YouTube My Channel Source
Content Source based on your YouTube Channel.
The YouTube My Channel Source, part of the YouTube Source collection, creates sources based on a YouTube channel from the authenticated user.
Settings
The source settings determines the content structure, every time the instance is saved the structure will be regenerated.
Setting | Description | Required |
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Account | The Google Account which to authenticate with. | ✓ |
Channel | The YouTube Channel from which to create the source. | ✓ |
The following settings are common to all source instances.
Setting | Default | Description |
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Name | YouTube Channel | The name that will identify this source instance. |
Default Cache Time | 3600 | The default duration in seconds before the cache is renewed, set to 0 to disable caching. This setting can be overriden in each query configuration. |
Content Structure
Be cautious, changing certain settings of an instance might affect it content structure and break existing content mappings.
Authentication
Authentication is based on the OAuth protocol driven by the Google OAuth Driver.
Content Queries
For every source instance the following content queries will be made available as Dynamic Content option.
My Channel Query
Fetches the channel content resolving to a Channel Type.
Setting | Default | Description | Required |
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Cache | 3600 | The duration in seconds before the cache is invalidated and the query re-executed. |
My Channel Video Query
Fetches a single video from the channel resolving to a Video Type.
Setting | Default | Description | Required |
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Video | The playlist video which content to fetch. | ✓ | |
Cache | 3600 | The duration in seconds before the cache is invalidated and the query re-executed. |
My Channel Videos Query
Fetches videos from the channel resolving to a list of Video Type.
Setting | Default | Description |
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Start | 1 | The starting position to retrieve the videos at. |
Quantity | 20 | The maximum amount of videos to fetch. |
Cache | 3600 | The duration in seconds before the cache is invalidated and the query re-executed. |
My Channel Playlist Query
Fetches a single playlist from the channel resolving to a Playlist Type.
Setting | Default | Description | Required |
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Playlist | The YouTube Playlist which content to fetch. | ✓ | |
Cache | 3600 | The duration in seconds before the cache is invalidated and the query re-executed. Minimum amount allowed is 3600 . | |
Multi Items | The related multi-items content to query instead with Videos as the only option. |
My Channel Playlist Videos Query
Fetches videos from the playlist resolving to a list of Video Type.
Setting | Default | Description |
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Start | 1 | The starting position to retrieve the videos at. |
Quantity | The maximum amount of videos to fetch. |