Track TikTok keyword trends with API Direct, Google Sheets and Slack
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What this workflow does
This workflow has 8 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00). Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Slack and Apidirect (community).
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00).
- Edit your keyword settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: keyword, viral_threshold
- Search TikTok videos (Apidirect): videos (tiktok)
- Keep only new videos (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Format spreadsheet row (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 8 fields: date, author, title…
- Append to trend log (Google Sheets): append
- Is it going viral? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Send a breakout alert (Slack): uses Slack
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-apidirect is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Search TikTok videos).
Nodes used (7)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Apidirect
n8n-nodes-apidirect.apidirect - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack
From the author
Quick overview This workflow runs every morning to search TikTok for recent videos matching a keyword via API Direct, logs new results to Google Sheets, and sends a Slack alert when a video’s play count exceeds a configurable viral threshold. How it works 1.…