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n8n 9-Platform Social Auto-Publishing Workflow
Automate cross-posting videos across nine social platforms using n8n and Blotato
This automation workflow connects a Google Sheet to Blotato via n8n to distribute video content to nine social media platforms simultaneously on a recurring schedule. It prepares media payloads, dispatches them across separate platform branches, and writes publication statuses back to the spreadsheet. It provides a simple, self-hosted distribution pipeline without requiring expensive social scheduling SaaS tools.
How it works
Architecture for automated multi-channel posting in n8n:
- Trigger: 'Schedule Trigger' node set to recurring execution.
- Fetch Data: 'Google Sheets' node (read: sheet) fetches scheduled video URLs and metadata.
- Prepare IDs: 'Set Blotato IDs' (raw/Code node) formats the target platform IDs and media parameters.
- Initialize Upload: 'Ready Video in Blotato' (HTTP Request node posting to backend.blotato endpoint).
- Multi-Channel Distribution: Split branches call Blotato endpoints for:
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Threads
- Twitter / X
- Bluesky
- Update Status: 'Update GSheet' node writes post confirmation and status back to the sheet.
What it's for
- Cross-post short-form video content across major social platforms automatically
- Track publication status and live video IDs in a centralized Google Sheet
- Run scheduled social media distribution batches without manual publishing
Key points
- Uses a Schedule Trigger node to automate distribution on a recurring cadence
- Reads scheduled video URLs, captions, and metadata directly from Google Sheets
- Prepares and formats platform-specific IDs and parameters via a Code node
- Initializes video uploads through the Blotato API
- Distributes simultaneously across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Bluesky
- Logs publish confirmations and updates row statuses back in the original Google Sheet
Pricing
Free. Workflow setup is free; n8n is free self-hosted; Blotato API pricing depends on service tier.
Details
- Type
- Tip
- Category
- Marketing & Sales
- Topic
- Social Media Automation
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- For
- Content creators, social media managers, and growth teams running multi-platform video pipelines.
- Alternative to
- Buffer, Hootsuite, Later
- Tags
- n8n, social media, blotato, automation, workflows, content creation
Why it was saved
- @robonuggets: Provides a hands-off, scheduled content distribution pipeline that logs video IDs and updates publishing status back to Google Sheets automatically.
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