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            "Unpublished At": "={{ $now.toISO() }}"
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        "videoId": "={{ $json.id }}",
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        "categoryId": "={{ $json.snippet.categoryId }}",
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        "text": "No YouTube videos were due for embargo today. Nothing to un-publish.",
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        "text": "=*YouTube embargo run complete*\n\nThe following videos are now at their embargo status:\n{{ $(\"Get Current Video Details\").all().map((v, i) => \"\u2022 \" + (v.json.snippet.title || v.json.id) + \" (\" + v.json.id + \") is now \" + $(\"Split Due Videos\").all()[i].json.targetStatus).join(\"\\n\") }}",
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        "content": "## Auto un-publish expired YouTube videos on a schedule\n\n### How it works\n1. A schedule trigger runs the workflow once a day.\n2. Google Sheets reads a control sheet of videos, each with an unpublish date and an optional target status.\n3. A Code step selects rows whose unpublish date has passed and that are not yet marked `Expired`, using a fixed timezone.\n4. For each due video, YouTube fetches the current details and any video already at its target status is skipped.\n5. YouTube sets the remaining videos to `private` or `unlisted`, preserving the existing title and category.\n6. Google Sheets marks each processed row `Expired` and Slack posts a recap, or a \"nothing due\" note.\n\n### Setup steps\n- [ ] Connect a YouTube (Google) OAuth2 credential on both YouTube nodes.\n- [ ] Connect a Google Sheets credential and pick your embargo control sheet.\n- [ ] Give the sheet the columns `videoId`, `Unpublish Date`, `Target Status`, and `Status`.\n- [ ] Connect a Slack credential and choose the channel for the recap.\n- [ ] Set the `TIMEZONE` constant at the top of the `Select Due Videos` node.\n\n### Customization\nRun the schedule more than once a day, switch the default target from `private` to `unlisted`, or keep the `Unpublished At` column to timestamp every change."
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        "width": 548,
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        "content": "## Read and select due rows"
      },
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      "position": [
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        "content": "## Branch on due count"
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        "content": "## Confirm and un-publish"
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        "width": 412,
        "height": 248,
        "content": "## Log and notify"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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