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Bring playlist additions into your Drive tracker

Keep a review tracker current by adding a comment with the details of each new playlist item.

Trigger

New Item in YouTube Playlist

Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.

Action

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.

Why this helps

A separate playlist review process can leave your shared tracker out of date.

  • Surface additions in an existing tracker
  • Keep playlist review context beside related work
  • Avoid manually relaying each change

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect YouTube and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3Tell Notis to comment on a specific existing Drive tracker file with the playlist item details available in the event.
  • 4Choose New Item in YouTube Playlist as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real playlist addition and check the tracker comment.

Questions about this workflow

What does this need in Drive?

It needs a specific existing file to comment on. Provide the file identifier or otherwise specify the tracker clearly in your instruction.

Can it update a row in a spreadsheet?

This action creates a file comment. It does not edit spreadsheet rows.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Youtube to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Youtube triggers

Google Drive actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Add file sharing preference

Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Copy file

Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.

ActionInstant

New YouTube Activity

Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.

TriggerPolling

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.

ActionInstant

New Item in YouTube Playlist

Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.

TriggerPolling

Create Shared Drive

Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.

ActionInstant

New Playlist in YouTube Channel

Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.

TriggerPolling

Create File or Folder

Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).

ActionInstant

New YouTube Channel Subscription

Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.

TriggerPolling

Create a File from Text

Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.

ActionInstant

Create a folder

Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.

ActionInstant

Create Reply

Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Youtube and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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