Sora2 Pro AI video generation to YouTube

High-Level Summary

This workflow automates the entire process of creating AI-generated videos using OpenAI's Sora2 Pro, saving them to Google Drive, generating optimized YouTube titles with GPT-5, and automatically uploading them to YouTube. It uses a Google Sheet as the central interface for input (prompts and durations) and output (video URLs and YouTube links). This is ideal for content creators, marketers, or anyone looking to scale video production without manual intervention.

Node-by-Node Walkthrough

1. Schedule Trigger (No auth) — Runs the workflow at a configured interval (default: every 5 minutes). This allows the workflow to periodically check for new rows in the Google Sheet.

2. When clicking 'Test workflow' (No auth) — A manual trigger for testing the workflow on demand. It bypasses the schedule and starts the process immediately.

3. Get new video (Google Sheets OAuth2) — Reads rows from the Google Sheet where the "VIDEO" column is empty (unprocessed rows). It retrieves the prompt and duration for each new video to be created.

4. Set data (No auth) — Combines the prompt and duration from the sheet into a single string formatted as: {PROMPT}\n\nDuration of the video: {DURATION}. This prepared text is sent to the AI video generation API.

5. Create Video (Header Auth — Authorization: Key YOURAPIKEY) — Sends a POST request to the Sora2 Pro API (https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/text-to-video/pro) with the prompt as JSON body. This initiates the video generation process and returns a request_id for polling.

6. Wait 60 sec. (No auth) — Pauses execution for 60 seconds to allow the Sora2 Pro API to process the video generation request.

7. Get status (Header Auth — Authorization: Key YOURAPIKEY) — Polls the Sora2 Pro API status endpoint (https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/requests/{request_id}/status) to check if the video generation is complete.

8. Completed? (No auth) — An IF node that checks if the status returned is "COMPLETED". If yes, the workflow proceeds to retrieve the video URL. If not, it loops back to wait another 60 seconds and check again.

9. Get Url Video (Header Auth — Authorization: Key YOURAPIKEY) — Once the video is completed, this node fetches the final video metadata from https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/sora-2/requests/{request_id}, including the video URL and file name.

10. Generate title (OpenAI API Key auth) — Sends the original prompt to OpenAI's GPT-5 model with a system prompt that instructs it to generate an SEO-optimized YouTube title (max 60 characters, catchy, keyword-rich, in the same language as the input).

11. Get File Video (No auth) — Downloads the actual video file from the URL returned by the Sora2 Pro API. This binary data is used for uploading to Google Drive and YouTube.

12. Upload Video (Google Drive OAuth2) — Uploads the downloaded video file to a specific Google Drive folder ("Fal.run") with a timestamped filename.

13. Update result (Google Sheets OAuth2) — Updates the original Google Sheet row with the video URL from Sora2 Pro, using the row number to match the correct row.

14. HTTP Request (Header Auth — Authorization: Apikey YOUR_API_KEY_HERE) — Uploads the video to YouTube via the Upload-Post API (https://api.upload-post.com/api/upload). It sends the video binary data along with the generated title, username, and platform (YouTube) as multipart form data.

15. Update Youtube URL (Google Sheets OAuth2) — Updates the Google Sheet row with the final YouTube URL (constructed as https://youtu.be/{video_id}) after successful upload.

Setup Instructions

To use this workflow, you'll need accounts and credentials for the following services:

1. Google Cloud Platform — Enable the Google Sheets and Google Drive APIs. Create OAuth2 credentials and configure them in n8n for Google Sheets and Google Drive nodes.

2. Fal.ai (Sora2 Pro) — Create an account at fal.ai and obtain an API key. This key is used in the Header Auth nodes (Create Video, Get status, Get Url Video) with the format Key YOURAPIKEY.

3. OpenAI — Create an account at OpenAI and generate an API key. This is used for the GPT-5 title generation node.

4. Upload-Post — Sign up at Upload-Post to get an API key (10 free uploads per month). Create a profile for your YouTube channel. The profile name becomes your username in the HTTP Request node.

5. Google Sheet — Create a copy of this template sheet with columns: PROMPT, DURATION, VIDEO, YOUTUBE_URL, row_number. Fill in prompts and durations; leave VIDEO and YOUTUBE_URL empty.

Use Cases and Variations

• Content Marketing: Automate daily video creation for social media campaigns, product demos, or educational content.
• Multilingual Content: The GPT-5 prompt generates titles in the same language as the input, making it easy to create videos in multiple languages.
• Batch Processing: Modify the Google Sheet query to process multiple rows at once, creating a queue of videos.
• Alternative AI Models: Replace the Sora2 Pro endpoint with other video generation APIs (e.g., RunwayML, Pika Labs) by changing the URL and request format.
• Platform Expansion: Add additional HTTP Request nodes to upload the same video to TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook using their respective APIs.
• Scheduling: Adjust the Schedule Trigger to run hourly or daily instead of every 5 minutes for less frequent video creation.

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