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Get a Channel's Playlists

Every public playlist a channel has made.

Action referenceRead

What this action does #

First, connect YouTube in Services. Then open Actions → + → YouTube and choose Get a Channel's Playlists.

More about this action

Its uploads aren't among them — Get Playlist Videos reads those.

Inputs to fill in #

Open an input to choose its value. Keep a fixed value with Text, receive it from Shortcuts, ask when the action runs, or use an Earlier Step. Read how input sources work.

Channel

RequiredText

A channel ID or /channel/ link.

This input offers a picker for channel from your connected account. You can also supply its value directly.

Example value (replace with your own):

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How Many

OptionalWhole number

1–50 a page. YouTube sends 5 when it's left empty.

Example value (replace with your own):

Page Token

OptionalText

Where the previous page left off — its nextPageToken.

What comes back #

In the action editor, open Output → Returned Value to choose fields for your shortcut. These are the response fields described by the app; a service may omit an optional field or return an empty list. JSON File contains the full response.

Returned field	Type	Meaning
`items`	array	A list of values.
`items[].id`	string	Its page is youtube.com/playlist?list= followed by it.
`items[].snippet`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].snippet.title`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.description`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.channelTitle`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.publishedAt`	string	ISO 8601.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails`	object	Sizes default, medium, high, standard and maxres — not every video has every size.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.default`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.default.url`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.default.width`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.default.height`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.medium`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.medium.url`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.medium.width`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.medium.height`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.high`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.high.url`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.high.width`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.high.height`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.standard`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.standard.url`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.standard.width`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.standard.height`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.maxres`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.maxres.url`	string	Text value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.maxres.width`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].snippet.thumbnails.maxres.height`	integer	Whole-number value.
`items[].contentDetails`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].contentDetails.itemCount`	integer	How many videos.
`items[].status`	object	A group of named values.
`items[].status.privacyStatus`	string	Text value.
`nextPageToken`	string	Text value.

Run it from Shortcuts #

Give the action a recognizable name and tap Save.
In Apple Shortcuts, add Shortcutify’s Execute Action and select the saved action.
Supply any Param or File slots you bound in the inputs, then run the shortcut.

If the result is unexpected, open Logs in Shortcutify, select the run, and inspect this step’s inputs and response.

This action supports multiple pages of results. Open its Fetch setting to retrieve more pages when one page is not enough. Each page adds a service request.

Advanced reference #

Request, permissions, and identifiers

Request: GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlists

Action identifier: youtube.playlists.list.v1

No additional per-action permissions are declared in the app’s catalog. The integration’s connection and account access rules still apply.

Input	Request key	Location
Channel	`channelId`	query
How Many	`maxResults`	query
Page Token	`pageToken`	query

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