actions covering videos, playlists, playlist items, channels, subscriptions, comments and search
– New: Upload Video action that pulls the file from any URL and sets title, description, tags, category, privacy and schedule
– New: Set Thumbnail action to attach a custom thumbnail from a URL
– New: 4 polling triggers — New Video in Playlist, New Comment, New Subscriber and New Liked Video
– New: Channel, playlist and category dropdowns are populated live in the workflow builder
– Improvement: New Video in Channel keeps working without a connect and still fetches the video transcript

v1.0 – 11 Nov. 2024
– Initial release

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