Turn Article URLs into TikTok Videos (OpenAI + Telegram) | n8n

Turn Article URLs into TikTok Videos—Automatically (OpenAI + Telegram + Google Drive)

Send an article link to your Telegram bot and this n8n workflow will turn it into a rendered vertical MP4 with AI voiceover and karaoke-style subtitles—then upload it to Google Drive and optionally publish it to TikTok via the pm3k API.

What this workflow does

• Telegram trigger: Watches for a specified Telegram user to send a message containing an article URL, then requires a reply confirmation to start processing.
• Read and extract content: Downloads the article as Markdown using the Jina AI reader endpoint (including image summaries).
• Plan and script for TikTok: Uses OpenAI to extract the main article and generate a full TikTok video plan—title, caption, script, scenes, motions, and article image URLs.
• Voiceover + timed subtitles: Generates voiceover audio, then runs OpenAI Whisper to obtain word-level timestamps to align scene timing and subtitle chunks.
• Local render with FFmpeg: Uses a Node.js/FFmpeg render to download scene images, apply pan/zoom motion, and burn karaoke subtitles into the final vertical MP4.
• Upload + share: Uploads the rendered video to Google Drive, shares it publicly, and asks the user in Telegram to publish, re-render, or cancel.
• Optional TikTok publishing: If approved, retrieves TikTok accounts from pm3k, lets the user select an account in Telegram, creates a posting batch, and polls pm3k until success/failure.

Use cases

• Repurpose blog posts into TikTok-ready vertical videos for SaaS growth.
• Automate content pipelines for newsletters, media pages, or affiliate sites.
• Reduce manual video editing by generating scripts, voiceovers, and timed karaoke subtitles from URLs.

Technical details

• Integrations/nodes: Telegram, Code, Wait, Switch, Sticky Note, Google Drive
• AI services: Jina AI reader endpoint, OpenAI (planning/script/voiceover), OpenAI Whisper (word timestamps)
• Media rendering: Node.js + FFmpeg (pan/zoom + karaoke subtitles)
• Publishing: pm3k API with Telegram account selection and polling