Upload Video to YouTube & Create Playlist

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "21",
  "name": "Upload video, create playlist and add video to playlist",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "On clicking 'execute'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        210,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "YouTube",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        610,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "title": "n8n",
        "options": {},
        "resource": "video",
        "operation": "upload",
        "categoryId": "28",
        "regionCode": "IN",
        "binaryProperty": "=data"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Read Binary File",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.readBinaryFile",
      "position": [
        410,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "filePath": ""
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "YouTube1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        810,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "title": "n8n",
        "options": {},
        "resource": "playlist",
        "operation": "create"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "YouTube2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        1010,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "videoId": "={{$node[\"YouTube\"].json[\"id\"]}}",
        "resource": "playlistItem",
        "playlistId": ""
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {},
  "connections": {
    "YouTube": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "YouTube1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "YouTube1": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "YouTube2",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Read Binary File": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "YouTube",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "On clicking 'execute'": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Read Binary File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• youTubeOAuth2Api

About this workflow

Upload video, create playlist and add video to playlist. Uses manualTrigger, youTube, readBinaryFile. Event-driven trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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