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Connecting your Google accounts

Before you can start aggregating content from YouTube, your Buzzspark account must have at least one valid connection with a Google account.

Why do you need to connect Google accounts to Buzzspark?

Buzzspark uses the YouTube API to ingest content from YouTube, which requires all requests to be authenticated. The process of authentication involves connecting your Google account to Buzzspark and granting permission for Buzzspark to aggregate content on your behalf.

Buzzspark will never publish content on your behalf and at no point will your account information be exposed or used by Buzzspark for anything other than aggregating content.

Can multiple Google accounts be connected to a Buzzspark account?

Yes, and we recommend doing so for busy campaigns, or if you have large sets of content to backfill.

An individual Google account can only be connected to one Buzzspark account. To connect the same Google account with another Buzzspark account, you must first remove it from any other Buzzspark account it is already connected with.

Connecting your Google account to Buzzspark

Once logged into Buzzspark, follow the steps below to connect your Google account.

Step One: Navigate to Connections

From the left menu, browse to Settings > Connections.

Click on the Google tab at the top.
Then click on the Sign in with Google button.

In the Google authorisation window that pops-up, login using the credentials of the Google account you want to connect. You will not see this page if you are already logged into Google and you can skip to the next step.

Step Four: Select the account you want to connect

Step Five: Authorise Buzzspark to access your Google account

Ensure that the View your YouTube account permission is selected and click on the _Continue _button to authorise Buzzspark to access your account. Buzzspark will never publish content on your behalf and at no point will your account information be exposed or used by Buzzspark for anything other than aggregating content.

Step Six: Your Google account is now connected with Buzzspark

You will automatically be returned to the Buzzspark Connections page and your Google account will appear in the list of connected accounts.

You can connect additional Facebook accounts, Re-Connect or Remove existing accounts at any time from the Connections page.

Updated on: 03/02/2023

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