Davide Boizza This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #9576 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Google Drive → Google Sheets recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "IIQhSqMWv4u6e0Jh",
"name": "Create Video with Sora2 Pro and Upload to Youtube",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "937d8d50-60e9-4ebe-a1b2-83e4e7179318",
"name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
-528,
976
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "ef6db75d-f9d9-459d-9d3f-5d77547efa36",
"name": "Get status",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
544,
976
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/requests/{{ $('Create Video').item.json.request_id }}/status ",
"options": {},
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "63bd7d00-8a53-4bc3-bc8d-c09b6ecc335e",
"name": "Wait 60 sec.",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
352,
976
],
"parameters": {
"amount": 60
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "13a8b42c-5951-441d-9258-be1e66ca4aff",
"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
-528,
832
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "minutes"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "230cc85e-f0cb-4bc6-8d93-df015c86a4d5",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-528,
-336
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 740,
"height": 280,
"content": "# Generate AI Videos with Sora2 Pro, Save to Google Drive and Upload to YouTube\n\nThis workflow allows users to **generate AI videos** using **OpenAI Sora2 Pro**, save them to **Google Drive**, generate optimized YouTube titles with GPT-5, and **automatically upload them to YouTube** . The entire process is triggered from a Google Sheet that acts as the central interface for input and output.\n\nIT automates video creation, uploading, and tracking, ensuring seamless integration between Google Sheets, Google Drive, OpenAI Sora2 Pro, and YouTube.\n\n\n\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3748afbd-d6a6-4e6a-a8b3-c9c84d8997f1",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-528,
-16
],
"parameters": {
"width": 740,
"height": 200,
"content": "## STEP 1 - GOOGLE SHEET\nCreate a [Google Sheet like this](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ/edit?usp=sharing).\n\nPlease insert:\n- in the \"PROMPT\" column the accurate description of the video you want to create\n- in the \"DURATION\" column the lenght of the video you want to create\n\nLeave the \"VIDEO\" column unfilled. It will be inserted by the system once the video has been created"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "73a642fc-5ce1-4ae6-8f1b-c1b419495041",
"name": "Completed?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
720,
976
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "383d112e-2cc6-4dd4-8985-f09ce0bd1781",
"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.status }}",
"rightValue": "COMPLETED"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "45fc0b4c-7035-4063-b9ab-c4fc5815d225",
"name": "Update result",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
560,
1232
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"VIDEO": "={{ $('Get Url Video').item.json.video.url }}",
"row_number": "={{ $('Get new video').item.json.row_number }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "PROMPT",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "PROMPT",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "DURATION",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "DURATION",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "VIDEO",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "VIDEO",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "YOUTUBE_URL",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "YOUTUBE_URL",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "row_number",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "row_number",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"row_number"
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {},
"operation": "update",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ebWJvwwXHgvQld9kxywKQUvIoBw6xMa0g0BuIqHDxE/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Foglio1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "Video Google Veo3"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "1a1b25e9-c29f-4b43-9f31-17c2e48910f9",
"name": "Set data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
-80,
976
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "c713d31f-9abd-496a-ac79-e8e2efe60aa0",
"name": "prompt",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.PROMPT }}\n\nDuration of the video: {{ $json.DURATION }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "0930ee9f-15a5-43f6-88e8-cad19ec71996",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-528,
656
],
"parameters": {
"width": 740,
"height": 100,
"content": "## STEP 4 - MAIN FLOW\nStart the workflow manually or periodically by hooking the \"Schedule Trigger\" node. It is recommended to set it at 5 minute intervals."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "446098fa-aed9-4dfc-8c28-11f81d030d6a",
"name": "Sticky Note6",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-528,
224
],
"parameters": {
"width": 740,
"height": 140,
"content": "## STEP 2 - GET API KEY (YOURAPIKEY)\nCreate an account [here](https://fal.ai/) and obtain API KEY.\nIn the node \"Create Image\" set \"Header Auth\" and set:\n- Name: \"Authorization\"\n- Value: \"Key YOURAPIKEY\""
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "4d02e746-f9f1-43c2-b465-51c3b63b508a",
"name": "Sticky Note7",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
96,
912
],
"parameters": {
"width": 180,
"height": 200,
"content": "Set API Key created in Step 2"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3dfe7501-4d15-463e-9051-24daefd8fa42",
"name": "Get new video",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
-304,
976
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"filtersUI": {
"values": [
{
"lookupColumn": "VIDEO"
}
]
},
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Foglio1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "Video Google Veo3"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "291e884f-4eb0-4662-9b94-eedbdb8e0154",
"name": "Create Video",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
144,
976
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/text-to-video/pro",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"prompt\": \"{{$json.prompt}}\"\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "4e1d95dd-ccf8-4054-ace5-ff04b0a0dc52",
"name": "Get Url Video",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
-528,
1344
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/requests/{{ $json.request_id }}",
"options": {},
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "e1a51a77-076d-4e7e-9b6b-b42ce79f3f3b",
"name": "Get File Video",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
96,
1344
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Get Url Video').item.json.video.url }}",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "0d378e85-76c1-497b-9af5-b079c42f38a0",
"name": "Upload Video",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
384,
1232
],
"parameters": {
"name": "={{ $now.format('yyyyLLddHHmmss') }}-{{ $('Get Url Video').item.json.video.file_name }}",
"driveId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "My Drive"
},
"options": {},
"folderId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1aHRwLWyrqfzoVC8HoB-YMrBvQ4tLC-NZ",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aHRwLWyrqfzoVC8HoB-YMrBvQ4tLC-NZ",
"cachedResultName": "Fal.run"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "96457a30-4992-482d-8433-f06bc0421515",
"name": "HTTP Request",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
384,
1456
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.upload-post.com/api/upload",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"contentType": "multipart-form-data",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "title",
"value": "={{ $('Generate title').item.json.message.content }}"
},
{
"name": "user",
"value": "YOUR_USERNAME"
},
{
"name": "platform[]",
"value": "youtube"
},
{
"name": "video",
"parameterType": "formBinaryData",
"inputDataFieldName": "data"
}
]
},
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "101a6beb-aafd-4c29-9859-c68311b99852",
"name": "Generate title",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"position": [
-288,
1344
],
"parameters": {
"modelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-5",
"cachedResultName": "GPT-5"
},
"options": {},
"messages": {
"values": [
{
"content": "=Input: {{ $('Get new video').item.json.PROMPT }}"
},
{
"role": "system",
"content": "You are a YouTube SEO expert specialized in creating engaging and optimized titles.\n\nYour task is to generate an effective title for a YouTube video based on the user's video description.\n\nGUIDELINES:\n- Maximum 60 characters to avoid truncation\n- Use relevant keywords for SEO\n- Make the title catchy and clickable\n- Avoid excessive or misleading clickbait\n- Consider the target audience of the content\n- Use numbers, questions, or power words when appropriate\n- IMPORTANT: Generate the title in the same language as the input description\n\nOUTPUT FORMAT:\nProvide only the title, without additional explanations.\n\nEXAMPLE:\nInput: \"Tutorial video on how to cook perfect pasta carbonara\"\nOutput: \"PERFECT Carbonara in 10 Minutes - Chef's Secrets\""
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.8
},
{
"id": "dfcfcd40-3271-40e0-b729-59e771b3407f",
"name": "Update Youtube URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
560,
1456
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"VIDEO": "=",
"row_number": "={{ $('Get new video').item.json.row_number }}",
"YOUTUBE_URL": "https://youtu.be/{{ $json.results.youtube.video_id }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "PROMPT",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "PROMPT",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "DURATION",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "DURATION",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "VIDEO",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "VIDEO",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "YOUTUBE_URL",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "YOUTUBE_URL",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "row_number",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "row_number",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"row_number"
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {},
"operation": "update",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ebWJvwwXHgvQld9kxywKQUvIoBw6xMa0g0BuIqHDxE/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Foglio1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcoY9N_vQp44NtSRR5eskkL5Qd0N0BGq7Jh_4m-7VEQ/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "Video Google Veo3"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "7aa5806b-77da-4b64-ae4a-34f2f5d1113c",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
352,
1392
],
"parameters": {
"width": 180,
"height": 200,
"content": "Set YOUR_USERNAME in Step 3"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "da27fe7b-4a1d-4097-aa3e-1b81da1f6b2a",
"name": "Sticky Note8",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-528,
416
],
"parameters": {
"width": 740,
"height": 200,
"content": "## STEP 3 - Upload video on Youtube\n- Find your API key in your [Upload-Post Manage Api Keys](https://www.upload-post.com/?linkId=lp_144414&sourceId=n3witalia&tenantId=upload-post-app) 10 FREE uploads per month\n- Set the the \"Auth Header\":\n-- Name: Authorization\n-- Value: Apikey YOUR_API_KEY_HERE\n- Create profiles to manage your social media accounts. The \"Profile\" you choose will be used in the field YOUR_USRNAME (eg. test1 or test2). "
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "e2a0cd06-f0f4-425f-95cc-531bb2df468c",
"connections": {
"Set data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create Video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Completed?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get Url Video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Wait 60 sec.",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get status": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Completed?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create Video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait 60 sec.",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"HTTP Request": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Update Youtube URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Upload Video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Update result",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait 60 sec.": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get Url Video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Generate title",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get new video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Generate title": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get File Video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get File Video": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Upload Video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "HTTP Request",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get new video",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleDriveOAuth2ApigoogleSheetsOAuth2ApihttpHeaderAuthopenAiApi
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About this workflow
This workflow automates the entire process of creating, managing, and publishing AI-generated videos using OpenAI Sora2 Pro, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and YouTube.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/9576/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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