Automate YouTube Channel Data Extraction and Storage
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Effortlessly extract key information from any YouTube channel and automatically update a Google Sheet. Monitor channel growth and performance without manual data entry.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow provides a seamless solution for collecting vital YouTube channel metrics. It leverages the YouTube Data API to fetch details such as channel title, description, subscriber count, view count, video count, and publication date. The workflow then intelligently checks if the channel has any results before proceeding to update a designated Google Sheet. This automated process eliminates the need for manual data gathering, allowing you to keep your channel analytics up-to-date and readily accessible for performance tracking and strategic decision-making. It's designed for efficiency and accuracy, ensuring you always have the latest channel insights at your fingertips.
Key Features
- Automated Data Extraction: Pulls comprehensive data from YouTube channels using the API.
- Smart Data Validation: Checks for valid results before updating your data.
- Seamless Google Sheets Integration: Directly updates a specified Google Sheet with extracted metrics.
- Customizable Data Fields: Includes essential information like title, subscriber count, views, and more.
- Scheduled or Manual Execution: Trigger the workflow on demand or set up automated runs.
How To Use
- Trigger: Initiate the workflow by clicking 'Test workflow' or configure a scheduler for automated runs.
- Fetch Channel Data: The workflow (implicitly, though not fully shown in snippet) will use a YouTube node to fetch channel information based on a provided channel ID or URL.
- Conditional Check: An 'If' node evaluates the API response. If the
totalResultsfrompageInfois greater than 0, it proceeds. - Update Google Sheets: The 'Google Sheets - Update Data' node takes the extracted channel details (title, subscriber count, view count, etc.) and the row number from a preceding 'Google Sheets - Get Channel URLs' node to update the corresponding row in your specified Google Sheet.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "6bd8dcdc-5763-4fde-9886-619f0da0a001",
"name": "Automate YouTube Channel Data Extraction and Storage",
"nodes": 29,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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