# Auto Post Google Drive to Instagram & Facebook content management: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 36 steps, 4 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/auto-post-google-drive-to-instagram-and-facebook-content-man (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Auto Post Google Drive to Instagram & Facebook content management

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 36 steps, 4 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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**36 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 11 Service 23

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

- 1 **Trigger: every 5 minutes (Instagram)** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Trigger: every 5 minutes (Facebook)** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Read pending posts from sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 4 **Read pending posts from sheet (Facebook)** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **Skip if already posted to Instagram** If *Logic*
- 6 **Skip if already posted to Facebook** If *Logic*
- 7 **Is this a video or carousel? (Instagram)** If *Logic*
- 8 **Is this a video or album? (Facebook)** If *Logic*
- 9 **List images in Google Drive folder (Instagram)** Google Drive *Service*
- 10 **Download video from Google Drive (Instagram)** Google Drive *Service*
- 11 **List images in Google Drive folder (Facebook)** Google Drive *Service*
- 12 **Download video from Google Drive (Facebook)** Google Drive *Service*
- 13 **Download image from Google Drive (Instagram carousel)** Http Request *Service*
- 14 **Upload video to Cloudinary (Instagram)** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **Download image from Google Drive (Facebook)** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Setup Facebook credentials (video)** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Upload image to Cloudinary (Instagram)** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Setup Instagram credentials (video)** Set *Logic*
- 19 **Upload image to Cloudinary (Facebook)** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Upload and publish video to Facebook** Http Request *Service*
- 21 **Setup Instagram credentials (carousel)** Set *Logic*
- 22 **Create Instagram Reel container** Http Request *Service*
- 23 **Setup Facebook credentials (images)** Set *Logic*
- 24 **Mark Facebook video as done** Google Sheets *Service*
- 25 **Create Instagram image container** Http Request *Service*
- 26 **Wait for Instagram video processing** Wait *Logic*
- 27 **Stage photo on Facebook page (unpublished)** Http Request *Service*
- 28 **Collect all Instagram image container IDs** Aggregate *Logic*
- 29 **Publish Instagram video** Http Request *Service*
- 30 **Collect all Facebook photo IDs** Aggregate *Logic*
- 31 **Create Instagram carousel container** Http Request *Service*
- 32 **Mark Instagram video as done** Google Sheets *Service*
- 33 **Publish Facebook photo album** Http Request *Service*
- 34 **Publish Instagram carousel** Http Request *Service*
- 35 **Mark Facebook album as done** Google Sheets *Service*
- 36 **Mark Instagram carousel as done** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 36, with 4 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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?

Take your time. At 36 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 36 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fauto-post-google-drive-to-instagram-and-facebook-content-man)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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