Instagram carousel posts from Google Drive via Cloudinary with Telegram alerts

by Robert Schröder ✓ · 1,505 views · created 2025-08-19 · Social Media, Multimodal AI

What this workflow does

This workflow has 13 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects Google Drive, Telegram and Facebook Graph API. It also calls api.cloudinary.com over HTTP.

How it runs

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

1. Prepare Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: instagram_content, node (Instagram Account ID), pose_1_drive_fotolink…
2. Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
3. Collect Media IDs (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
4. Download file (Google Drive): download
5. Wait: waits 20 seconds
6. Upload images to Cloudinary (HTTP Request): calls api.cloudinary.com (POST)
7. Edit Carousel (Facebook Graph API): uses Facebook Graph API
8. Create each Carousel Picture (Facebook Graph API): uses Facebook Graph API
9. Wait: waits 15 seconds
10. Edit Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 5 fields: media_id, pose_number, instagram_content…

…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google DriveTelegramFacebook Graph API

HTTP calls to: api.cloudinary.com

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Nodes used (9)

• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Google Driven8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches
• Telegramn8n-nodes-base.telegram
• Facebook Graph APIn8n-nodes-base.facebookGraphApi
• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait

From the author

Overview This n8n workflow automates the creation and publishing of Instagram carousel posts by downloading images from Google Drive, uploading them to Cloudinary for hosting, and publishing them as a coordinated carousel post via Facebook Graph API. This…

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