Clone viral TikTok & Instagram reels with Apify and Gemini 2.5 Pro

by Lucas Walter ✓ · 5,202 views · created 2025-07-17 · Content Creation, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This workflow has 18 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Reverse Engineer Short Form Video”). Along the way it connects Slack. It also calls api.apify.com and generativelanguage.googleapis.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Reverse Engineer Short Form Video”).

1. set_base_prompt (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: prompt
2. Switch: routes items into 2 branches
3. scrape_ig_reel (HTTP Request): calls api.apify.com (POST)
4. scrape_tiktok (HTTP Request): calls api.apify.com (POST)
5. build_final_ig_prompt (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: prompt
6. build_final_tiktok_prompt (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: prompt
7. download_ig_reel (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
8. download_tiktok (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
9. ig_to_base (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (binary to propery)
10. tiktok_to_base (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (binary to propery)

…plus 7 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Slack

HTTP calls to: api.apify.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nodes used (7)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Switchn8n-nodes-base.switch
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Extract from Filen8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Slackn8n-nodes-base.slack
• Convert to Filen8n-nodes-base.convertToFile

From the author

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