Automate YouTube Video Uploads and Playlist Management
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Streamline your YouTube content strategy by automating the entire process of uploading videos, creating new playlists, and instantly adding your fresh content to them. This workflow saves valuable time for content creators and marketing teams.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow provides a comprehensive solution for publishing content on YouTube. It begins by allowing you to manually trigger the process and specify the local path to your video file. The video is then automatically uploaded to your YouTube channel. Immediately after, the workflow creates a new playlist and subsequently adds the newly uploaded video to this playlist. This ensures your content is not only published but also organized efficiently, enhancing discoverability and viewer experience without manual intervention after the initial setup. Perfect for consistent content creators or organizations managing multiple video series.
Key Features
- Automated Video Upload: Seamlessly upload video files from a specified local path directly to your YouTube channel.
- Dynamic Playlist Creation: Automatically create a new YouTube playlist for your content.
- Instant Video-to-Playlist Addition: Add the recently uploaded video to the newly created playlist in a single, continuous flow.
- Customizable Content Details: Easily set video titles, descriptions, categories, and playlist titles within the workflow.
- Manual Trigger Control: Initiate the entire process with a simple manual trigger, giving you control over when content goes live.
How To Use
- Manual Trigger: Click 'Execute Workflow' in the 'On clicking 'execute'' node to start the process.
- Read Binary File: In the 'Read Binary File' node, specify the
filePathto your video file on your local machine. - YouTube Upload: Configure the first 'YouTube' node with your YouTube OAuth2 API credentials. Update the
title,categoryId, andregionCodeas desired for your video. - YouTube Playlist Creation: In the 'YouTube1' node, ensure your YouTube OAuth2 API credentials are set. You may want to customize the
titlefor your new playlist. - Add to Playlist: In the 'YouTube2' node, ensure your YouTube OAuth2 API credentials are set. Verify that the
videoIdfield is set to={{$node["YouTube"].json["id"]}}to dynamically get the ID of the uploaded video, and set theplaylistIdfield to={{$node["YouTube1"].json["id"]}}to add the video to the playlist created in the previous step.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "5416219d-eee0-48f1-b67f-f644b1ae9aaa",
"name": "Automate YouTube Video Uploads and Playlist Management",
"nodes": 21,
"category": "Marketing",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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