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Best answer

How do I set up a Zap to trigger when a YouTube stream goes live?

  • November 20, 2019
  • 5 replies
  • 952 views
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I was looking at the zaps for Youtube and there appears to be only 4 options.

  1. New vid in channel
  2. New vid by username
  3. New vid by Search
  4. New vid by playlist

All these descriptions refer to uploaded videos only


I'm looking to trigger something when a stream goes live. Anyone have experience with the YT integration?


Best answer by AndrewJDavison

Hi @moxy

The only way to do this would be for you to build your own custom Youtube integration using Zapier's Developer Platform: https://zapier.com/platform

Having a quick look, Youtube does have a Live Streaming API: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/getting-started

You'll need to see if there is a specific endpoint you can poll for a when a stream starts.

@ikbelkirasan who's pretty active on this forum may be able to help with this.


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    • November 20, 2019

    Hi @moxy

    The only way to do this would be for you to build your own custom Youtube integration using Zapier's Developer Platform: https://zapier.com/platform

    Having a quick look, Youtube does have a Live Streaming API: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/getting-started

    You'll need to see if there is a specific endpoint you can poll for a when a stream starts.

    @ikbelkirasan who's pretty active on this forum may be able to help with this.


    Find out more and hire me: https://zapier.com/partnerdirectory/andrewjdavison (andrew@andrewjdavison.com)
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      Has somebody implemented it?

      J
      • Jirehnet
      • New
      • September 18, 2023

      You could build a web function to either check the stream or use the YT API, then send to Zapier we hook to do an action. 
       

      set up your function on a CRON job. 

      J
      • Jirehnet
      • New
      • September 18, 2023

      You could build a web function to either check the stream or use the YT API, then send to Zapier we hook to do an action. 
       

      set up your function on a CRON job. 

      Here is some code that I used for Cloudflare stream checking. Am now doing this with YT. Adapt the code to send data to your web hook. https://chat.openai.com/share/dcf75c96-871e-4df9-b343-106ae9372233

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      Exploring YouTube integrations indeed reveals a limited range of options, mostly centered around uploaded videos. However, triggering an action when a stream goes live seems like a valuable feature that's missing. It's surprising that such a common use case isn't covered in the current Zap options. Perhaps there's a workaround or a different approach to achieve this functionality. It might be worth delving deeper into YouTube's API documentation or exploring alternative automation platforms that could offer the desired functionality. Additionally, reaching out to others who have tackled similar challenges with YouTube integration could provide valuable insights and solutions.

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