Publish YouTube Shorts to TikTok with RSS, RapidAPI and TikTok API
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 14 nodes and runs on RSS Feed events. It uses only n8n's built-in nodes. It also calls youtube-media-downloader.p.rapidapi.com and open.tiktokapis.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On RSS Feed events.
- If row does not exist (Data table): row not exists
- Add Row (Data table): uses Data table
- Arrange Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 5 fields: title, link, author…
- Get Download Link (HTTP Request): calls youtube-media-downloader.p.rapidapi.com
- Download Link Parser (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Download Video (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Get TikTok Token (HTTP Request): calls open.tiktokapis.com (POST)
- Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: mode, privacy_level
- Draft or Publish? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- TikTok Init Draft (HTTP Request): calls open.tiktokapis.com (POST)
…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.
HTTP calls to: youtube-media-downloader.p.rapidapi.com, open.tiktokapis.com
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 (6)
- RSS Feed Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedReadTrigger - Data table
n8n-nodes-base.dataTable - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - If
n8n-nodes-base.if
From the author
Quick overview This workflow polls a YouTube Shorts playlist RSS feed, deduplicates videos using an n8n Data Table, downloads each new Short via the YouTube Media Downloader API (RapidAPI), and uploads it to TikTok using the TikTok Content Posting API in…