# Create & publish inspirational videos with Google Drive: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets, Telegram and YouTube. 34 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-and-publish-inspirational-videos-with-google-drive (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create & publish inspirational videos with Google Drive

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets, Telegram and YouTube. 34 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**4** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 7 Service 25

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

- 1 **Start AutoClip Workflow** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Retrieve Quote Data** Google Sheets *Service*
- 4 **List Video Background Files** Google Drive *Service*
- 5 **Configure Music Background Folder ID** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Merge File Selection Data** Merge *Logic*
- 7 **Retrieve Video Background Data** Google Sheets *Service*
- 8 **List Music Background Files** Google Drive *Service*
- 9 **Select Random Video, Music & Quote** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Retrieve Music Background Data** Google Sheets *Service*
- 11 **upload and gen video** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **check status** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **If1** If *Logic*
- 14 **Send a text message** Telegram *Service*
- 15 **Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 16 **If** If *Logic*
- 17 **download video** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Save Final Video** Read Write File *Service*
- 19 **Download File from Google Drive** Http Request *Service*
- 20 **Extract Filename Without Extension** Set *Logic*
- 21 **Read output file** Read Write File *Service*
- 22 **Upload file** Google Drive *Service*
- 23 **Download file** Google Drive *Service*
- 24 **Upload to YouTube1** You Tube *Service*
- 25 **Upload Video to FB1** Http Request *Service*
- 26 **Upload Video to Instagram** Http Request *Service*
- 27 **Upload Video to X** Http Request *Service*
- 28 **Upload Video to FB** Http Request *Service*
- 29 **Move to playlist1** You Tube *Service*
- 30 **Update Instagram status** Google Sheets *Service*
- 31 **Update X status** Google Sheets *Service*
- 32 **Update FB status** Google Sheets *Service*
- 33 **Update Instagram status2** Google Sheets *Service*
- 34 **Send a text message2** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 34, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Google Sheets, Telegram, YouTube
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive, Google Sheets, Telegram 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?

Take your time. At 34 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 34 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%2Fcreate-and-publish-inspirational-videos-with-google-drive)
- **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)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)[YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=YouTube#library)

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