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**Data sources**

# YouTube

## ChatGPT trained on content from your YouTube videos in minutes!

The YouTube data source allows you to create a custom ChatGPT bot which learns from your existing content on YouTube, in minutes! It's perfect for customer support bots, allowing users to ask questions about your tutorials and more.

Once your bot has all your content, you can easily embed it on your site as a chat widget or iFrame.

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## Adding a YouTube data source to your bot

You can add a YouTube data source to your bot to let it use content from videos you've published to YouTube in its answers.

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Please be aware that, in order for Chat Thing to use information from your YouTube videos, you must have video transcripts turned on.

Navigate to the Data sources tab on your bot's dashboard page to add a YouTube data source.

1. Click the _New data source_ button, select _YouTube_ and click _Create data source_. ![youtube](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1721392500/youtube_1489edc10a.png)
2. On the YouTube data source settings page that appears, you can now add videos or playlists to train your bot. ![youtube add content](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1721392502/youtube_add_content_f8f3f0054b.png)
3. Click _A single URL_ or _Add bulk URLs_ and enter the URLs you want to include. Then, click _Add_. ![youtube add](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1721392501/youtube_add_multiple_31bf8da11e.png)
4. Once you have added all the videos / playlists you want to include, click _Synchronise_. Your YouTube data source will begin to synchronise and will be ready for the bot to use shortly. ![youtube sync](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1721392502/youtube_sync_e676a09b75.png)

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Keep your bot up to date

💡 Set up automatic syncing so your bot always has the latest content. [Learn more →](https://chatthing.ai/docs/keeping-your-bot-up-to-date)