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Generate AI Videos with Sora 2 and Auto-publish to TikTok

Original n8n title: Generate Funny AI Videos with Sora 2 and Auto-publish to Tiktok

ByDavide Boizza @n3witalia on n8n.io

This automation creates a fully integrated pipeline to generate AI-powered videos, store them, and publish them on TikTok — all automatically. It connects OpenAI Sora 2, and Postiz (for TikTok publishing) to streamline content creation.

Event trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered16 nodesHTTP RequestOpenAIN8N Nodes PostizForm Trigger
AI & RAG Trigger: Event Nodes: 16 Complexity: ★★★★☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #10212 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Form Trigger → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "GLcUQFi471pOAy9l",
  "name": "Generate AI Videos (with audio), using Sora 2 and Upload to TikTok",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "c3c8b7d9-b993-475b-88f7-196edb500473",
      "name": "Get status",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        832,
        576
      ],
      "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": "a0f0a4d4-aa2d-4296-ada1-c3ed2dc5e80f",
      "name": "Wait 60 sec.",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
      "position": [
        592,
        576
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "amount": 60
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    },
    {
      "id": "52eb9e2c-5610-4bf5-b8c9-43c01d0abbd8",
      "name": "Sticky Note3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -144,
        -80
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "width": 740,
        "height": 328,
        "content": "# Generate AI Videos (with audio), using Sora 2 and Upload to TikTok\n\nThis workflow allows users to **generate AI videos** using model **OpenAI Sora 2**, save them to **Google Drive**, generate optimized YouTube titles with GPT-5, and **automatically upload them to TikTok** . The entire process is triggered from a Form that acts as the central interface for input and output.\n\nNOTE: This workflow contains community nodes that are only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n.\n\n\n\n\n"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "ba77687d-9e91-4dbc-8a90-f82290c93572",
      "name": "Completed?",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        1136,
        576
      ],
      "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": "363bc856-1ce2-42d4-b7f2-e41fbcddb7e1",
      "name": "Sticky Note5",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        640,
        128
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 740,
        "height": 116,
        "content": "## STEP 3 - 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": "37f4778b-aa51-48ed-96af-da0413ad2ef4",
      "name": "Sticky Note6",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -144,
        288
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 740,
        "height": 172,
        "content": "## STEP 1 - 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": "e8ac3c4c-d8b1-421c-b24c-f83e18845a20",
      "name": "Sticky Note7",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        192,
        528
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 180,
        "height": 200,
        "content": "Set API Key created in Step 2"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "15047d29-e63a-4d29-b21c-a1beec0b6f88",
      "name": "Create Video",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        240,
        576
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/text-to-video",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "={\n     \"prompt\": \"{{ $json.PROMPT }}. Duration of the video: {{ $json.DURATION }}\"\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": "487ab020-dfd8-4956-9263-ffe944840978",
      "name": "Get Url Video",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        -96,
        832
      ],
      "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": "616e4deb-c5f3-4a13-a970-5816a5327aae",
      "name": "Get File Video",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        544,
        832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "={{ $('Get Url Video').item.json.video.url }}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "0c25e7c8-f960-4f46-9530-437bece778a4",
      "name": "Generate title",
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
      "position": [
        192,
        832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "modelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o-mini",
          "cachedResultName": "GPT-4O-MINI"
        },
        "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\""
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.8
    },
    {
      "id": "538d18c3-4049-4940-a08f-180c3871e9b9",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1104,
        784
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 180,
        "height": 200,
        "content": "Set ChannelId Step 3"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "1921e2b7-d6b7-41f2-83e0-b453b4902a11",
      "name": "Sticky Note8",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        640,
        -80
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 740,
        "height": 184,
        "content": "## STEP 2 - Upload video on TikTok\n- Create an account on [Postiz](https://postiz.com/?ref=n3witalia) FREE 7 days-trial\n- Get your API Key and set it in Postiz node and Upload Image node\n- In Calendar tab on [Postiz](https://postiz.com/?ref=n3witalia) click on \"Add channel\" and connect your social networks (TikTok)\n- Once connected, copy the \"ChannelId\" for each social network and insert the appropriate one into the Postiz nodes, replacing the \"XXX\" string. "
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "6a914695-7ae2-4c67-bd2f-3946576a0a6a",
      "name": "TikTok",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-postiz.postiz",
      "position": [
        1152,
        832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "date": "={{ $now.format('yyyy-LL-dd') }}T{{ $now.format('HH:ii:ss') }}",
        "posts": {
          "post": [
            {
              "value": {
                "contentItem": [
                  {
                    "image": {
                      "imageItem": [
                        {
                          "id": "={{ $json.id }}",
                          "path": "={{ $json.path }}"
                        }
                      ]
                    },
                    "content": "={{ $('Generate title').item.json.message.content }}"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "integrationId": "XXX"
            }
          ]
        },
        "shortLink": true
      },
      "credentials": {
        "postizApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "d90711bc-6528-437d-9214-8277941348ec",
      "name": "Upload Video to Postiz",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        832,
        832
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.postiz.com/public/v1/upload",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "sendBody": true,
        "contentType": "multipart-form-data",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "file",
              "parameterType": "formBinaryData",
              "inputDataFieldName": "data"
            }
          ]
        },
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "fa405717-0efa-4d6f-9a21-7abba6331fec",
      "name": "On form submission",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "position": [
        -112,
        576
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "formTitle": "Generate AI Videos (with audio)",
        "formFields": {
          "values": [
            {
              "fieldLabel": "PROMPT",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldType": "number",
              "fieldLabel": "DURATION",
              "requiredField": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "formDescription": "Generate AI Videos (with audio), using OpenAI Sora 2 and Upload to TikTok"
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.3
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "b1721168-dbc7-4724-bee5-dd524ab1ee83",
  "connections": {
    "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
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Wait 60 sec.": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get status",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get Url Video": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Generate title",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Generate title": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get File Video",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get File Video": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Upload Video to Postiz",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "On form submission": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Create Video",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Upload Video to Postiz": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "TikTok",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

This automation creates a fully integrated pipeline to generate AI-powered videos, store them, and publish them on TikTok — all automatically. It connects OpenAI Sora 2, and Postiz (for TikTok publishing) to streamline content creation.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/10212/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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