Automate YouTube Video Uploads with Pabbly Connect: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to automate YouTube video uploads from OneDrive using Pabbly Connect. Follow our step-by-step tutorial to streamline your video management process. Discover how to seamlessly connect your essential tools through accessible instructions that make powerful automation available to professionals at every skill level.

Watch Step By Step Video Tutorial Below

1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Automation

To start automating your YouTube video uploads, first access Pabbly Connect by visiting its homepage. If you’re a new user, click on ‘Sign Up for Free’ to create an account and explore the features with 100 free tasks each month.

If you already have an account, simply log in. After logging in, you will see the dashboard where you can create workflows. Click on ‘Create Workflow’ to begin setting up your automation process.

2. Creating a Workflow in Pabbly Connect

In this step, you will create a workflow named ‘Upload YouTube Videos from OneDrive’ using Pabbly Connect. Select the appropriate folder for your automation to keep things organized.

Once you name your workflow, you will see two main options: Trigger and Action. The Trigger is what initiates the workflow, while the Action is what happens as a result.

• Choose OneDrive as your Trigger application.
• Select the event ‘New File’ to trigger when a video is uploaded.

After setting the trigger, you will connect OneDrive to Pabbly Connect to ensure it can access the necessary data. Click on ‘Connect’ and authorize access to your OneDrive account.

3. Fetching Video Details from Google Sheets

Once the OneDrive connection is established, the next step is to fetch video details from Google Sheets using Pabbly Connect. This is crucial for retrieving SEO details like descriptions and tags for the uploaded videos.

Select Google Sheets as your Action application and choose the ‘Lookup Spreadsheet V2’ event. Connect your Google Sheets account to Pabbly Connect, allowing it to access the necessary spreadsheet.

• Specify the spreadsheet name where SEO details are stored.
• Input the title of the video as the lookup value to fetch corresponding SEO data.

With these details mapped, Pabbly Connect will now retrieve the relevant SEO information every time a new video is uploaded to OneDrive.

4. Uploading the Video to YouTube

After fetching the necessary details, the next step is to upload the video to YouTube using Pabbly Connect. Select YouTube as your Action application and choose the ‘Upload Video’ event.

Connect your YouTube account to Pabbly Connect and map the title, description, and tags retrieved from Google Sheets. Additionally, provide the video URL from OneDrive to complete the upload process.

Set the video visibility status (Pabbly, Unlisted, or Private). Configure whether to notify subscribers about the new video.

After mapping all required fields, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to initiate the upload. This action will upload the video to your YouTube channel seamlessly through Pabbly Connect.

5. Finalizing the Automation Process

To ensure the video uploads successfully, you can add a delay step in Pabbly Connect to allow time for processing. This is especially useful for larger video files.

After the delay, use the ‘Get Video Upload Status’ action in YouTube to check if the upload was successful. Map the request ID received from the previous upload step to get the current status of the video.

With these steps completed, your entire automation process is now set up. Whenever a new video is uploaded to OneDrive, Pabbly Connect will automatically fetch the details from Google Sheets and upload the video to YouTube with the correct SEO information.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to automate YouTube video uploads from OneDrive using Pabbly Connect. By following these steps, you can streamline your video management process and save time on repetitive tasks.