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Hey! Im trying to test trigger and does not work. I use the USER ID as Username.
I have read the Common Problems with YouTube doc but still does not work.

What can I do? 

Hi @cinnamonashes 

Are you able to provide screenshots of the error you are getting for your Zap trigger step?

Hi @cinnamonashes 

Are you able to provide screenshots of the error you are getting for your Zap trigger step?

 

@cinnamonashes 

We are unable to tell what Youtube trigger you are using from the screenshot you provided.

Can you show screenshots of each section in the Zap trigger step?

@cinnamonashes 

My Zap can't find a video even though I know it exists

Videos that are private or unlisted cannot be used, we can only pick up videos that are set to public and can be watched by anybody!

@cinnamonashes 

My videos aren't being found by the New Video in Channel trigger

YouTube provides a "Human Readable" web address for a channel, such as: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZapierVideos.

In order to find the Channel ID to put into the field here:

Click the "Videos" link/tab/section in YouTube, and then look at the web address in their browser.
You should see something like this in the URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa4RU443sQ17CW6xg_uWJfQ/videos.
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Copy and paste the characters between "channel/" and "/videos" (in this example, UCa4RU443sQ17CW6xg_uWJfQ) into the Channel field in Zapier.

@cinnamonashes

We are unable to tell what Youtube trigger you are using from the screenshot you provided.

Can you show screenshots of each section in the Zap trigger step?

 

@cinnamonashes 

Try this help link to find your Youtube Username: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3250431?hl=en

When I got to this Youtube link, I get this error message, so make sure you’ve input the correct Username

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC33XBu96zfcvOlhsvvL_5RQ/videos

 

@cinnamonashes

Try this help link to find your Youtube Username: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3250431?hl=en

When I got to this Youtube link, I get this error message, so make sure you’ve input the correct Username

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC33XBu96zfcvOlhsvvL_5RQ/videos

 

when I enter the site I get the same channel ID...
I tried with the user ID as well and it didn't work.
I also tried the custom url and there is no solution…

 

 

@cinnamonashes 

Might be best to open a ticket with Zapier Support for additional troubleshooting help: https://zapier.com/app/get-help

@cinnamonashes, I just wanted to check in with you to see if you’d managed to get things working, or whether you could still use some help here. Please let us know :)

Thanks for reaching out, @cinnamonashes! 

It looks like you were able to speak with my teammate Viktor in support who confirmed this is a known bug for playlists exceeding 50 videos. They did you add you as a follower on the bug and we’ll be sure to keep you and this thread updated once there’s a resolution. 🙂

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