YouTube Live n8n Self Challenge Record Log (DONE)
It might not work out, but let's give it a try!
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Goal: Create a progress bar for 2025 https://www.instagram.com/progressbar_/ (1 million followers, roughly 100,000-500,000 views per post)
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Divide a year into 100% and automatically upload an image to Instagram as each % passes.
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Copycat
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10,000 people https://www.instagram.com/1yeartimer/
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🛎Upload every time it goes up by 1%.
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Deadline (by Christmas Eve
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Make it under 5 hours total by doing 1 hour per live session.
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Image
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Canva - Create images by % 1~100% > Create 100 images in advance
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Video – How to Find Out
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GIF, VIDEO > 10% (video filled from 1 to 10%)
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Python code (condition)
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- Please make ChatGPT.
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N8n structure
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Trigger: Trigger is triggered on the date corresponding to %. (Schedule)
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A structure that checks if the % is correct with the IF statement condition while running daily, and if it is correct, executes. If not, the trigger is not triggered.
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Google Drive: Upload % images created with Canva to Google Drive storage, and search for % images that match the date corresponding to the trigger.
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Instagram API: Automatically posts the searched image using the Instagram API (meta API).
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Expect it to take a long time
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Creating images. % One by one - manually creating all 100 images.
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Making Videos – How to Make It Easy?
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Instagram API - The meta is a bit complicated. It might be better to sell a new account.
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TODO
Decide on the Instagram channel name to upload to.
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Get Instagram API (meta) & test.
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Create images with Canva.
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Write a Python code to find the date corresponding to %.
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Automatic upload test.
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Differentiation
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..If you just copycat it, it won't have much meaning... Add something.. a little different from the other channels.
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For example, let's say that % is increasing in another way.
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Expressed as an hourglass instead of a %. Structure that goes from 1 to 365 in pixel structure.
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GitHub grass-like structure (52 X 7)
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A way to express something other than just an image (such as a phrase)
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+It's like adding something like a famous quote.
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Account Creation Complete https://www.instagram.com/progresslawn/
2024-12-12 (Day2) - meta API
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It runs from 6:50 to 7:30 in the morning.
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TODO
Get & test Instagram API (meta).
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You need a Facebook account to use the Meta API.
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Troubleshooting
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Meta API settings are complicated.
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The problem was that the account that was actually logged in was not linked to the business API.
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Basically, metaAPI requires a Facebook account. However, the email addresses for the Facebook account (personal) and the Instagram account (business) are different.
2024-12-13 (Day3) - meta API
2024-12-15 (Day4) - meta API (continued)
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I couldn't do the live yesterday because I went to a personal year-end party.
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First of all, the account seems to have a complex structure as follows.
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Facebook and Instagram accounts have independent structures.
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Uses the Instagram API.
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The Instagram Basic Display API will be deprecated on September 4, 2024. Starting December 4, 2024, requests to the Instagram Basic Display API will return an error message . This means that the API will no longer be available.
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Apps that were previously using the Instagram Basic Display API will need to migrate to the Instagram API to continue using the service.
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I checked the details in the documentation reading. (Deprecated) https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-basic-display-api/overview
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Token Creation
Setting up Instagram
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Make sure your Instagram account is professional and connected to your Facebook page.
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https://business.facebook.com/settings/pages/ Verify that your Instagram page is managed by your business portfolio.
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In your Facebook app , go to Permissions and add “Instagram Graph API.”
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In the Graph API Explorer, in the Permissions section, select “other” and add the “instagram_content_publish” permission.
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Use this permission to generate a new user access token in Graph API Explorer .
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Go to your Instagram account from your business Meta page and copy your Instagram page ID number.
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In Graph API Explorer , enter your Instagram page ID followed by “/media”. If the settings are correct, a number will be returned without error.
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Create a new Open Graph credential in n8n, enter the access token you obtained from Graph API Explorer , and give it a name to identify your Instagram page.
2024-12-16 (Day5) - canva + schedule
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I have successfully posted images, uploaded multiple images, and uploaded videos (reels).
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Now you have a trigger action that sends out Canvas image actions and calendar actions.
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I spent about 5 minutes thinking about comparing two values in n8n.
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The merge section creates a pass structure if they match, and a no-pass structure if they don't. It's not actually an IF clause, but it works like an IF clause.
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Download some of the created canvas images as JPGs. At this time, specify the file name as corresponding to each percentage.
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Ex) 2.jpg = 2%, 10.jpg = 10%. → So it maps the image that matches the corresponding %.
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Why upload to dropbox instead of google drive
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Google requires continuous verification every week for security reasons, which is inconvenient.
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Once you use Dropbox, you'll keep using it.
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All that's left is to upload it to Instagram.
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Are you going to finish it tomorrow?
2024-12-17 (Day6) - Canva design work
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Scheduled to start at 10pm.
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Today's Canva design work.
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10 X 10 grid pattern
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(Chat)
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I bought a used 27-inch monitor. But I made a mistake and bought a product without USB-C. Hehe
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YouTube live is difficult.
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If you go live on YouTube, you can't turn off the webcam.
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I think you have to use the OBS program.
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If you adjust the screen, it will move accordingly.
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What are you going to do next year?
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N8n basic course ~March.
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Planning n8n user meetup (Korea's first). (Online, offline..?)
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Create more opportunities to communicate with other n8n creators.
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Aiming to finish it within this week.
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The blank space feels a bit empty, so I'm trying out emojis and sticker elements.
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Suddenly, I thought, if it becomes popular enough, wouldn't it be good to put an advertisement in the blank space? (I briefly thought about it as a happiness circuit)
2024-12-18 (Day7) - Instagram upload in progress (10:00 PM - 30 minutes)
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A little chat
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N8n Challenge Season 2 - The 3-week challenge has ended. It's over for the year.
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Next year, I plan to do less challenges and focus more on basic lectures. → Increase the size of the community.
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TODO
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Import image assets from Github instead of Dropbox.
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Image quality is downgraded when uploading. What should I do? I'm currently uploading as png, but should I try as jpg? (Check what other image formats are available)
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Same thing with JPG. It feels like it's compressed by default when uploaded. (1080p x 1080p)
The top is the original, the bottom is the uploaded version.
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Phrase to write when uploading.** Think about it once to fit the concept.
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1% has passed this year.
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Let's check how it looks in a mobile environment.
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Let's try making it in reels (video) format.
Music suno - bgm (10 second hooking song)
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Lawn - A song with the concept of leisurely looking at the year?
Create reel videos with CapCut.
Stationery
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Eg) The grass grew only 1% this year.
2024-12-21 (Day8) - Full Summary & QA
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I may not be able to do it due to my schedule → Friday, another weekend.
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Once a week > Upload to YouTube
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Updated content.
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I put a little more effort into the design work. I increased the font size for readability and added dynamic animations. Eventually, I switched to the paid version of Canva.
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Workflows are sold separately for a fee.
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Self Challenge Review (Review?)
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It took about 30 minutes to 1 hour over the course of 10 days. It was my first live broadcast, so there were some rough spots, but I think I finished it successfully.
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I got the results I wanted, but as always, the (design) quality is disappointing. I want to make it better, but I think this is the best I can do?
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Actually, on December 24th (98%), the results will be reported and it seems like we can finally hit the ground running.
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I'm thinking about doing this kind of live content periodically next year. I've done it alone now, but I think it would be good to have several people participate and create content together next year.
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Hesitation and hesitation about next.
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I have a lot of anxiety and worry about how to build a community or a gathering. Even though I have built it, I don't feel like I am actually doing well.
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I want to be aggressive next year, but I will definitely plan to do more together rather than alone.
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In the end, it's all about "content". What kind of automation can you create with n8n? - Fun, informative.
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(Free) “Study”
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Business model for next year.
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Basic VOD lecture (Park Li Da Mae)
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I would like to recruit staff to work together to produce quality content (workflow, video production, card news production, etc.)
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We will provide a video of the content we edited during the 3-week challenge. (We will only bring the content and plan to re-film it in reality.)
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Workflow sales. → It can be sold overseas. Of course, I don't know how much profit it will make. Because, there isn't much information yet???
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YouTube content.
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One-on-one consulting - I try not to do this. (Even though the pay is high, the client's demands are often high.)
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