Generate News Videos From RSS Feeds with Heygen Avatar

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  "name": "'Generate News Videos from RSS Feeds with HeyGen Avatar",
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        "content": "## Generate News Videos from RSS Feeds with HeyGen Avatar\n\n**Steps:**  \n- Triggered manually via the \"Execute workflow\" button.  \n- Reads RSS feed from Prothom Alo Bangla news XML.  \n- Uses news summary from the feed as input text for video generation.  \n- Sends a POST request to HeyGen API to create videos with specified avatar and voice settings.  \n- API key is included in the HTTP request headers (ensure it is kept secure).  \n- Video dimension is set to 1280x720 pixels."
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        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"video_inputs\": [\n    {\n      \"character\": {\n        \"type\": \"avatar\",\n        \"avatar_id\": \"Lina_Dress_Sitting_Side_public\",\n        \"avatar_style\": \"normal\"\n      },\n      \"voice\": {\n        \"type\": \"text\",\n        \"input_text\": \"{{ $json.summary }}\",\n        \"voice_id\": \"119caed25533477ba63822d5d1552d25\",\n        \"speed\": 1.1\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"dimension\": {\n    \"width\": 1280,\n    \"height\": 720\n  }\n}\n",
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      "name": "Read RSS Feed from Prothom Alo",
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About this workflow

This n8n workflow automates the generation of short news videos using the HeyGen video API and RSS feeds from a Bangla news source, Prothom Alo. It is ideal for content creators, media publishers, or developers who want to create daily video summaries from text-based news feeds…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/6229/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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