Save the currently opened YouTube video details to Airtable

Effortlessly extract video details from any YouTube video page and save them directly to your Airtable database with this automation!

Manually gathering information from YouTube videos can be a time-consuming task. This automation simplifies the process by automatically extracting essential details such as video title, description, views, likes, and comments, and seamlessly storing them in your Airtable workspace.

Whether you're a content creator tracking your video analytics, a marketer analyzing engagement metrics, or a researcher collecting data for analysis, this automation proves to be a valuable tool. It eliminates the need for manual data entry, saving you time and ensuring accuracy in your data collection.

Experience a more efficient workflow as you effortlessly transfer video details from YouTube to Airtable. With just a few clicks, you can enhance your data management process and focus on leveraging the collected information for your specific use case.

Let’s set it up!

Step 1: Create an Airtable

The first step is to create an Airtable with all the YouTube video information you want to save. 

Bardeen will extract information from the currently opened YouTube video and save information like video title, video description, channel name, channel link, subscribers, number of views, number of comments, and number of likes. It will then save all this information to your Airtable that you specified once the setup is complete.

Step 2: Install the extension and run the playbook

You will be redirected to install the browser extension when you run it for the first time. Bardeen will also prompt you to integrate Airtable.

Click the “Pin it” button at the top of this page to get this automation saved to your Playbooks. 

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 the Airtable that you created in Step #1. After you choose the database, you will get a prompt to map the information to the fields in Airtable.

The left side consists of all the fields Bardeen will scrape for you. On the right side, specify the fields in Airtable that you want to associate with the information on the left. If you don’t want a piece of information, leave that field empty, and it will be skipped. That’s it!

Click on “Save Input” and checkmark Airtable. You can edit Inputs later by hovering over the playbook. 

Step 3: Start saving!

When you want to save information from a YouTube video to Airtable, navigate to the YouTube video page.

Activate Bardeen (or hit Option + B on Mac or ALT + B on PC on your keyboard) and run this playbook. It will get all the information from the YouTube video and save it to the Airtable that you specified. 

This automation is fantastic if you are a content creator or a digital marketer. You can utilize this automation to analyze video performance and gather valuable insights. By extracting video details such as views, likes, and comments, you can assess engagement levels, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize your content strategy.

Researchers and analysts can also leverage this automation to collect data from YouTube videos for various research purposes. They can extract information such as video titles, descriptions, and metadata to study trends, analyze user behavior, or gather data for academic research.

For individuals or teams managing a large collection of YouTube videos, this automation simplifies the process of organizing and tracking video details. By automatically saving video information to an Airtable database, they can easily create a video library, categorize content, and maintain a centralized repository for efficient data management.

You can also edit the playbook and add your next action to further customize the automation.

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