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Extract YouTube channel videos to Google Sheets

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Sheets. 15 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 6

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1When clicking ‘Test workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Google Sheets - Get Channel URLsGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3LoopSplit In BatchesLogic
  4. 4Switch - Detect Channel ID or Channel URLSwitchLogic
  5. 5WaitWaitLogic
  6. 6Fields - Set Channel ID 1SetLogic
  7. 7Fields - Set Channel UsernameSetLogic
  8. 8HTTP Request - Get Channel VideosHttp RequestService
  9. 9HTTP Request - Get Channel IDHttp RequestService
  10. 10If - Check Success ResponseIfLogic
  11. 11Fields - Set Channel ID 2SetLogic
  12. 12Split Out - VideosSplit OutLogic
  13. 13Google Sheets - Update Data - SuccessGoogle SheetsService
  14. 14Google Sheets - Update Data - ErrorGoogle SheetsService
  15. 15Google Sheets - Update DataGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15, with 2 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.