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Automate YouTube Shorts Uploads with OpenAI and Google Drive

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive, YouTube and n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 13 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 2Logic 6Service 4

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

  1. 1Run 3 Times DailySchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Get Next Video to UploadData TableService
  3. 3Videos Left to Upload?IfLogic
  4. 4Download Video from DriveGoogle DriveService
  5. 5Edit FieldsSetLogic
  6. 6Transcribe a recordingOpen AiModel
  7. 7Code in JavaScript1CodeLogic
  8. 8Message a modelOpen AiModel
  9. 9Code in JavaScript2CodeLogic
  10. 10Code in JavaScriptCodeLogic
  11. 11Prepare Video MetadataSetLogic
  12. 12Upload to YouTubeYou TubeService
  13. 13Mark as UploadedData TableService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
13, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, YouTube, n8n data table
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and YouTube accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.