This is an n8n community node. It lets you use the VideoDB in your n8n workflows.
Power your video and media automation with VideoDB. Access advanced video indexing, search, and management features. Get started at https://console.videodb.io
n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.
Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.
This node presently supports video operations for:
- Fetching videos in a collection
- Indexing a video
- Getting a video transcript
- Searching through a video
- Uploading a video by URL
An API key is required in order to issue calls to the VideoDB API. Sign up to retrieve your API key at https://console.videodb.io.
Tested locally against n8n v1.93.0.
You should familiarize yourself with the various response objects, to understand what data is provided by the API, and how to access individual insights. Response object formats are available in the VideoDB API documentation.
To streamline and accelerate the development process, follow these steps:
- Install n8n globally (
npm add -g n8n). - Set the
N8N_CUSTOM_EXTENSIONSenvironment variable to the/distdirectory of this repository. - Enable hot reloading by setting the
N8N_DEV_RELOADenvironment variable totrue. - Run
npm run devto watch for changes and automatically rebuild the node as you develop. - Start n8n with
n8n startto launch the editor UI. - Open the n8n editor UI in your browser.
You should now be able to search for and use the VideoDB node in your n8n workflows.
Note: When launching n8n locally for the first time, you will be prompted to create a user account. If you forget your credentials, you can reset n8n to its initial state by running
n8n user-management:reset.
- 1.0.9 - Added helpful notice in credentials and UTM tracking for better user experience and analytics
- 1.0.8 - Explicitly pass
errormessage in JSON output whencontinueOnFailis enabled - 1.0.7 - Added
pairedItemitem linking and robust error handling withcontinueOnFailandNodeOperationError - 1.0.6 -
generateVoicenow sendsaudio_type: voice - 1.0.5 - Added the
Create Timeline (VideoDB's Video Editor)action - 1.0.4 - README update
- 1.0.3 - Dropdowns for
collection,image,audioandvideoIDs along with minor bug fixes - 1.0.2 - Filtered nodes to most useful ones
- 1.0.1 - Filtered nodes to most useful ones
- 1.0.0 — Initial release of the VideoDB API n8n node
