Repurpose YouTube videos and publish via Blotato with Telegram, Sheets and GPT-4.1-mini
💥 Automate YouTube Video Creation and Publishing with Blotato
Who is this for?
This workflow is designed for YouTube creators, content marketers, automation builders, and agencies who want to repurpose existing YouTube videos into new original content and automate the publishing process.
It is especially useful for users already working with Telegram, Google Sheets, OpenAI, and Blotato.
What problem is this workflow solving? / Use case
Creating YouTube content at scale is time-consuming: extracting ideas from existing videos, rewriting scripts, generating SEO metadata, tracking content, and publishing videos all require manual work across multiple tools.
This workflow solves that by:
- Automating content analysis and rewriting
- Centralizing tracking and approvals in Google Sheets
- Automating YouTube publishing via Blotato
What this workflow does
This workflow automates the full YouTube video repurposing and publishing pipeline:
- Receives a YouTube video URL and instructions via Telegram
- Logs the request in Google Sheets
- Extracts the YouTube video ID
- Retrieves the video transcript via RapidAPI
- Cleans and normalizes the transcript
- Generates a new original video script using OpenAI
- Generates SEO metadata (title, description, tags) in strict JSON format
- Updates Google Sheets with the generated content
- Waits for approval (
status = ready) - Uploads the final video to Blotato
- Publishes the video on YouTube
- Updates the status to
publishin Google Sheets
Setup
To use this workflow, you need to configure the following services:
Google Services
- Enable Google Sheets API in Google Cloud Console
- Create OAuth2 credentials
- Add credentials in n8n: Google Sheets OAuth2 API
- Credential name:
Google Sheets account - My Google Sheets : copy
RapidAPI (YouTube Transcript)
- Sign up at RapidAPI
- Subscribe to "YouTube Video Summarizer GPT AI"
- Get your API key
- Update in Workflow Configuration node
BLOTATO (Video Publishing)
- Sign up at BLOTATO
- Get API credentials
- Add credentials in n8n: Blotato API
- Credential name:
Blotato account - Connect your YouTube account via BLOTATO
How to customize this workflow to your needs
You can easily adapt this workflow by:
- Changing the output language (
output_lang) in the configuration node - Modifying the OpenAI prompts to match your tone or niche
- Adjusting Google Sheets columns or approval logic
- Replacing YouTube with another platform supported by Blotato
- Extending the workflow to generate shorts, reels, or multi-platform posts
The workflow is modular and designed to be extended without breaking the core logic.
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Repurpose YouTube Videos and Publish via Blotato with Telegram, Sheets, and GPT-41 Mini
This n8n workflow automates the process of repurposing YouTube videos into blog posts, publishing them via Blotato, and notifying a Telegram channel. It leverages Google Sheets for content management, OpenAI for content generation, and Google Drive for file storage.
What it does
This workflow streamlines the content creation and publishing process through the following steps:
- Triggers on Telegram Message: The workflow starts when a new message is received in a configured Telegram chat. This message is expected to contain a YouTube video URL.
- Extracts Video ID: It extracts the YouTube video ID from the provided URL.
- Generates Blog Post Content: It uses OpenAI (likely GPT-41 Mini as hinted by the directory name) to generate a blog post title, summary, and full content based on the YouTube video's transcript or description.
- Stores Content in Google Sheets: The generated content (YouTube URL, video ID, title, summary, content) is then appended as a new row in a specified Google Sheet.
- Publishes to Blotato (via HTTP Request): It makes an HTTP request to the Blotato API to publish the generated blog post.
- Uploads to Google Drive: The workflow creates a text file containing the blog post content and uploads it to a designated folder in Google Drive.
- Notifies Telegram: Finally, it sends a confirmation message to the Telegram channel with a link to the published Blotato post and the Google Drive file.
Prerequisites/Requirements
To use this workflow, you will need:
- n8n Instance: A running n8n instance.
- Telegram Bot: A Telegram Bot Token and Chat ID to trigger the workflow and receive notifications.
- Google Sheets Account: A Google account with access to Google Sheets to store content.
- Google Drive Account: A Google account with access to Google Drive for file storage.
- OpenAI API Key: An OpenAI API key for content generation (e.g., GPT-41 Mini).
- Blotato Account/API: An account with Blotato and its API credentials to publish blog posts.
Setup/Usage
- Import the Workflow: Import the provided JSON into your n8n instance.
- Configure Credentials:
- Telegram Trigger: Set up your Telegram Bot credential.
- Google Sheets: Configure your Google Sheets OAuth2 or API Key credential.
- OpenAI: Set up your OpenAI API Key credential.
- HTTP Request (Blotato): Configure any necessary authentication for your Blotato API (e.g., API Key in headers or body).
- Google Drive: Configure your Google Drive OAuth2 or API Key credential.
- Telegram (Notification): Set up your Telegram Bot credential again (if different from the trigger, or reuse).
- Customize Nodes:
- Telegram Trigger: Ensure the "Chat ID" is correctly set to the Telegram chat where you will send YouTube links.
- Google Sheets: Update the "Spreadsheet ID" and "Sheet Name" to your desired Google Sheet.
- OpenAI: Adjust the prompt for generating the blog post content as needed. You might want to specify the model (e.g.,
gpt-4-mini) and other parameters. - HTTP Request (Blotato): Update the URL, method, headers, and body to match your Blotato API's requirements for publishing a new post.
- Google Drive: Specify the "Folder ID" where the content files should be uploaded.
- Telegram (Notification): Customize the success message and ensure the correct "Chat ID" is used.
- Activate the Workflow: Once configured, activate the workflow.
- Trigger the Workflow: Send a YouTube video URL to your configured Telegram bot/chat to initiate the process.
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