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title: "YouTube"
date: 2022-05-16
author: "nK"
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# YouTube

## Connect

1. Create an API key: Google Cloud Console → a project → APIs & Services → Enable **YouTube Data API v3** → Credentials → Create credentials → API key.
2. Find the channel ID: YouTube → Settings → Advanced settings → Channel ID (starts with `UC`). For another channel, open its page and use “View page source” to find `channelId`, or a channel ID lookup tool.
3. Settings → Social Feeds → **YouTube** → **+ Connect**, paste both, Save Changes.

[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-13-1024x790.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-13-1024x790.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-13.png)[![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-36-1024x579.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-36-1024x579.png)](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-36.png)## Fields

FieldValuesDefaultNameTextYouTube Account #nAPI KeyThe keyChannel ID`UC…`Medias ofChannel, Channel PlaylistChannelPlaylistA dropdown of the channel’s playlists, loaded once key and channel ID are enteredMax Videos1 to 20030## What is imported

Title, description, thumbnail, publish date, comments and views counts, and the channel as the author. Videos play in the lightbox through the YouTube player; they are not downloaded.

## Quota

The YouTube Data API allows 10,000 units per day per project by default. One sync of an account costs about 100 units per 50 videos plus 1 unit per video (roughly 160 units for 30 videos). With the two-hourly sync that is well under the quota for one account; many accounts with Max Videos at 200 can reach it. If Google reports quota exceeded, the feed keeps the last import until the next day.