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Add subtitles to YouTube videos and save them to Google Drive

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive. 16 steps, 3 branches, 3 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
3Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 9

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1YouTube URL Form TriggerForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Upload Video to VideoDBVideo DbService
  3. 3Wait Before Upload Status CheckWaitLogic
  4. 4Poll Upload StatusHttp RequestService
  5. 5Is Upload CompleteIfLogic
  6. 6Index Spoken WordsVideo DbService
  7. 7Wait Before Indexing Status CheckWaitLogic
  8. 8Poll Indexing StatusHttp RequestService
  9. 9Is Indexing CompleteIfLogic
  10. 10Add Subtitle to VideoVideo DbService
  11. 11Generate Download JobVideo DbService
  12. 12Wait Before Download Job CheckWaitLogic
  13. 13Poll Download Job StatusHttp RequestService
  14. 14Is Download Job ReadyIfLogic
  15. 15Download Subtitled Video FileHttp RequestService
  16. 16Upload Subtitled Video to Google DriveGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
16, with 3 branches, 3 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 16 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.