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🎁 Automate YouTube Giveaway Winner Selection with YouTube Comments Scraper API

Description:
Easily automate your YouTube video giveaways using n8n and the YouTube Comments Scraper API. This workflow fetches comments, selects a random winner, logs results to Google Sheets, and notifies the admin—all hands-free!

🧩 Node-by-Node Breakdown

Node Name Purpose
1️⃣ Form Trigger Captures a YouTube video URL from a user via form submission.
2️⃣ Fetch YouTube Comments Makes a POST request to YouTube Comments Scraper API to retrieve comments.
3️⃣ Check API Response Status Ensures that the response status is 200 before proceeding.
4️⃣ Select Random Commenter Parses the comments and selects a random commenter as the giveaway winner.
5️⃣ Log Winner to Google Sheet Appends winner name, video URL, and date to a Google Sheet for record-keeping.
6️⃣ Notify Winner Email Sends a congratulatory email to the admin with the selected winner's name.
7️⃣ Notify: Invalid API Response If the API fails, sends an alert to the admin about the issue.

🔑 How to Get Your RapidAPI Key

To use the YouTube Comments Scraper API, follow these steps:

  1. Go to YouTube Comments Scraper API.
  2. Sign in or create a free RapidAPI account.
  3. Click the "Subscribe to Test" button.
  4. Copy your x-rapidapi-key from the "Code Snippets" or "Header Parameters" section.
  5. Paste it into your HTTP Request node in n8n.

🎯 Use Case & Benefits

✅ Use Case:

  • Automatically pick a random commenter from a YouTube video as a giveaway winner.

🚀 Benefits:

  • Fully automated – no manual comment scanning or random selection.
  • Accurate & fair – random selection from valid commenters only.
  • Time-saving – especially for creators running multiple giveaways.
  • Integrated logging – keep a historical record of all winners in Google Sheets.
  • Email alerts – get notified whether the flow succeeds or fails.

👥 Who Is This For?

  • YouTube Content Creators running giveaways.
  • Marketing Teams promoting products via YouTube contests.
  • Agencies managing influencer campaigns.
  • Developers & Automation Enthusiasts looking to simplify giveaway processes.

💡 Why Use YouTube Comments Scraper API?

The YouTube Comments Scraper API offers a simple and effective way to extract public YouTube comments programmatically. It’s fast, reliable, and integrates smoothly with platforms like n8n.

You’ll use this API:

  • To retrieve all comments from a YouTube video.
  • To power fair and transparent giveaways.
  • To trigger downstream automations like winner logging and notification.

Create your free n8n account and set up the workflow in just a few minutes using the link below:

👉 Start Automating with n8n

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