Process & Trim Videos with Apify ClipForge via Webhook

Process and trim your videos on demand with Apify ClipForge—powered by an n8n webhook

This n8n workflow exposes a webhook that accepts a video URL, sends a processing job to Apify ClipForge via the budding_retrograde/clipforge actor, then returns the processed dataset results as a JSON response—ready for your app or automation to consume.

What this workflow does

• Receives a POST request on the n8n Webhook Trigger endpoint with:
  • videoUrl (required)
  • apifyToken (required)
  • Optional processing options: startTime, endTime, extractAudio, audioBitrate, verticalReframe
• Starts an Apify actor run by calling the Apify API for budding_retrograde/clipforge, passing your provided inputs.
• Waits for the actor to finish, ensuring the processing is complete before responding.
• Fetches the actor output from the associated Apify dataset items endpoint.
• Returns a JSON response to the original webhook request containing the processed dataset results.

Use cases

• Build a SaaS feature where users submit a video URL and receive processed outputs (trimmed, audio extracted, bitrate controlled, optionally vertically reframed).
• Automate media prep in n8n pipelines—trigger processing from your backend and store the returned dataset results.
• Enable engineering teams to integrate ClipForge processing into existing systems through a simple webhook API.

Technical details

• Nodes/stack: Webhook, HTTP Request, Respond to Webhook (plus a Sticky Note for clarity).
• External service: Apify API to run budding_retrograde/clipforge and read results from the actor’s dataset items.
• Requirement: You need an Apify API token to run the workflow.

Send a POST to the webhook URL from your client/app, include apifyToken and videoUrl, and get processed ClipForge results back as JSON.