This guide contains all permissions and requirements for connecting your YouTube Public data data to Supermetrics.
You can connect to data sources from the Data sources page on the Supermetrics Hub. On the Hub, you can also share an authentication link to connect to a data source you don't have direct access to.
After you connect to the data source on the Hub, you can use the data source connection in all available destinations.
Required permissions
To connect Supermetrics to YouTube Public Data, you need a Google account.
To get the YouTube channel ID, go to the Youtube channel and click the channel description at the top of the page. Scroll to the bottom of the popup, click Share channel, and then click Copy channel ID.
Query types
Query types define what sort of metrics and dimensions are available. You need to select one of the following query types when pulling data:
Channel: Retrieve channel details and performance data for any YouTube channel.
Channel videos: Retrieve YouTube video details and performance data for all videos of any YouTube channel.
Video: Retrieve YouTube video details and performance data for any YouTube video.
Connection instructions
When connecting to YouTube Public Data, you need to log in to Google and select the query type when prompted.
Select the YouTube Public Data data source on the Supermetrics Hub or in the data destination.
If prompted, choose to make this connection shared or private.
Click Start.
Select the Google account you want to login with.
Select your account or brand account.
Click Continue.
Click Allow to allow the Supermetrics app to access your profile data.
In your data destination, select the query type to use and the channel ID or video ID.
See detailed instructions on how to connect to a data source from the Supermetrics Hub.
You can also connect to YouTube Public Data from these destinations:
Data Studio: How to connect data sources to Data Studio
The Supermetrics API: How to use the Query Manager
Data warehouse and cloud storage (Hub): How to create a transfer
BigQuery (marketplace): How to create a BigQuery (marketplace) transfer
Disconnecting YouTube and Supermetrics
If you want to disconnect your Google account used to access the Supermetrics YouTube data source connectors, follow these steps:
In the list of apps, click the Supermetrics app with the round icon (there may be several different Supermetrics apps linked).
Under Supermetrics has some access to your Google Account, click See details.
Click Remove all access.
Warning
Other Google data sources (such as Google Ads and Google Analytics) use this same app, so removing access will disconnect more than just your YouTube connection. If you wish to continue to use other Google data sources Supermetrics provides, you will need to reconnect each of those data sources again to continue service.