Generate text-to-video clips and save MP4 files with Seadanse

by WesLin · 1 views · created 2026-09-28 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

What this workflow does

This workflow has 15 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. It uses only n8n's built-in nodes. It also calls seadanse.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

1. Configure (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
2. Validate configuration (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
3. Build generation (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
4. Generate video (HTTP Request): calls seadanse.com (POST)
5. Keep receipt (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
6. Wait: waits 10 seconds
7. Get generation (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
8. Check status (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Finished (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
10. Select files (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.

HTTP calls to: seadanse.com

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Nodes used (6)

• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Read/Write Files from Diskn8n-nodes-base.readWriteFile

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs manually to generate a text-to-video clip with the Seadanse API, polls the job status until it succeeds, then downloads the resulting MP4 via a temporary grant URL and saves it to local disk. How it works 1. Starts when you…

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