Automatically Update YouTube Video Descriptions with Inserted Text — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger7 nodes📣 Marketing👁 1,510 viewsby Akram Kadri

Overview

Who is this for?

This workflow is designed for YouTubers who want to update their video descriptions in bulk without manually editing each one. It's especially useful for creators who include a standard set of links in their descriptions and need to insert a new link between existing ones across multiple videos. What problem does this workflow solve?

Manually updating video descriptions for multiple videos can be tedious and time-consuming. If you have a section in your video descriptions that

Nodes used

YouTubeCode

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Insert Text into YouTube Video Descriptions
Automatically insert a row of text between two specifie
This workflow is ideal for YouTubers who need
Configure text string to insert 👆
Define the text string (row) that will be added to your
Variables
- rowBefore → The new row will be inserted *after* this
Get All Videos
Update Video Description
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When clicking ‘Test work…
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Set String to Insert
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Loop Over Videos
Get Specific Video
Create New Video Descrip…
7 nodes7 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 7 nodes, connecting code, manualtrigger, set.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (7)

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YouTube

youTube

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Code

code

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How to Import This Workflow

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

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Automatically Update YouTube Video Descriptions with Inserted Text", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codemanualtriggersetsplitinbatchesyoutube

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Nodes7
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
Views1,510
CategoryMarketing

Created by

Akram Kadri

Akram Kadri

@akramkadri

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