Integrations / Video & Audio
Connect YouTube to WhatsApp: comments, videos and channels by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect YouTube once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Most owners keep the brand in their head and the files in YouTube. New pieces start from what you have already made, so the shop window, the menu board and your social feed all look like the same business.
48 actions in YouTube. 23 only look things up, and 25 create, update, send or delete. You connect with a one-click sign-in.
What you can ask Flann to do in YouTube
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right YouTube action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my channels in YouTube.”
“Show me my comments in YouTube.”
“Look up the video rating in YouTube.”
“Add a video in YouTube.”
“Post a comment in YouTube.”
“Update the channel in YouTube.”
What Flann can work with in YouTube
YouTube gives Flann 48 actions across 22 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Comments | deletelook uppostupdate | 4 |
| Videos | adddeleteupdateupload | 4 |
| Channels | look upupdate | 3 |
| Playlist items | deletelook upupdate | 3 |
| Channel sections | adddeletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Playlists | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Caption tracks | downloadupdate | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for YouTube.
| Compare | In YouTube yourselfYou click through each job | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Flann on YouTubeYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Log in and click through the screens | Only what was wired up in advance | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about comments | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 23 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 25 changes, made from a message |
| YouTube records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 22 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | One sign-in to YouTube |
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Step by step: YouTube jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the YouTube action Flann actually runs.
Create a comment from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a comment in YouTube with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Commentsin YouTube and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Post Comment on Videoin YouTube. - Flann creates it in YouTube and confirms in the chat.
Fix a channel without opening YouTube
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the channel in YouTube: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Channelsin YouTube and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update channelin YouTube. - Flann makes the change in YouTube and confirms in the chat.
Clean up playlist items you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which playlist items in YouTube are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Playlist Itemsin YouTube and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Playlist Itemin YouTube. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Repetitive YouTube work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
Making the weekly offer graphic
Today
Every Monday you open YouTube, find last week’s post, swap the photo, change the offer text and resize it twice. It is the same fiddly routine each week.
With Flann
“This week’s special is the lamb tagine. Make the usual Monday post in YouTube.”
Flann opens last week’s design in YouTube, swaps in the new dish, rewrites the line in your usual tone and keeps your fonts and colours as they are. The finished graphic comes to the chat as an image you can look at properly on your phone.
What you stop doing: Rebuilding the same post every Monday is no longer how your week starts.
Keeping the menu design current
Today
When a dish changes, the printed menu and the screen behind the till are both out of date. Editing the design in YouTube usually waits until someone asks for the soup that is no longer there.
With Flann
“Remove the soup of the day from the lunch menu in YouTube and add the halloumi wrap.”
The menu design in YouTube is edited with the spacing kept even and a short description written for the wrap in the style of the rest. A preview of the whole menu comes back so you can read it as a customer would.
What you stop doing: Waiting for a customer to point out an old menu is over.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to YouTube
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find YouTube.
- Sign in to your YouTube account on the secure page that opens and allow access. There is no developer account or API key to set up.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in YouTube whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in YouTube. You can disconnect YouTube from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use YouTube with Flann
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses YouTube to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Find the file you made
Ask for last month’s poster or video. Flann finds it in YouTube and brings it into the chat.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in YouTube and shows it to you before anything is published.
Everything Flann can do in YouTube
The full list of YouTube actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 23
- List captions
- List Channels
- List Comments
- Download YouTube caption track
- Get Channel Activities
- Get channel ID by handle
- Get Channel Statistics
- Get Video Rating
- List Channel Sections
- List channel videos
- List Comment Threads
- List I18n Languages
- List I18n Regions
- List Live Chat Messages
- List Playlist Images
- List Playlist Items
- List Super Chat Events
- List user playlists
- List user subscriptions
- List Video Abuse Report Reasons
- List Video Categories
- Search YouTube
- Video Details Batch
Changes 25
- Add Video to Playlist
- Create Playlist
- Insert Comment Reply
- Multipart upload video
- Post Comment on Video
- Set Comment Moderation Status
- Update Comment
- Update Playlist
- Update thumbnail
- Upload video
- Delete Channel Section
- Delete Comment
- Delete Playlist
- Delete Playlist Item
- Delete Video
- Insert Channel Section
- Rate Video
- Report Video for Abuse
- Subscribe to channel
- Unsubscribe from channel
- Update caption track
- Update channel
- Update Channel Section
- Update Playlist Item
- Update video
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TwitchCommon questions
What can Flann do with comments in YouTube?
Flann can delete, look up, post and update comments in YouTube, using 4 actions (Delete Comment, List Comments, Post Comment on Video, Update Comment). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change comments in YouTube.
What can Flann do with videos in YouTube?
Flann can add, delete, update and upload videos in YouTube, using 4 actions (Add Video to Playlist, Delete Video, Update video, Upload video). Each one changes something in YouTube.
How does Flann connect to YouTube?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose YouTube and sign in to your YouTube account on a secure page. There is no developer account or API key to set up. Once it is connected, Flann can use 48 actions in YouTube.
Can I use YouTube from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in YouTube for you. You do not need to open YouTube.
Which Flann plan do I need for YouTube?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes YouTube and every other app.