Automated YouTube Video Uploads with 12h Interval Scheduling in JST — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger8 nodes📣 Marketingby Zane

Overview

This workflow automates a batch upload of multiple videos to YouTube, spacing each upload 12 hours apart in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) and automatically adding them to a playlist.

⚙️ Workflow Logic

Manual Trigger — Starts the workflow manually.
List Video Files — Uses a shell command to find all .mp4 files under the specified directory (/opt/downloads/单词卡/A1-A2).
Sort and Generate Items — Sorts videos by day number (dayXX) extracted from filenames and assigns a sequential order value.
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Nodes used

YouTubeCode

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How it Works

1
Trigger
The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.
2
Process
Data flows through 8 nodes, connecting code, executecommand, manualtrigger.
3
Output
The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (8)

YouTube

youTube

Code

code

How to Import This Workflow

1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
3Select the downloaded automated-youtube-video-uploads-with-12h-interval-scheduling-in-jst file and click Import.
4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Automated YouTube Video Uploads with 12h Interval Scheduling in JST", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codeexecutecommandmanualtriggerreadwritefilesplitinbatchesyoutube

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Nodes8

Complexitymedium

Triggertrigger

CategoryMarketing

Created by

Zane

@zane

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