n8n Workflow: Publish YouTube Videos to OrbitPage (Email Approval)

Automatically publish new YouTube videos to your OrbitPage—with optional email approval

This n8n workflow monitors your YouTube channel feed and adds new public videos to your OrbitPage as native video cards (cover + Play button). You can choose instant publication (AUTOMATIC) or create a private draft that requires email approval before it goes live.

What this workflow does

• Runs manual and scheduled checks using the same configuration and a persistent n8n Data Table registry.
• Checks OrbitPage draft support, then reads the channel feed and selects the oldest unseen video first.
• Creates a registry claim to prevent the same pending video from triggering duplicate cards or approval requests.
• Verifies current blocks and publication revisions before adding a native YouTube card. If unrelated private changes are detected, processing stops.
• Handles publication mode:
  • AUTOMATIC publishes immediately.
  • EMAIL_APPROVAL saves a private draft and sends an email with signed Approve / Decline buttons.
• Approval logic: publishing occurs only if the reviewed card remains unchanged; decline or timeout removes only the unchanged proposal. Concurrent edits can prevent cleanup for review.
• Records success safely by checking publication metadata and public HTML; baseline runs and declined paths end without sending further emails.

Use cases

• OrbitPage owners who want new uploads reflected immediately across their public channel.
• Teams that require editorial control before a new video card appears on OrbitPage.
• SaaS operators running n8n to automate content updates while keeping a review trail via email.

Technical details

• OrbitPage integration: install n8n-nodes-orbitpage 0.3.2+ and use the same OrbitPage credential across OrbitPage nodes (including “Save video card”).
• YouTube feed polling: public feed polling runs without requiring a YouTube API key and without AI services.
• n8n building blocks: if, set, xml, code, data table, and email send.
• Import workflow JSON: OrbitPage_Smart_Bio_YouTube.json.