Auto-Tag Images with AI in Google Drive

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "4nBQyhwqDqmXY2AL",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "Automated Image Metadata Tagging (Community Node)",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "b0b030f5-8a8c-4254-bc18-a2790748248e",
      "name": "Trigger: New file added to Google Drive Folder",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDriveTrigger",
      "position": [
        -760,
        120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "event": "fileCreated",
        "options": {},
        "pollTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "mode": "everyMinute"
            }
          ]
        },
        "triggerOn": "specificFolder",
        "folderToWatch": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "1WaIRWXcaeNViKmpW5IyQ3YGARWYdMg47",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WaIRWXcaeNViKmpW5IyQ3YGARWYdMg47",
          "cachedResultName": "EXIF"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "1df51279-b3bd-49bd-9711-951eb4164290",
      "name": "Download Image File",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        -540,
        120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "fileId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "id",
          "value": "={{ $json.id }}"
        },
        "options": {},
        "operation": "download"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "50a59e8e-ca95-4594-b8a9-0ba709795d42",
      "name": "Analyze Image Content",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
      "position": [
        -340,
        200
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "=Deliver a comma separated list describing the content of this image.",
        "modelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "chatgpt-4o-latest",
          "cachedResultName": "CHATGPT-4O-LATEST"
        },
        "options": {},
        "resource": "image",
        "inputType": "base64",
        "operation": "analyze"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.8
    },
    {
      "id": "456164cc-ed41-4482-adb4-4ed00682153d",
      "name": "Merge Metadata and Image File",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
      "position": [
        -140,
        120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "combine",
        "options": {},
        "combineBy": "combineByPosition"
      },
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "ddd6aef5-4dae-48e3-a806-3c58adea6552",
      "name": "Write Metadata into Image",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-exif-data.exifData",
      "position": [
        40,
        120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "operation": "write",
        "exifMetadata": {
          "metadataValues": [
            {
              "name": "Subject",
              "value": "={{$json.content}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "Keywords",
              "value": "={{$json.content}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "9c531288-7fca-4cca-9717-6dd059266f47",
      "name": "Update Image File",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        220,
        120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "fileId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "id",
          "value": "={{ $('Download Image File').item.json.id }}"
        },
        "options": {},
        "operation": "update",
        "changeFileContent": true,
        "newUpdatedFileName": "={{ $('Download Image File').item.json.name }}"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "70b6bb63-fedf-42eb-a6a0-30faae883f2c",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -1080,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 660,
        "height": 680,
        "content": "# Welcome to my Automated Image Metadata Tagging Workflow!\n\nThis workflow automatically analyzes the image content with the help of AI and writes it directly back into the image file as keywords.\n\n## This workflow has the following sequence:\n\n1. Google Drive trigger (scan for new files added in a specific folder)\n2. Download the added image file\n3. Analyse the content of the image\n4. Merge Metadata and image file\n5. Write the Keywords into the Metadata (dc:subject/keywords) and create new image file\n6. Update the original file in the Google Drive folder\n\n## The following accesses are required for the workflow:\n- You have to install the [n8n-nodes-exif-data Community Node](https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-exif-data)\n- Google Drive: [Documentation](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/credentials/google)\n- AI API access (e.g. via OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or Ollama)\n\nYou can contact me via LinkedIn, if you have any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/friedemann-schuetz"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "c4d1520b-6df4-4e76-98ba-4d7555aec35d",
  "connections": {
    "Download Image File": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Analyze Image Content",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Merge Metadata and Image File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Analyze Image Content": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Merge Metadata and Image File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 1
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Write Metadata into Image": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Update Image File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Merge Metadata and Image File": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Write Metadata into Image",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Trigger: New file added to Google Drive Folder": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Download Image File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• googleDriveOAuth2Api
• openAiApi

About this workflow

Automated Image Metadata Tagging (Community Node). Uses googleDriveTrigger, googleDrive, openAi, n8n-nodes-exif-data. Event-driven trigger; 7 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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