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Automate Video Creation from Google Sheets to YouTube

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and YouTube. 16 steps, 3 branches, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 9

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

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Template ConfigSetLogic
  3. 3Read Google SheetGoogle SheetsService
  4. 4Filter Pending RowsIfLogic
  5. 5Process One RowSplit In BatchesLogic
  6. 6Mark ProcessingGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7Create VideoVideo Api HubService
  8. 8Save Task IDGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Wait Before PollingWaitLogic
  10. 10Check Render StatusVideo Api HubService
  11. 11Is Completed?IfLogic
  12. 12Get Rendered VideoVideo Api HubService
  13. 13Is Failed?IfLogic
  14. 14Upload to YouTubeYou TubeService
  15. 15Mark FailedGoogle SheetsService
  16. 16Mark SentGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
16, with 3 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, YouTube
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and YouTube 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. 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.