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Automate Facebook reels publishing with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 15 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 4Service 9

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

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Schedule Trigger1Schedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3infoSetLogic
  4. 4Search files and foldersGoogle DriveService
  5. 5Get Row SheetGoogle SheetsService
  6. 6Append or update row in sheetGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7IfIfLogic
  8. 8Step 1: Initialize an Upload SessionHttp RequestService
  9. 9Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  10. 10Get the size fileCodeLogic
  11. 11Step 2: Upload the VideoHttp RequestService
  12. 12Step 3: Publish the ReelHttp RequestService
  13. 13Update statusGoogle SheetsService
  14. 14WaitWaitLogic
  15. 15Create comment postHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
15, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
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?

Plan an afternoon. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.