Automatically Update YouTube Video Descriptions with Inserted Text

Manual

High

Nodes

Manual

Trigger

High

Complexity

7/22/2025

Added

Workflow Overview

Total Nodes

Node Types

you Tube

Get All Videos, Update Video Description, Get Specific Video

3 nodes

manual Trigger

When clicking ‘Test workflow’

1 node

sticky Note

Sticky Note, Sticky Note1

2 nodes

set

Set String to Insert

1 node

split In Batches

Loop Over Videos

1 node

code

Create New Video Description with Row Inserted

1 node

Workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "Automatically Update YouTube Video Descriptions with Inserted Text",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "19cafddc-6199-4418-8213-9743c34c9176",
      "name": "Get All Videos",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        480,
        380
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "limit": 3,
        "filters": {},
        "options": {
          "order": "date"
        },
        "resource": "video"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "63a6a8e6-994f-46ab-a731-609549fec99f",
      "name": "Update Video Description",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        1320,
        460
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "title": "={{ $('Get Specific Video').item.json.snippet.title }}",
        "videoId": "={{ $('Get Specific Video').item.json.id}}",
        "resource": "video",
        "operation": "update",
        "categoryId": "={{ $('Get Specific Video').item.json.snippet.categoryId }}",
        "region...

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