Generate illustrated stories with GPT-4, DALL-E 3 and Firebase

by Victor Manuel Lagunas Franco ✓ · 170 views · created 2025-12-29 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

What this workflow does

This workflow has 10 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“AI Story Generator”). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes. It also calls api.openai.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“AI Story Generator”).

1. Validate Input (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
2. Generate Story (GPT-4) (HTTP Request): calls api.openai.com (POST)
3. Prepare Story Data (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
4. Generate Images (DALL-E 3) (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Upload to Firebase Storage (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
6. Finalize Story (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
7. Prepare Firestore Data (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. Save to Firestore (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (PATCH)
9. Return Response (Respond to Webhook): sends the response back to the webhook caller

HTTP calls to: api.openai.com

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Nodes used (4)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Respond to Webhookn8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook

From the author

Generate complete illustrated stories using AI. This workflow creates engaging narratives with custom DALL-E 3 images for each scene and saves everything to Firebase. How it works 1. User fills out a form with story topic, language, art style, and number of…

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