n8n-nodes-videodb

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.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Operations
• Credentials
• Compatibility
• Usage
• Resources
• Development
• Version history

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Operations

This node supports the following operations:

Video

• Fetch, upload, index, search, and manage videos
• Get transcripts and generate streams
• Translate transcripts to any language
• Scene extraction and indexing
• Add subtitles

Timeline Editor

• Compile multi-track timelines with inline videos
• Overlay images, audio, and text with custom styling

Audio & Images

• Upload and manage audio/image assets
• Generate voice and URLs

Collections

• Create, list, and manage collections

Credentials

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.

Compatibility

Tested locally against n8n v1.93.0.

Usage

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.

Resources

• n8n community nodes documentation
• VideoDB API documentation

Development

To streamline and accelerate the development process, follow these steps:

1. Install n8n globally (npm add -g n8n).
2. Set the N8N_CUSTOM_EXTENSIONS environment variable to the /dist directory of this repository.
3. Enable hot reloading by setting the N8N_DEV_RELOAD environment variable to true.
4. Run npm run dev to watch for changes and automatically rebuild the node as you develop.
5. Start n8n with n8n start to launch the editor UI.
6. 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.

Version history

• 1.1.1 - Updated x-videodb-client header to use dynamic version
• 1.1.0 - Added Translate Transcript operation for videos
• 1.0.9 - Fixed timeline overlay text style parsing; added helpful notice in credentials and UTM tracking
• 1.0.8 - Explicitly pass error message in JSON output when continueOnFail is enabled
• 1.0.7 - Added pairedItem item linking and robust error handling with continueOnFail and NodeOperationError
• 1.0.6 - generateVoice now sends audio_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, audio and video IDs 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