Automate YouTube thumbnail creation & social publishing with Templated.io & Blotato
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 19 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message). Along the way it connects Telegram, Google Drive, Gmail and OpenAI and 3 more. It also calls googleapis.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On Telegram events (message).
- Workflow Configuration (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 5 fields: youtubeApiKey, templatedTemplateId, googleDriveFolderId…
- Extract Video ID (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Fetch YouTube Info (HTTP Request): calls googleapis.com
- Prepare Text Data (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- OpenAI: uses OpenAI
- Generate Thumbnail via Templated.io (Templated): uses Templated
- Wait: waits 2 minutes
- Download Thumbnail (Templated): retrieve render
- Downloading files (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Upload to Google Drive (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
…plus 8 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: googleapis.com
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 2 community packages, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that @blotato/n8n-nodes-blotato is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Upload Video to BLOTATO, Linkedin, Facebook).
- Check that n8n-nodes-templated is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Download Thumbnail, Generate Thumbnail via Templated.io).
Nodes used (12)
- Telegram Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Blotato
@blotato/n8n-nodes-blotato.blotato - Templated
n8n-nodes-templated.templated - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
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