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"name": "Fully automated Video Captions generation with json2video",
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"name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
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"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
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"name": "video_url",
"type": "string",
"value": "https://aiatelier.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/workflows-material/json2video/captions-sample.mp4"
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"value": "={{ $json.movie.rendering_time }}"
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"parameters": {
"url": "=https://api.json2video.com/v2/movies?id={{ $('json2video - Add Captions').first().json.project }}",
"options": {},
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpCustomAuth"
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"credentials": {
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"content": "## Check video status"
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"content": "# Automatically Generate Captions for Your Videos with json2video\n\nThis workflow automatically adds captions to your videos using [json2video](https://json2video.com/?afco=manu), a powerful service for video automation, that integrates seamlessly with n8n.\n\n# [\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb Try json2video for free \ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffb](https://json2video.com/?afco=manu)\n\n## Setup\n\n### Step 1: Create a json2video Account & API Key\n1. Sign up for a [json2video account](https://json2video.com/?afco=manu).\n2. Once registered, you will receive your API key via email.\n\n### Step 2: Create n8n Credentials\n1. In n8n, create new credentials and select **\"Custom Auth\"** as the type.\n2. Paste the following JSON code into the credentials configuration, replacing `\"your-json2video-api-key\"` with your actual API key:\n\n ```json\n {\n \"headers\": {\n \"x-api-key\": \"your-json2video-api-key\"\n }\n }\n ```\n\n### Step 3: Connect Your Credentials\n1. In your n8n workflow, locate the two HTTP nodes that interact with json2video.\n2. Select the credentials you created in Step 2 for both nodes.\n"
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"position": [
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"parameters": {
"width": 440,
"height": 200,
"content": "# \u261d\ufe0f Provide Video Details\n\nFor the workflow to add captions, please provide:\n\n- **URL:** The link to your video.\n- **Width & Height:** The dimensions of your video"
},
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}
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About this workflow
Fully automated Video Captions generation with json2video. Uses manualTrigger, httpRequest, noOp, stickyNote. Event-driven trigger; 12 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →