n8n-nodes-notebooklm-sdk

An n8n community node for Google NotebookLM. Manage notebooks, sources, artifacts, chat, and notes from your n8n workflows.

Built on top of notebooklm-sdk.

Installation

In your n8n instance, go to Settings → Community Nodes → Install and enter:

n8n-nodes-notebooklm-sdk

Or install manually:

npm install n8n-nodes-notebooklm-sdk

Authentication

NotebookLM uses Google session cookies — there is no public API key. You need to provide your browser session cookies as a credential.

Getting your session

1. Run the login helper:

   npx notebooklm-sdk login

2. A browser window will open. Sign in to your Google account.
3. The session is saved to ~/.notebooklm/session.json.
4. Copy the entire file contents:

   cat ~/.notebooklm/session.json

Adding the credential in n8n

1. Go to Credentials → New Credential → NotebookLM API
2. Paste the full session.json contents into the Session JSON field
3. Save

Cookies expire periodically. Re-run npx notebooklm-sdk login and update the credential when you get authentication errors.

Resources & Operations

Notebook

| Operation | Description | | --------- | ---------------------------------- | | List | List all notebooks in your account | | Get | Get a notebook by ID | | Create | Create a new notebook | | Delete | Delete a notebook |

Source

| Operation | Description | Parameters | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | | List | List all sources in a notebook | Notebook ID | | Add URL | Add a web URL as a source | Notebook ID, URL | | Add Text | Add plain text as a source | Notebook ID, Title, Content | | Get Fulltext | Get the full extracted text of a source | Notebook ID, Source ID | | Wait Until Ready | Poll until a source finishes processing | Notebook ID, Source ID, Timeout | | Delete | Delete a source | Notebook ID, Source ID |

Artifact

| Operation | Description | Parameters | | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | | List | List all artifacts | Notebook ID | | List Audio Overviews | List audio overview artifacts | Notebook ID | | List Reports | List report artifacts | Notebook ID | | Create Audio Overview | Generate an audio overview podcast | Notebook ID | | Create Report | Generate a briefing doc, study guide, or blog post | Notebook ID, Format | | Create Mind Map | Generate a mind map note | Notebook ID | | Wait Until Ready | Poll until an artifact finishes generating | Notebook ID, Artifact ID, Timeout, Interval | | Download Audio | Download an audio overview as MP3 | Notebook ID, Artifact ID | | Download Video | Download a video artifact as MP4 | Notebook ID, Artifact ID | | Download Slide Deck | Download a slide deck as PDF or PPTX | Notebook ID, Artifact ID, Format | | Download Infographic | Download an infographic as PNG | Notebook ID, Artifact ID | | Export Report | Export a report artifact to Google Docs | Notebook ID, Artifact ID, Title |

Report formats: Briefing Doc, Study Guide, Blog Post

Download operations output a binary item (field name: data). Connect them to nodes like Write Binary File, Send Email, or HTTP Request to use the file.

Chat

| Operation | Description | Parameters | | --------- | ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | | Ask | Send a question and receive a grounded response | Notebook ID, Message |

Note

| Operation | Description | Parameters | | --------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------- | | List | List all text notes in a notebook | Notebook ID | | Create | Create a new note | Notebook ID, Content |

Example workflows

Summarize a webpage into a NotebookLM notebook:

1. HTTP Request — fetch a webpage URL
2. NotebookLM: Source → Add URL — add the URL to a notebook
3. NotebookLM: Artifact → Create Report — generate a briefing doc
4. NotebookLM: Chat → Ask — ask a follow-up question grounded in the source

Generate and download an audio overview:

1. NotebookLM: Artifact → Create Audio Overview — kick off generation (returns artifactId)
2. NotebookLM: Artifact → Wait Until Ready — poll until status is completed
3. NotebookLM: Artifact → Download Audio — download the MP3 as binary data
4. Write Binary File — save to disk, or pipe to any other binary-capable node

Create and download an infographic from your latest notebook (example JSON):

1. NotebookLM: Notebook → List — list all notebooks (returned in most-recently-accessed order)
2. Code — return [$input.first()] to pick the latest one
3. NotebookLM: Artifact → Create Infographic — kick off generation
4. NotebookLM: Artifact → Wait Until Ready — poll every 5 s, up to 300 s
5. NotebookLM: Artifact → Download Infographic — download the PNG as binary data

Finding your Notebook ID

The notebook ID is the long alphanumeric string in the NotebookLM URL:

https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/abc123def456...
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can also use Notebook → List as the first step in a workflow to retrieve notebook IDs dynamically.

Local development

git clone https://github.com/agmmnn/n8n-nodes-notebooklm
cd n8n-nodes-notebooklm
npm install
npm run build

To test in a local n8n instance:

# In this repo
npm link

# In your n8n directory
npm link n8n-nodes-notebooklm

Then restart n8n — the node will appear in the node palette under NotebookLM.

License

MIT