Upload & Rename Videos to Google Drive via Apps Script From URL

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "wGv0NPBA0QLp4rQ6",
  "name": "Upload video to drive via google script",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "b89e494d-f85d-4ad5-b0ba-5699f59a58d5",
      "name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        -300,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "061597f1-d57d-4733-bc9f-3a3070bd5e95",
      "name": "Rename Uploaded Video",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        180,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "fileId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "url",
          "value": "={{ $json.driveUrl }}"
        },
        "options": {},
        "operation": "update",
        "newUpdatedFileName": "Music Video 1"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "7e8ff194-fdb7-43e4-afde-bba466ac9dd3",
      "name": "Send URL to GDrive Script and Upload",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        -60,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "\"your_google_script_web_app_url\"",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "{\n  \"videoUrl\": \"https://example.com/path/to/your.mp4\",\n  \"secret\": \"your-strong-secret-here\"\n}",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json"
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "b554bac3-27d2-498a-9e5a-b98cde9ea593",
  "connections": {
    "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send URL to GDrive Script and Upload",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Send URL to GDrive Script and Upload": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Rename Uploaded Video",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• googleDriveOAuth2Api

About this workflow

This lightweight Google Apps Script acts as a server endpoint that receives a file URL (from ), downloads the file, uploads it to your specified Google Drive folder, and responds with the file’s metadata (like Drive file ID and URL). This is useful for large video/audio files…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/3815/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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