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YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube

CategoryContent And Files
AuthenticationOAuth 2.0
Version0.6.0
Published scopes5 published scopes
Last updatedSeptember 24, 2026

Overview

Connect YouTube with Flows360

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube

Use the YouTube connector to include its declared actions and events in Flows360 workflows without duplicating the integration logic inside each consuming system. This pinned connector version currently exposes 9 actions and 1 trigger.

Available actions

  • Download Caption
  • List Captions
  • Search
  • List Playlist Items
  • Get Video
  • Get Channel
  • List Playlists
  • List Comments
  • Plus 1 additional declared action.

Available triggers

  • New Video In Channel

The capability list above is generated from the exact reviewed connector package so the public description stays aligned with the version Flows360 operates.

Technical guide

Technical reference

Package identity

  • Connector: YouTube
  • Package: @activepieces/piece-youtube@0.6.0
  • Exact artifact digest: sha256:a4de6ab9ed5f9fe9c9ad079accc651d6ac1202dc8036d3310885f2e3a986e2ba
  • Runtime: Activepieces-compatible deterministic worker
  • Source: the exact reviewed Activepieces source

Authentication

OAUTH2. Connection values are tenant-specific and remain in the consuming Studio instance; CDK stores definitions and field metadata, not customer credential values.

Action contracts

  • Download Caption (download_caption), Returns a caption track text by caption ID using the YouTube captions.download endpoint. Requires permission to edit the video, so it only works for captions on videos the authenticated user owns. Auto-generated (asr) caption tracks cannot be downloaded and will return a 403. Classification: read.
  • List Captions (list_captions), Returns caption tracks for a specific YouTube video using the captions.list endpoint. Classification: read.
  • Search (search), Search YouTube videos, channels, and playlists using the YouTube Data API search.list endpoint. Classification: read.
  • List Playlist Items (list_playlist_items), Returns videos in a YouTube playlist. You can filter by playlist ID or by specific item IDs. Classification: read.
  • Get Video (get_video), Retrieve a video by ID, including its statistics and duration. Classification: read.
  • Get Channel (get_channel), Retrieve a channel by ID or handle, including its subscriber and view counts. Classification: read.
  • List Playlists (list_playlists), List the playlists on a channel. Classification: read.
  • List Comments (list_comments), List the top-level comment threads on a video. Classification: read.
  • Custom API Call (custom_api_call), Make a custom API call to a specific endpoint Classification: read.

Trigger contracts

  • New Video In Channel, polling.

Verification

Deterministic execution evidence is recorded for the pinned artifact, including 1 exercised action entrypoint and 0 exercised trigger entrypoints.

Capability summary

AuthenticationOAuth 2.0
Supported objects10
Supported actionsNot published
Triggers1

Authentication

Authentication method: OAuth 2.0

Required scopes

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.uploadhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-sslemail

Authentication profiles

connection · oauth2

OAuth scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl, email

Supported objects

ObjectReadWriteNotes
Download Caption Yes No Returns a caption track text by caption ID using the YouTube captions.download endpoint. Requires permission to edit the video, so it only works for captions on videos the authenticated user owns. Auto-generated (asr) caption tracks cannot be downloaded and will return a 403.
List Captions Yes No Returns caption tracks for a specific YouTube video using the captions.list endpoint.
Search Yes No Search YouTube videos, channels, and playlists using the YouTube Data API search.list endpoint.
List Playlist Items Yes No Returns videos in a YouTube playlist. You can filter by playlist ID or by specific item IDs.
Get Video Yes No Retrieve a video by ID, including its statistics and duration.
Get Channel Yes No Retrieve a channel by ID or handle, including its subscriber and view counts.
List Playlists Yes No List the playlists on a channel.
List Comments Yes No List the top-level comment threads on a video.
Custom API Call Yes No Make a custom API call to a specific endpoint
New Video In Channel Yes No polling trigger declared by the pinned package.

Triggers

New Video In Channel · Poll

Runs when a new video is added to a YouTube channel

Inputs

  • channel_identifier · string

Setup

Setup

  1. Add the YouTube connector to the workflow in the target Flows360 Studio instance.
  2. Create or select the tenant-specific connection required by the connector. Connection secrets remain in the Studio connection boundary and are not copied into CDK documentation.
  3. Provide the connection fields declared by the pinned package:
  • No provider credential fields are declared by the pinned package.

OAuth scopes

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl
  • email
  1. Select the required action or trigger and complete its declared input fields. Required and optional inputs are defined by the exact package schema.
  2. Test the workflow in the appropriate environment before enabling production scheduling or event delivery.

Limitations

Limitations and operational notes

  • This content describes @activepieces/piece-youtube@0.6.0; provider behaviour can change independently and should be revalidated when the provider or connector version changes.
  • Only the 9 actions and 1 trigger declared by this pinned package are represented here.
  • Tenant credentials and connection values are not stored in the public connector record.
  • Provider-side permissions, account entitlements, quotas and rate limits remain subject to the connected provider account and are not inferred when the package does not declare them.
  • Deterministic execution evidence is recorded for the pinned artifact, including 1 exercised action entrypoint and 0 exercised trigger entrypoints.

Troubleshooting

Why canu2019t the connector authenticate?

Check the tenant connection in Studio and confirm every required YouTube connection field is present. Re-authorise OAuth-based connections if the provider token or consent has expired. Do not place credential values in CDK content or logs.

Why is an action or trigger unavailable?

Confirm that the workflow is using @activepieces/piece-youtube@0.6.0 and compare the requested capability with the declared action and trigger list for this version. A capability that is not declared by the pinned package should not be presented as supported.

What should I check after a provider-side change?

Revalidate authentication, required fields, action/trigger behaviour and provider documentation before publishing refreshed connector content or moving a new package version into production.

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