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YouTube

TryPost supports uploading YouTube Shorts.

Connect your account

  1. Go to Accounts in the TryPost dashboard
  2. Click Connect YouTube
  3. Authorize TryPost with your Google account
  4. Select the YouTube channel to connect

Supported content types

TypeAspect ratioDescription
Short9:16Vertical video up to 60 seconds (required)

Self-hosting setup

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console and create a project
  2. Enable the YouTube Data API v3
  3. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials
  4. Set the redirect URL to {APP_URL}/accounts/youtube/callback
  5. Add to your .env:
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
GOOGLE_CLIENT_REDIRECT="${APP_URL}/accounts/youtube/callback"
The same Google credentials are used for YouTube and Google Login. Add both callback URLs to your OAuth client.