# Youtube API Token

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801 "2025-02-22T22:54:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Ripley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/gabriel_ripley/32/59888_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Ripley](https://community.n8n.io/u/Gabriel_Ripley)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801/1 "2025-02-22T22:54:48Z")

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The youtube Api wont let me login after I copy the client ID and Secret. The popup gives the following error:

 ![Screenshot 2025-02-22 at 5.49.45 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/3/2/324a036e8ae325fcb2c6181d2474611d6427e0e3.png)

## Please share your workflow

{  
“nodes”: [  
{  
“parameters”: {  
“operation”: “get”,  
“channelId”: “UCXQHzilb6\_vSOCftibiDVmQ”  
},  
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.youTubeTool”,  
“typeVersion”: 1,  
“position”: [  
-160,  
360  
],  
“id”: “68c90dd4-1ba5-4d32-a6d4-b9da83d816cb”,  
“name”: “YouTube”,  
“credentials”: {}  
}  
],  
“connections”: {  
“YouTube”: {  
“ai\_tool”: [  
  
]  
}  
},  
“pinData”: {},  
“meta”: {  
“instanceId”: “d50ae9164ab3b3fbd3a4986b8409f1d4cf3572c019e3a46f2953720743860f6a”  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![n8n](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/n8n/32/196425_2.png) [@n8n](https://community.n8n.io/u/n8n)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801/2 "2025-02-22T22:54:49Z")

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

- **n8n version:**
- **Database (default: SQLite):**
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**
- **Operating system:**

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Ripley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/gabriel_ripley/32/59888_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Ripley](https://community.n8n.io/u/Gabriel_Ripley)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801/3 "2025-02-23T00:09:21Z")

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1.78.1  
Youtube Api credentials/ no database

Node type

`n8n-nodes-base.youTube`

Node version

`1 (Latest)`

n8n version

`1.78.1 (Cloud)`

Time

`2/22/2025, 7:08:06 PM`

Stack trace

```auto
NodeApiError: Unable to sign without access token at ExecuteContext.googleApiRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/Google/YouTube/GenericFunctions.js:25:15) at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/Google/YouTube/YouTube.node.js:531:44) at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:633:19) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:882:51 at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:1216:20

```

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Lamphere](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/daniel_lamphere/32/39212_2.png) [@Daniel\_Lamphere](https://community.n8n.io/u/Daniel_Lamphere)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801/4 "2025-02-23T01:09:00Z")

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Did you add you account to be a test user for your cloud project in google? Otherwise you can try to push it live.

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**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Ripley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/gabriel_ripley/32/59888_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Ripley](https://community.n8n.io/u/Gabriel_Ripley)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801/5 "2025-02-23T13:57:05Z")

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cheers! worked!

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/youtube-api-token/80801/6 "2025-03-02T13:57:48Z")

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