Workflow: design n8n workflow for Googledrive Googlesheets Create Triggered
Integrations: facebookGraphApi, googleDrive, googleDriveTrigger, googleSheets, stickyNote

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Connect the Google sheet with this node. & connect the columns with the Google Drive Node (Name Column & Url Column with 2 parameters of Google Drive Node) and captions column with one OpenAI parameter.\n\nFollow the steps (YouTube video):\nhttps://youtu.be/L3NUp2XP_h0?si=KAjHYEZ-qedIM-n"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "5e855a8f-3a45-43bc-a8e6-9c590fb77c3d", "name": "Sticky Note7", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1320, -100], "parameters": {"color": 3, "width": 275, "height": 379, "content": "\ud83d\udc48 Hardest Step (Facebook Graph API):\n\nSet up Facebook Graph API Node.\n\nSet up credentials.\n\nConnect query parameters with Google Sheets parameters.\n\nThis node will access your post file from Google Sheets with captions.\n\nFollow the steps (YouTube video):\nhttps://youtu.be/L3NUp2XP_h0?si=KAjHYEZ-qedIM-n"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "515cef5a-52fd-49af-831c-50957e58564a", "name": "Finally Post to Instagram", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.facebookGraphApi", "position": [1560, -280], "parameters": {"edge": "media_publish", "node": "17841465053058137", "hostUrl": "graph-video.facebook.com", "options": {"queryParameters": {"parameter": [{"name": "creation_id", "value": "={{ $json.id }}"}]}}, "graphApiVersion": "v22.0", "httpRequestMethod": "POST"}, "credentials": {"facebookGraphApi": {"id": "vDjaXB1lRcGeYQV3", "name": "Facebook Graph account"}}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "b3114251-0799-44a2-a838-0231103d8f87", "name": "Sticky Note8", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1600, -100], "parameters": {"color": 4, "width": 275, "height": 299, "content": "\ud83d\udc48 \n1. Set-up Facebook Graph API) Node\n2. 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