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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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A trigger is the YouTube event that starts a workflow. An action is what FlowMattic does in YouTube from a step.
| Event | What it does | Type |
|---|---|---|
| New Video in Channel | Triggers when a new video is published in the specified channel. | Trigger |
| New Video in Playlist | Triggers when a new video is added to the specified playlist. | Trigger |
| New Comment | Triggers when a new comment is posted on a video or channel. | Trigger |
| New Subscriber | Triggers when your channel gets a new subscriber. | Trigger |
| New Liked Video | Triggers when you like a new video. | Trigger |
| Upload Video | Upload a video to YouTube from a URL. | Action |
| Update Video | Update the metadata of an existing video. | Action |
| Delete Video | Delete a video from YouTube. | Action |
| Get Video | Get details of a specific video. | Action |
| List My Videos | List videos uploaded to your channel. | Action |
| Rate Video | Like, dislike, or remove a rating on a video. | Action |
| Set Thumbnail | Set a custom thumbnail for a video from a URL. | Action |
| Create Playlist | Create a new playlist on your channel. | Action |
| Update Playlist | Update the details of an existing playlist. | Action |
| Delete Playlist | Delete a playlist from your channel. | Action |
| Get Playlist | Get details of a specific playlist. | Action |
| List Playlists | List playlists on your channel or a specified channel. | Action |
| Add Video to Playlist | Add a video to a playlist. | Action |
| Remove Video from Playlist | Remove a video from a playlist. | Action |
| List Playlist Items | List the videos in a playlist. | Action |
| Get My Channel | Get details of your own channel. | Action |
| Get Channel by ID | Get details of a channel by its ID. | Action |
| List My Channels | List all channels owned by your account. | Action |
| Subscribe to Channel | Subscribe to a channel. | Action |
| Unsubscribe from Channel | Unsubscribe from a channel. | Action |
| List Subscriptions | List the channels you are subscribed to. | Action |
| Post Comment | Post a top-level comment on a video. | Action |
| Reply to Comment | Reply to an existing comment. | Action |
| List Comments | List comments on a video or channel. | Action |
| Update Comment | Update the text of a comment. | Action |
| Delete Comment | Delete a comment. | Action |
| Set Comment Moderation Status | Set the moderation status of a comment. | Action |
| Search YouTube | Search for videos, channels, or playlists on YouTube. | Action |
| List Video Categories | List assignable video categories for a region. | Action |
The builder keeps the order you think in: connect the app, choose what starts the workflow, add what should happen.
Add a YouTube connection under Connects and reuse it in every workflow. Credentials stay in your WordPress database.
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.
Chain YouTube actions with Router, Filter, Iterator and Delay, test each step against captured data, then switch the workflow on.
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.
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Ask for it on the feedback portal, where the most-voted apps get built first. The API and Webhook steps reach any app with an API in the meantime.
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.
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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