Schedule by Zapier + YouTube

Update YouTube thumbnails every week with Schedule by Zapier

Maintain an ever-evolving, dynamic look for your YouTube channel by refreshing your video thumbnails every week. This workflow leverages the efficiency of the Schedule by Zapier app's weekly event and the functionality of YouTube's thumbnail updates. Keep viewers engaged with changing aesthetics while you enjoy a seamless, effortless content management process and more time on your hand.

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Every Week
Triggers every week, on the day(s) selected.
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Update Video Thumbnail
Updates the thumbnail image for a video. You must have verified your phone number in order to update a video's thumbnail image
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Supported triggers and actions

- Frequency TypeRequired
- Interval
- Start DateRequired
- Time of DayRequired
- Timezone Override (Optional)
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- Time Offset
- Trigger on weekends?
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- Day of the WeekRequired
- Time of DayRequired
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- Channel IDRequired
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- Playlist IdRequired
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- Quota Copy
- PlaylistRequired
- Video IDRequired
- Position
- Note
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- Thumbnail Size Copy
- Video IdRequired
- ThumbnailRequired
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- Search Query
- Channel ID
- Order Results By
- Published After
- Published Before
- Video Duration
- Video Definition
- Video Dimension
- Video Caption
- Video License
- Safe Search
- Region Code
- Relevance Language
- Video Category ID
- Max Results
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- Time of DayRequired
- Trigger on weekends?
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- Day of the MonthRequired
- Time of DayRequired
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- Video IDRequired
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- ChannelRequired
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- QueryRequired
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- Quota Copy
- Upload Size Copy
- TitleRequired
- DescriptionRequired
- VideoRequired
- Thumbnail
- Privacy Status
- Publish At
- Tags
- Language Section
- Default Language
- Default Audio Language
- Localizations Help Text
- Language Code
- Localized Title
- Localized Description
- Recording Section
- Recording Date
- Recording Location
- Advanced Section
- License
- Allow Embedding
- Public Statistics Viewable
- Category Id Help Text
- Category
- Made For Kids
- Notify Subscribers
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- Stop on errorRequired
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
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- Report Breakdown
- Report TypeRequired
- Start DateRequired
- End DateRequired
- Report MetricsRequired
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About Schedule by Zapier

Schedule is a native Zapier app you can use for recurring tasks. Trigger an action every day of the month, every day of the week or every single day. You can also select the hour of the day. If you're a developer, this is similar to a crontab, cronjob or cron.

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About YouTube

YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.

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