This workflow follows the HTTP Request → YouTube recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"createdAt": "2021-02-25T15:49:55.037Z",
"updatedAt": "2021-06-07T14:53:16.628Z",
"id": "73",
"name": "Youtube:Channel:get getAll update:Playlist:create update getAll get delete:PlaylistItem:add getAll get delete:videoCategory:getAll:Video:rate get upload update delete",
"active": false,
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},
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"typeVersion": 1,
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"credentials": {
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}
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}
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{
"parameters": {
"operation": "update",
"channelId": "={{$node[\"YouTube\"].json[\"id\"]}}",
"updateFields": {
"brandingSettingsUi": {
"channelSettingsValues": {
"channel": {
"description": "=Update description {{Date.now()}}"
}
}
}
}
},
"name": "YouTube2",
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{
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"title": "=UpdatePlaylist{{Date.now()}}",
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{
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"alwaysOutputData": true,
"credentials": {
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"name": "<your credential>"
}
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{
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"videoId": "sJO3b0WXm8I",
"options": {}
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"resource": "playlistItem",
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"contentDetails"
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},
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Youtube:Channel:get getAll update:Playlist:create update getAll get delete:PlaylistItem:add getAll get delete:videoCategory:getAll:Video:rate get upload update delete. Uses start, youTube, httpRequest, readBinaryFile. Manual trigger; 28 nodes.
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