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Scheduled Youtube Video Uploads with Google Sheets & Drive Integration

ByRahul Joshi @rahul08 on n8n.io

Description:

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★★☆ complexity9 nodesGoogle SheetsGoogle DriveYouTube
Social Media Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 9 Complexity: ★★★★☆ Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #4900 — 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": "06o12GkCUGklKpVj",
  "name": "YouTube Upload Automation",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "3f79bd90-93f0-4a86-ac1e-d770167b9cc2",
      "name": "Google Sheets",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        60,
        -20
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 4.5
    },
    {
      "id": "017f682c-3ffd-440a-bb86-c250f996d65b",
      "name": "Get Video File Id",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        280,
        -20
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "2fc17cbe-3df4-4f8f-b1d4-7d461d56ed95",
      "name": "Download Video Data",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        -160,
        200
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "6ba6bb57-dbe4-4cda-9d72-e20f17f46bf4",
      "name": "Upload to YouTube",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        60,
        200
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "a442d21f-9d29-4434-bbf7-0b4959da2a74",
      "name": "Update Status",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        280,
        200
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 4.5
    },
    {
      "id": "55c915d6-6096-4cf3-89b1-93720a2ee615",
      "name": "Get Folder Name",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        -160,
        420
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "b7ca1715-b0e7-429c-b112-f858c83f4b78",
      "name": "Move Video File to Folder",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        60,
        420
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "7b91cb20-b006-4e60-9e4d-97be63566942",
      "name": "M-F 9am,12pm,3pm",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "position": [
        -160,
        -20
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "d2b07579-7240-4992-b4dd-432cde8b5cfa",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
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        -20
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "content": ""
      },
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    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "18782e6c-c7db-4968-8d06-b9fdc8398b20",
  "connections": {
    "Google Sheets": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get Video File Id",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Update Status": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get Folder Name",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get Folder Name": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Move Video File to Folder",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "M-F 9am,12pm,3pm": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Sheets",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get Video File Id": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Download Video Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Upload to YouTube": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Update Status",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Download Video Data": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Upload to YouTube",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}
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Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/4900/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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