Batch Update All Your Youtube Video Descriptions in One Click

The workflow JSON

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      "parameters": {
        "title": "={{ $('List all videos').item.json.snippet.title }}",
        "videoId": "={{ $('List all videos').item.json.id.videoId }}",
        "resource": "video",
        "operation": "update",
        "categoryId": "27",
        "regionCode": "US",
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          "description": "={{ $json.description }}"
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          "name": "<your credential>"
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        "content": "# Setup\n### 1/ Add Your credentials\n[Youtube](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/credentials/google/)\n\n### 2/ Define in the config node the delimiter and the text you want to add to all your videos. \n\n# \ud83d\udc47"
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Credentials you'll need

Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.

• youTubeOAuth2Api

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