n8n RSS to YouTube Shorts: Rendofy MP4 Auto-Upload

Turn any RSS feed into Rendofy-style YouTube Shorts (MP4) — fully automated in n8n

This n8n workflow watches your RSS feed for new items, renders each one into a Shorts-style news video using Rendofy, downloads the resulting MP4, and uploads it to YouTube as a private video with source-attributed description.

What this workflow does

• Monitors your RSS feed and triggers whenever a new item appears.
• Normalizes feed fields into a consistent structure: title, plain-text description, article URL, author, published date, and image URL.
• Creates a Rendofy render request (headline, summary, source details, and a call-to-action) and submits it using your n8n resume URL for callback.
• Waits for Rendofy’s response by using an n8n wait/resume pattern; Rendofy POSTs back job status and the rendered video URL.
• Uploads to YouTube when complete: prepares a YouTube title and description with source attribution, downloads the MP4, and uploads it as a private video.
• Handles failures safely: if Rendofy doesn’t complete successfully, the workflow returns job status and error details instead of uploading.

Use cases

• Automate daily “news roundup” Shorts by converting RSS items into ready-to-post YouTube videos.
• SaaS operators publishing branded updates from multiple sources without manual editing.
• Automation engineers building a repeatable pipeline for RSS → video rendering → YouTube publishing.

Technical details

• n8n trigger: RSS Feed Trigger (public feed URL required)
• Rendering service: Rendofy via HTTP Request using RENDOFY_API_KEY (sends payload to api.rendofy.com)
• Resume flow: wait node so Rendofy can call back using the execution’s resume URL
• YouTube upload: YouTube node with OAuth2, uploading the downloaded Rendofy MP4 as a private video
• Nodes used: if, code, wait, you tube, sticky note, http request