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This Playbook will extract a list of videos from the currently opened YouTube channel page and save the title, video link, views, preview image and more to a Google Sheets spreadsheet.
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videos from the currently opened YouTube channel page to Google Sheets
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Save videos from the currently opened YouTube channel page to Google Sheets
This Playbook will extract a list of videos from the currently opened YouTube channel page and save the title, video link, views, preview image and more to a Google Sheets spreadsheet.
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How does this automation work?
Scrape data on active tab
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Add data to sheet tab
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Bardeen's playbook for YouTube content creators and marketers automates the process of extracting valuable video data from a YouTube channel and organizing it into Google Sheets. This workflow is particularly beneficial for content analysis, competitor research, and video performance tracking, allowing you to focus on creating engaging content rather than on manual data entry.
Here's how this workflow saves YouTube channel videos data to Google Sheets:
- Step 1: Scrape YouTube Channel - Bardeen uses the Scraper tool to extract a list of videos from the open YouTube channel page. It captures details such as title, video link, and views based on the number of videos you wish to extract.
- Step 2: Save to Google Sheets - The collected video data is then added to a Google Sheets spreadsheet. You can specify which sheet you want the data to be appended to, allowing for easy access and analysis.
How to run the playbook
Manually wrangling YouTube data—ever feel the weight of scrolling through video after video, recording titles, links, views, and previews on a spreadsheet? It's a tedious drill. But what if the grind could be a thing of the past? Imagine effortlessly extracting that information from the currently opened channel page straight into a Google Sheets haven.
No more copy-paste acrobatics or drowning in a sea of disorganized data. Whether you're a content curator craving a neatly organized catalog or a marketer keen on tracking performance metrics, this playbook is your shortcut.
Bid farewell to the laborious and welcome efficiency. It's more than automation; it's about reclaiming your time for the stuff that truly matters.
Let's set it up!
Step 1: Pin the playbook and integrate Google Sheets
First, click the “Pin it” button at the top of this page to save this automation. You will be redirected to install the browser extension when you run it for the first time. Bardeen will also prompt you to integrate Google Sheets.
Activate Bardeen (or hit Option + B on Mac or ALT + B on PC on your keyboard) and click on the playbook card. The setup flow will start. You will be asked to specify a Google Sheets spreadsheet to save the results.
Click on “Save Input” and checkmark Google Sheets. You can edit Inputs later by hovering over the playbook.
Step 2: Run the playbook to save videos from the currently opened YouTube channel to Google Sheets
Navigate to the YouTube channel page that you want to scrape YouTube videos from.
Press Option + B on Mac or ALT + B on PC on your keyboard to launch Bardeen. Click on the playbook card and choose the number of videos that you would like to save. Skip this field if you want to get all the videos. It will get information from each video like duration, video link, views, title, preview image and more. It will then save all this information to the Google Sheets spreadsheet that you specified.
You can also edit the playbook and add your next action to further customize the automation.
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You can also find more about how to increase your personal productivity and automate your data sourcing and research workflow.
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FAQs
Bardeen - Playbook / Autobooks: Is it possible to create a Playbook that scrapes data from a website and sends it as an email attachment?
You can create a Bardeen Playbook to scrape data from a website and then send that data as an email attachment.
Youtube: Can I download a Youtube video to my computer using Bardeen?
Unfortunately, Bardeen is not able to download videos to your computer.
Google Sheets: What is the best way to export data to Google Sheets?
Exporting data (ex: scraped data or app data) from Bardeen to Google Sheets is possible with our action to “Add Rows to Google Sheets”.
Meetings: Is there a playbook to record and summarize meetings?
There isn't a specific AI use case available for automatically recording and summarizing meetings at the moment
Playbooks/Autobooks: How do I edit an action in a Playbook or Autobook?
Please follow the following steps to edit an action in a Playbook or Autobook.
Scraper: How can I get data from multiple sections of a profile (Eg: getting the experience section on a linkedin profile)?
Cases like this require you to scrape the links to the sections and use the background scraper to get details from every section.