YouTube source types
Once you’ve connected your YouTube account to Flowbox, you can start collecting content different ways:
Channel: Use the YouTube channel ID of a creator.
Note: The Channel ID can typically be found at the end of the channel's URL or navigate to YouTube, go to the Channel page, click "More," click “Share channel,” and select “Copy channel ID”.Username: Collect content from a handle (@).
Example: @getflowboxKeyword: Collect content that includes a specified keyword.
Example: FlowboxAdd post feature: Collect specific videos or shorts by parsing content URL.
Chrome Extension: Collect specific videos or shorts using our Chrome extension.
Adding YouTube as a source
In order to avoid duplicates in the system, we recommend only connecting a source to your Collection Flow, commonly named "Master Flow", and then distributing the posts to other Flows.
Go to 'Visual Marketing' > 'Flows'.
Click on ‘Sources’ directly from the Flows page or use the top-right button within your Collection Flow.
A popup box will open.
Click "Add Source".
Select "YouTube" and your source type (Channel, Username, Keyword, or Chrome extension).
Add the value for that type of source.
Optional: Toggle on 'Require approval' to collect directly on the "Approved" tab all the content from this source.
Click "Add".
From now on, all new YouTube content related to this source will appear in the Inbox of this Collection Flow and can easily be approved and used for your Flows.
For more information on collecting creators' content via the Chrome extension, please read the following articles: Installing the Chrome extension and Collecting YouTube videos with the Flowbox Chrome extension.
Additional information
If you see a notification that your YouTube connection is expiring, you will need to remove your YouTube source(s) and add them again. This is due to YouTube's API.
