Konduit connects to YouTube with a Google sign-in. It receives your live chat, Super Chats, channel memberships and gifts, and connects to your live chat automatically. There are no API keys to set up.
Before you start
- Know which Google account owns your YouTube channel.
- YouTube signs in on Google's own page in your browser, so Konduit never sees your Google password.
Set it up
- Open Integrations and find the YouTube card.
- Press Connect. The card's panel opens.
- Press Sign in with Google and approve Konduit on Google's page. Keep the YouTube permission selected.
- Return to Konduit. The panel shows Signed in with Google and your channel name.
That is all the setup there is. When you go live, Konduit finds your livestream and connects chat on its own.
What you'll see
- The panel has a Connection: line. It reads Configured while you are signed in but not live, and Connected once chat is flowing.
- Find Livestream checks your channel for an active livestream right now and connects chat. Use it if you are live and YouTube has not connected yet.
- When connected, the card shows Test and Disconnect. The On-stream alerts switch turns YouTube alerts on or off; events are still received, counted and logged.
On the free plan
The free plan runs every feature on one streaming platform. If YouTube is not your chosen platform, its card says it is asleep on the free plan, with its sign-in saved, and it does not connect. To make YouTube your platform, press Use this platform on the YouTube card and confirm the switch. See Plans and the free plan.
If it doesn't work
- If the panel says Google authorization needed., press Sign in with Google to restore sending chat from Konduit. Receiving chat can stay connected meanwhile.
- If the card shows Expired, or the Connection: line says Needs attention, press Reauthenticate with Google.
- If you are live but nothing arrives, press Find Livestream. If it says no active livestream was found, check that your stream is actually live on YouTube, then try again.
- Twitch, Kick and YouTube share one sign-in listener, so only one sign-in can wait for approval at a time. Finish or Cancel the other one first.
- Disconnect pauses sync and keeps your sign-in saved. Permanently revoke access in the gear panel removes it. Konduit asks you to type REVOKE to confirm.
- Still stuck? See Chat not connecting.