Youtube Workflow

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{
  "meta": {
    "versionId": "1.0.0",
    "createdAt": "2025-09-29T07:07:55.383329",
    "updatedAt": "2025-09-29T07:07:55.383354",
    "owner": "n8n-user",
    "license": "MIT",
    "category": "automation",
    "status": "active",
    "priority": "high",
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "a5292068-5ace-4372-9869-46100ae81b8f",
      "name": "Get video details",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "notes": "Make a call to the YouTube API so that we have the thumbnail for the email and the duration to filter out shorts.",
      "position": [
        1000,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "part": [
          "contentDetails",
          "snippet",
          "id"
        ],
        "options": {},
        "videoId": "={{ $json.id.replace(\"yt:video:\", \"\") }}",
        "resource": "video",
        "operation": "get"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "b9eb34aa-90c4-492a-a33e-37a32812fa32",
      "name": "Schedule Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "position": [
        -840,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "hours",
              "hoursInterval": 1,
              "triggerAtMinute": 47
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "notes": "This scheduleTrigger node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "8f0dbe74-53e5-4b14-86f6-eb0f502c8471",
      "name": "Filter out shorts",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "notes": "Sometime, some live broadcasts that are then posted as regular videos do not have a duration. That is why we check if `duration` is present in `contentDetails`.",
      "position": [
        1180,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 1,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
          },
          "combinator": "or",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "5342ecc0-d764-4bef-8161-d1f571fcb931",
              "operator": {
                "type": "string",
                "operation": "notExists",
                "singleValue": true
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.contentDetails.duration }}",
              "rightValue": "\"duration\""
            },
            {
              "id": "b82e3373-a28b-49bd-afa0-4f48cafe2bfe",
              "operator": {
                "type": "number",
                "operation": "gt"
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ Duration.fromISO($json.contentDetails.duration).as('seconds') }}",
              "rightValue": 61
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "notesInFlow": false,
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "14d54ed0-f5c0-4992-af56-0af2d8973963",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -900,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 7,
        "width": 220,
        "height": 460,
        "content": "### Default frequency: every hour\nChanging it here is enough if you want to check for new videos at a higher or lower frequency. You don't have to edit anything else."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "c4acbb10-1f57-4934-a324-f26d0532767c",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -660,
        -340
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 5,
        "width": 880,
        "height": 460,
        "content": "### Get my subscriptions from the YouTube Data v3 API\nYou can expect to use 1 quota per 50 subscriptions per run, which is well within the 10 000/req a day allowed by default."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "4ae2d2f3-53b5-4431-90d8-06e41a6950e2",
      "name": "Sticky Note2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        480,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 4,
        "width": 440,
        "height": 280,
        "content": "### Get the 15 latest videos of each channel with RSS\nUsing the YouTube API instead would cost too many quotas to make it viable."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "48894d79-7e59-49fc-beb5-445fb5ca2ff6",
      "name": "Sticky Note3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        940,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "width": 400,
        "height": 280,
        "content": "### Call YouTube's API for more data\nWe need the thumbnails for the email and the duration to filter out shorts."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "e3da3f97-138c-481e-a763-9a3c9e402928",
      "name": "Sticky Note4",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        1360,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 6,
        "width": 260,
        "height": 280,
        "content": "### Configure your email here\nTo go to the video from the email, simply click on the thumbnail."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "0d092c3d-b2e1-4468-a044-c6cf0f37672b",
      "name": "Get latest 15 videos of each channel",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "notes": "YouTube provides an RSS feed for each channel with the 15 latest videos.\nWe use this instead of the YouTube Data v3 API, as search requests cost a lot of \"quota points\" and would easily put us over the daily limit with just one workflow run.",
      "position": [
        540,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "{{ $env.BASE_URL }}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    },
    {
      "id": "34823384-d8a5-415a-87ff-203d65aa9a75",
      "name": "Get my subscriptions",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "notes": "Get subscriptions from YouTube Data v3 API",
      "position": [
        -600,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "{{ $env.API_BASE_URL }}",
        "options": {
          "pagination": {
            "pagination": {
              "parameters": {
                "parameters": [
                  {
                    "name": "pageToken",
                    "value": "={{ $response.body.nextPageToken }}"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "completeExpression": "={{ !('nextPageToken' in $response.body) }}",
              "paginationCompleteWhen": "other"
            }
          }
        },
        "sendQuery": true,
        "authentication": "{{ $credentials.predefinedCredentialType }}",
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "mine",
              "value": "true"
            },
            {
              "name": "part",
              "value": "snippet,contentDetails"
            },
            {
              "name": "maxResults",
              "value": "50"
            }
          ]
        },
        "nodeCredentialType": "YOUR_CREDENTIAL_HERE"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "notesInFlow": true,
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "534e38f3-ac40-4194-8821-5926ee581605",
      "name": "Check for errors",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        -400,
        -160
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 2,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
          },
          "combinator": "and",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "5972ff90-aa5a-470c-aa96-87138eb60565",
              "operator": {
                "type": "object",
                "operation": "exists",
                "singleValue": true
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.error }}",
              "rightValue": "error"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "notes": "This if node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "2d872c0f-30b9-4ffc-aba0-6644bf05d7bb",
      "name": "Only keep channels with unwatched videos",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
      "notes": "It's not a perfect indicator for new videos but helps reduce the amount of channels to process.",
      "position": [
        40,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 2,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
          },
          "combinator": "and",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "4734ee8c-1655-47be-bd45-a9527aee2833",
              "operator": {
                "type": "number",
                "operation": "gt"
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.contentDetails.newItemCount }}",
              "rightValue": 0
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    },
    {
      "id": "c7bd97ec-47c1-40b4-955d-bf89d3cde330",
      "name": "Keep only videos published since last run",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
      "notes": "We dynamically figure out the last run's execution time through the settings of the \"Schedule Trigger\" node.",
      "position": [
        740,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 2,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
          },
          "combinator": "and",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "65d905a2-c89e-41f3-a2cf-0d1a76c48d8e",
              "operator": {
                "type": "dateTime",
                "operation": "after"
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.pubDate.toDateTime() }}",
              "rightValue": "={{ \n  $('Schedule Trigger').item.json.timestamp.toDateTime().minus(\n    $('Schedule Trigger').params.rule.interval[0].hoursInterval,\n    $('Schedule Trigger').params.rule.interval[0].field\n  ).toISO()\n}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    },
    {
      "id": "72341b1f-a391-4210-b3ca-4e74ae1f2e1b",
      "name": "Send an email for each new video",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
      "notes": "The expression in the HTML for the thumbnail simply selects the last element of the thumbnails array so that we get the best possible resolution thumbnail available.",
      "position": [
        1440,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "html": "=<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">{{ $json.snippet.title }}</h1>\n<a href=\"{{ $env.WEBHOOK_URL }}{{ $json.id }}\">\n  <img src=\"{{ $json.snippet.thumbnails[Object.keys($json.snippet.thumbnails)[Object.keys($json.snippet.thumbnails).length - 1]].url }}\" alt=\"Watch on YouTube\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; max-width:640px; display:block; margin: 10px auto;\">\n</a>",
        "options": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        },
        "subject": "={{ $json.snippet.channelTitle }}",
        "toEmail": "My Name <you@example.com>",
        "fromEmail": "YouTube <you@example.com>"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "smtp": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "notesInFlow": false,
      "typeVersion": 2.1
    },
    {
      "id": "b82cfbd5-71e3-418f-9b6d-6d0ec007733a",
      "name": "If the HTTP request failed, throw the error",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stopAndError",
      "position": [
        -180,
        -260
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "errorMessage": "=Status code: {{ $json.error.code }}\nMessage: {{ $json.error.message }}"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stopAndError node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "e89eca92-896f-46b5-8a4b-149d51682faa",
      "name": "Split out subscriptions to process individually",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
      "position": [
        -180,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "fieldToSplitOut": "items"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This splitOut node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "0e00fda6-1489-4c1a-8205-22e620a554c5",
      "name": "Sticky Note5",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        240,
        -240
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 220,
        "height": 360,
        "content": "## Manually filter out channels\nTo find the channel ID of a channel, click on the description \u2192 Share channel \u2192 Copy channel ID"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."
    },
    {
      "id": "bcc2e57c-23b2-42b7-81ab-cdd88b70b8a3",
      "name": "Filter out channels",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
      "notes": "Optional step",
      "position": [
        300,
        -60
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 2,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
          },
          "combinator": "and",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "b27b14a9-c86c-4ebd-8a0f-4e7db722796e",
              "operator": {
                "type": "array",
                "operation": "notContains",
                "rightType": "any"
              },
              "leftValue": "={{[\n  \"exampleChannelId1\",\n  \"exampleChannelId2\"\n]}}",
              "rightValue": "={{ $json.snippet.resourceId.channelId }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "notesInFlow": true,
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Get my subscriptions": {
      "main": [
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        []
      ]
    },
    "Send an email for each new video": {
      "main": [
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        [],
        []
      ]
    }
  },
  "name": "Youtube Workflow",
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1",
    "saveManualExecutions": true,
    "callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner",
    "errorWorkflow": null,
    "timezone": "UTC",
    "executionTimeout": 3600,
    "maxExecutions": 1000,
    "retryOnFail": true,
    "retryCount": 3,
    "retryDelay": 1000
  },
  "description": "Automated workflow: Youtube Workflow. This workflow integrates 10 different services: stickyNote, youTube, httpRequest, filter, scheduleTrigger. It contains 20 nodes and follows best practices for error handling and security.",
  "notes": "Excellent quality workflow: Youtube Workflow. This workflow has been optimized for production use with comprehensive error handling, security, and documentation.",
  "id": "wf1704db348aa1"
}

Credentials you'll need

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• smtp
• youTubeOAuth2Api

About this workflow

Youtube Workflow. Uses youTube, rssFeedRead, httpRequest, emailSend. Scheduled trigger; 18 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/basictechorg/n8n-marketing-sales/blob/main/workflows/content-marketing/0791_Stopanderror_Splitout_Create_Webhook.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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