Generate news digest videos from WordPress to YouTube with Shotstack
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What this workflow does
This workflow has 19 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 19:00). Along the way it connects Wordpress and YouTube. It also calls api.shotstack.io over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 19:00).
- Config Variables (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 7 fields: logo_big, logo_small, default_photo_url…
- Get articles from today (Wordpress): get many
- Check if have enough articles (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Check if have videos (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Clean data and assign fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: link, title, photo_id…
- Check for missing images (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Assign Default Image (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: photo_url
- Get Image (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: api.shotstack.io
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (9)
- Wordpress
n8n-nodes-base.wordpress - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - YouTube
n8n-nodes-base.youTube
From the author
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