Youtube

@actionsflow/trigger-youtube

This is a Youtube trigger of Actionsflow. Any new videos in Youtube channel or playlist will trigger the trigger.

This is an official trigger, you don't need to install it manually.

View trigger on Github

Usage

Single channel:

on:
youtube:
channel_id: UCnCikd0s4i9KoDtaHPlK-JA

Multiple Channels:

on:
youtube:
channel_id:
- UCnCikd0s4i9KoDtaHPlK-JA
- UCseUQK4kC3x2x543nHtGpzw

Playlist:

on:
youtube:
playlist_id: PL99D544ED5B1E58D8

Multiple playlist:

on:
youtube:
playlist_id:
- PL99D544ED5B1E58D8
- PL2qc-hH9Ip-SSUaZd_G8IxtecK0WZ-af-

Or, Both channel or playlist:

on:
youtube:
channel_id:
- UCnCikd0s4i9KoDtaHPlK-JA
- UCseUQK4kC3x2x543nHtGpzw
playlist_id:
- PL99D544ED5B1E58D8
- PL2qc-hH9Ip-SSUaZd_G8IxtecK0WZ-af-

Options

  • channel_id, optional, Youtube channel ID, string or string[], when channel_id is string[], then multiple Youtube channels can trigger the action. You can get it from Youtube channel URL. For example, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmHUn--16B90oW2L6FRR3A, channel_id is UCOmHUn--16B90oW2L6FRR3A
  • playlist_id, optional, Youtube playlist ID, string or string[], when playlist_id is string[], then multiple Youtube playlist can trigger the action. You can get it from Youtube playlist URL. For example, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2qc-hH9Ip-SSUaZd_G8IxtecK0WZ-af-, playlist_id is PL2qc-hH9Ip-SSUaZd_G8IxtecK0WZ-af-, you can use playlist_id and channel_id at the same time.

You can use General Config for Actionsflow Trigger for more customization.

Outputs

An outputs example:

{
"videoId": "vrBr_vrMdLQ",
"channelId": "UCnCikd0s4i9KoDtaHPlK-JA",
"title": "Mechanizing the Methodology",
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrBr_vrMdLQ",
"pubDate": "2020-08-18T11:49:59.000Z",
"author": "Daniel Miessler",
"id": "yt:video:vrBr_vrMdLQ",
"isoDate": "2020-08-18T11:49:59.000Z",
"description": "How to find vulnerabilities while you're doing other things.",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/vrBr_vrMdLQ/hqdefault.jpg",
"width": "480",
"height": "360"
},
"starRating": {
"count": "10",
"average": "5.00",
"min": "1",
"max": "5"
},
"statistics": {
"views": "89"
}
}

You can use the outputs like this:

on:
youtube:
channel_id: UCnCikd0s4i9KoDtaHPlK-JA
jobs:
print:
name: Print
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Print Outputs
env:
title: ${{on.youtube.outputs.title}}
description: ${{on.youtube.outputs.description}}
link: ${{on.youtube.outputs.link}}
run: |
echo title: $title
echo description: $description
echo link: $link