YouTube n8n integrationAutomate YouTube with n8n.

Reads one channel and returns only the property groups you asked for, which keeps the output small enough to map straight into a sheet.

• Channel ID: the identifier of the channel to read, usually {{ $json.channelId }} when a previous node already carries it.
• Fields: the parts the API response includes. statistics brings the counters, snippet the title and description, brandingSettings the visual identity, and * takes everything.

Returns a list instead of a single channel, shaped by the Filters collection you open on the node.

• Fields: same property groups as the single read, applied to every channel in the list.
• Return All: on, n8n follows the API pages until the last channel; off, Limit caps how many come back.
• Filters: ID takes a comma separated list of channel IDs, For Username resolves a YouTube username, Managed By Me narrows to channels managed by the content owner.

Writes new values on an existing channel. Only what you place in Update Fields is touched, the rest stays as it is.

• Channel ID: the channel being edited, required, so the node fails if the expression feeding it comes back empty.
• Branding Settings: the collection holding the branding information of the channel.
• On Behalf Of Content Owner: tells the API the credentials belong to a YouTube CMS user acting for that content owner.

Sends an image file to the channel header. The file has to reach the node as binary data, not as a URL in a text field.

• Channel ID: the channel receiving the banner.
• Input Binary Field: the name of the incoming binary field that holds the file. A node that downloaded the image sits right before, and the name it gave the binary goes here, often data.

Builds an empty playlist on the authenticated account and returns its ID, which the next nodes use to fill it.

• Title: the playlist title, the one required field.
• Privacy Status: private, public or unlisted. Creating it private first leaves room to add the videos before anyone sees a half empty shelf.
• Description and Tags: the description text and the keyword tags, several tags separated by commas.

Removes the playlist itself. The videos inside stay on the channel, only the container disappears, and the call does not ask for confirmation.

• Playlist ID: the playlist to remove. Feed it from a previous listing rather than typing it, since nothing brings it back afterwards.
• On Behalf Of Content Owner: used when a CMS user runs the call for the content owner.

Reads a single playlist and hands back the parts you selected, without touching the items it contains.

• Playlist ID: the playlist to read.
• Fields: snippet for the title and description, contentDetails for the item count, status for the privacy setting, player for the embed.
• On Behalf Of Content Owner Channel: the channel ID a video is being added to, used alongside the content owner parameter.

Lists the playlists that match your filters, one n8n item per playlist, ready to loop over.

• Fields: the property groups returned for each playlist in the list.
• Return All: leave it off and Limit decides how many playlists come back, turn it on for a complete inventory.
• Filters: Channel ID restricts the results to one channel, ID takes a comma separated list of playlist IDs.

Edits an existing playlist. Worth knowing: Title is required even when the title is not what you came to change.

• Playlist ID: the playlist to edit.
• Title: required, so read the playlist first and pass its current title back when only the description moves.
• Description, Tags, Privacy Status: the fields you actually came to rewrite, privacy switching between private, public and unlisted.

Places a video inside a playlist and returns the playlist item that was created, a different object from the video itself.

• Playlist Name or ID: chosen from the dropdown n8n fills with your playlists, or given through an expression when it comes from a previous node.
• Video ID: the video being added.
• Position: the rank in the playlist, counted from zero, so 0 puts the video on top.
• Note: a private note of 280 characters at most.

Pulls one entry out of a playlist. The video stays online, it simply leaves that list.

• Playlist Item ID: the identifier of the entry, not the video ID. A video sitting in three playlists has three different playlist item IDs, and a listing operation is what gives you the right one.
• On Behalf Of Content Owner: for CMS users acting for the content owner.

Reads one entry of a playlist, which is how you confirm what a given position actually holds.

• Playlist Item ID: the entry to read.
• Fields: snippet carries the position and the playlist it belongs to, contentDetails the video reference, status the privacy of the item.

Walks through the contents of one playlist and returns its entries in order.

• Playlist Name or ID: the playlist to read, from the dropdown or through an expression.
• Fields: the property groups returned for each entry.
• Return All: on for the whole playlist however long it is, off to stop at Limit.

Erases a video from the channel. No recycle bin on the other side, which makes this the operation to guard with a manual approval step.

• Video ID: the video to delete, and the only required field, so a wrong expression here does real damage.
• On Behalf Of Content Owner: when a CMS user runs the deletion for the content owner.

Fetches everything known about one video, with the depth set by the parts you tick.

• Video ID: the video to read.
• Fields: statistics for views and likes, contentDetails for duration, status for the privacy state, liveStreamingDetails for a stream, recordingDetails for the recording data.

The search operation of the node. Nothing is required here, the Filters collection does all the work.

• Query: the search term, and Channel ID to stay inside one channel.
• Published After and Published Before: the publication window.
• Order: date or relevance. Video Type, Region Code and Safe Search narrow it further.
• Return All: off, Limit stops the run early, which is what you want while testing a filter.

Records a like or a dislike from the account behind the credential, or clears a rating that was set before.

• Video ID: the video being rated.
• Rating: like and dislike record the reaction of the authenticated user, none removes any rating previously set.

Rewrites the metadata of a published video, from its description to its privacy state, without touching the file.

• Video ID and Title: both required, so carry the existing title over when the title itself stays put.
• Description and Tags: the text block and the keyword tags, separated by commas.
• Publish At: schedules the switch to public, and it only works if Privacy Status is set to private.
• Notify Subscribers: whether subscribers get an alert.

Pushes a file to the channel and gives back the ID of the new video, which the rest of the workflow reuses.

• Title: the title of the video.
• Input Binary Field: the name of the binary field holding the file. The node before has to deliver the file itself, a link in a text field will not do.
• Category Name or ID and Region Code: the category, from the list or an expression, and the region it applies to.
• Privacy Status: upload as private, review, then publish later.

Lists the categories YouTube offers, which differ from one country to another. This is where the category ID used at upload comes from.

• Region Code: required, and it drives the whole result since the catalog is regional.
• Return All: on for the complete list, off to stop at Limit.