Nishant Rayan This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #8622 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the HTTP Request → YouTube recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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"content": "Sanitize the video script to ensure HeyGen can use that correctly."
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"jsCode": "const item = $input.item;\nreturn { json: { content: item.json.body.content.replaceAll(\"\\n\", \"\").replaceAll(\"\\r\", \"\"), title:item.json.body.title } };"
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"content": "Init vars (script, voice_id, avatar_id, aspect, sub=false); set defaults."
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"name": "Setup Heygen Parameters",
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{
"name": "voice_id"
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"stringValue": "={{ $json.title }}"
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"content": "Submit video generation request to HeyGen using API: POST /v2/video/generate with params."
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"jsonBody": "={\n \"video_inputs\": [\n {\n \"character\": {\n \"type\": \"avatar\",\n \"avatar_id\": \"{{ $json.avatar_id }}\",\n \"avatar_style\": \"normal\"\n },\n \"voice\": {\n \"type\": \"text\",\n \"input_text\": \"{{ $json.content }}\",\n \"voice_id\": \"{{ $json.voice_id }}\",\n \"speed\": 1.1\n }\n }\n ],\n \"dimension\": {\n \"width\": 1280,\n \"height\": 720\n }\n}",
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"content": "Delay polling to avoid rate limits; increase wait for long video generations"
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"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.heygen.com/v1/video_status.get",
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"value": "={{ $('Create Avatar Video (HeyGen)').item.json.data.video_id }}"
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"value": "={{ $('Setup Heygen Parameters').item.json['x-api-key'] }}"
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"operation": "notEquals"
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.data.status }}",
"rightValue": "processing"
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"name": "Sticky - Download Result (Binary)",
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"content": "If status is not 'processing' -> Try to download; if download fails it means the video generation in HeyGen errored for whatever reason."
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"name": "Sticky - YouTube Upload (Binary Property & Metadata)",
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"content": "Upload the video (downloaded data) to Youtube."
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"name": "Upload a video",
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"parameters": {
"title": "={{ $('Setup Heygen Parameters').item.json.title }}",
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"content": "Get status of the generated video from HeyGen."
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"WebHook": {
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"Download Video": {
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About this workflow
This workflow automates the process of creating an AI-generated avatar video using HeyGen and directly uploading it to YouTube. By sending text input via a webhook, the workflow generates a video with a chosen avatar and voice, waits for processing, downloads the completed file,…
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