Youtube Thumbnail Automation — Thumbapi

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "YouTube Thumbnail Automation \u2014 ThumbAPI",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=YOUR_CHANNEL_ID",
        "pollTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "mode": "everyMinute",
              "value": 15
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "name": "RSS Feed \u2014 YouTube Channel",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        450,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.thumbapi.dev/v1/generate",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"title\": \"{{ $json.title }}\",\n  \"format\": \"youtube\",\n  \"imageStyle\": \"faceless\",\n  \"outputFormat\": \"webp\"\n}"
      },
      "name": "ThumbAPI \u2014 Generate Thumbnail",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 3,
      "position": [
        670,
        300
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "const base64String = $input.item.json.image;\nconst base64Data = base64String.includes(',') ? base64String.split(',')[1] : base64String;\nconst outputFormat = $input.item.json.outputFormat || 'webp';\n\nreturn {\n  json: {\n    title: $input.item.json.title,\n    format: $input.item.json.format,\n    outputFormat\n  },\n  binary: {\n    data: {\n      data: base64Data,\n      fileName: `thumbnail-${Date.now()}.${outputFormat}`,\n      mimeType: `image/${outputFormat}`\n    }\n  }\n};"
      },
      "name": "Decode Base64 Image",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        890,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "upload",
        "name": "{{ $json.title }}.webp",
        "parents": {
          "folderId": "YOUR_GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID"
        },
        "binaryPropertyName": "data"
      },
      "name": "Google Drive \u2014 Upload",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "typeVersion": 3,
      "position": [
        1110,
        300
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "RSS Feed \u2014 YouTube Channel": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "ThumbAPI \u2014 Generate Thumbnail",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "ThumbAPI \u2014 Generate Thumbnail": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Decode Base64 Image",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Decode Base64 Image": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Drive \u2014 Upload",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• httpHeaderAuth

About this workflow

YouTube Thumbnail Automation — ThumbAPI. Uses rssFeedRead, httpRequest, googleDrive. Manual trigger; 4 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/dinalllll/thumbapi-examples/blob/main/n8n/youtube-rss-to-drive.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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