🎬 TikTok → Pinterest Automation

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Auto-discover viral TikToks → AI-generate Pinterest pin copy → queue in Google Sheets for review. Built with n8n. Free tier only — $0/month. A single n8n workflow that scrapes TikTok by keyword, filters for viral content, downloads watermark-free HD videos, uploads them to Google Drive, generates SEO-optimized Pinterest titles + descriptions with AI, and writes everything to a Google Sheet for manual review.

✨ What it does

flowchart LR
    A["Chat / Schedule Trigger"]
        --> B["Apify TikTok Scraper"]

    B --> C["Normalize + Filter Slideshows"]

    C --> D{"Views ≥ 100k<br>Shares ≥ 100?"}

    D -- Yes --> E["Dedup vs Sheet"]
    D -- No --> X["Skip"]

    E --> F["Limit Top 3"]
    F --> G["tikwm.com HD Download"]
    G --> H["Upload to Google Drive"]
    H --> I["AI Agent: Generate Pin Copy"]
    I --> J["Append to Google Sheet"]
    J --> K["You review + post manually"]

• 🔍 Keyword-driven discovery — type slow living or anime amv and the workflow finds top-performing TikToks
• 📥 Watermark-free HD downloads — uses tikwm.com to fetch the original-quality video without TikTok logos
• 🎨 Photo slideshow filter — automatically rejects TikTok carousels (image-only posts) so you only get real video
• 🤖 AI-generated pin copy — Pinterest-optimized titles + descriptions with SEO hashtags
• 📊 Google Sheets review queue — manual approval before posting (Pinterest API integration optional)
• 🌐 Two entry points — run on a schedule OR trigger manually via chat with a custom keyword

🛠️ Tech stack

🚀 Quick start

1. Clone this repo git clone https://github.com/mehdreaming/tiktok-to-pinterest.git
2. Install n8n (Docker) docker run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v ~/.n8n:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
3. Open http://localhost:5678 → import "TikTok → Pinterest.json"
4. Add credentials (see API setup below)
5. Hit "Execute Workflow" → type a keyword in chat → check your Google Sheet

📋 Prerequisites

You need accounts on 5 services (all free):

1. n8n — n8n Cloud (14-day trial) or self-host via Docker
2. Apify — for TikTok scraping
3. Google Cloud project — for Drive + Sheets OAuth
4. Groq — for AI text generation (recommended)
5. OpenRouter — alternative AI provider (optional)

🔑 How to get each API key

1️⃣ Apify (TikTok Scraper)

2️⃣ Google Cloud (Drive + Sheets OAuth)

3️⃣ Groq (AI text generation — recommended)

4️⃣ OpenRouter (alternative AI provider)

⚙️ n8n setup

Step 1: Install n8n

Option A — Docker (recommended for self-host): docker run -it --rm \ --name n8n \ -p 5678:5678 \ -v ~/.n8n:/home/node/.n8n \ docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n Open http://localhost:5678.

Option B — n8n Cloud:

1. Go to n8n.io → start free trial
2. Note your subdomain: https://YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.app.n8n.cloud

Step 2: Import the workflow

1. In n8n, click Workflows (left sidebar)
2. Click Add workflow → Import from file
3. Select TikTok → Pinterest.json from this repo
4. Click Import

Step 3: Add credentials in n8n

Go to Credentials → New and create each one:

A. Apify (HTTP Header Auth)

• Credential type: HTTP Header Auth
• Name: Apify
• Header Name: Authorization
• Header Value: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN

B. Google Drive (OAuth2)

• Credential type: Google Drive OAuth2 API
• Client ID: paste from Google Cloud
• Client Secret: paste from Google Cloud
• Click Sign in with Google → authorize your test user account

C. Google Sheets (OAuth2)

• Credential type: Google Sheets OAuth2 API
• Use the same Client ID + Secret as above
• Click Sign in with Google → authorize

D. Groq (AI)

• Credential type: Groq API
• API Key: paste your Groq key

E. OpenRouter (AI, optional)

• Credential type: OpenAI API (compatible)
• API Key: paste your OpenRouter key
• Base URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Step 4: Wire credentials into the workflow

Open the imported workflow and update these nodes:

Step 5: Test it

1. Click Open Chat (or Execute Workflow with the chat trigger)
2. Type a keyword: slow living routine or anime amv
3. Wait ~30-60 seconds
4. Check your Google Sheet — you should see 3 new rows with AI-generated copy 🎬

🎛️ Configuration

Customize these values in the workflow nodes:

Filter thresholds (Filter node)

$json.views >= 100000 // minimum views $json.shares >= 100 // minimum shares $json.duration between 7 and 60 // seconds Tweak these per niche. Anime content typically has lower share counts than lifestyle.

Scheduled keyword rotation (Set Schedule Keyword node)

= ['anime amv','studio ghibli','anime aesthetic','anime edit','manga panel','anime scenery','anime soundtrack'][$now.weekday - 1] Map any 7 keywords to days of the week for automated daily runs.

AI tone (AI Agent system prompt)

Customize the system message to match your brand voice:

• Lifestyle: warm, slow, intentional
• Anime: cinematic, poetic, film-critic
• Recipes: hook-driven, hashtag-heavy

🔥 Common errors & fixes

🗺️ Roadmap

• 🔜 Pinterest API integration — auto-post approved rows
• 🔜 yt-dlp fallback — for blocked downloads
• 💡 AI cover thumbnail generation — better Pinterest CTR
• 💡 Telegram/Slack error alerts — notify on workflow failures
• 💡 Local Ollama integration — truly $0 AI cost
• 💡 Semantic deduplication — similar-video detection (not just exact URL match)

🔜 = next up · 💡 = future ideas · PRs welcome on any of these

📂 Repo structure

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├── TikTok-to-Pinterest.json   # Importable n8n workflow
├── workflow.png               # Workflow architecture screenshot
├── LICENSE                    # MIT License
├── README.md                  # Project documentation
└── .gitignore                 # Ignore unnecessary files

🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome! Particularly interested in:

• New niche-specific AI prompts
• Cover image generation nodes
• Pinterest API auto-post implementation
• yt-dlp Docker integration

Open an issue first if you're building anything substantial — let's chat about it.

📜 License

MIT — do whatever you want with this. Attribution appreciated but not required.

🌐 Connect

Built by @mehdreaming

• 🐦 X / Twitter: @mehdreaming — automation builds + dev logs
• 🤖 Reddit: u/mehdreaming — n8n + creator tools discussion
• 💼 Open to collabs on automation + creator tools

If this saved you time, drop a ⭐ on the repo — it really helps.

_{Built with n8n, Apify, Groq, and a lot of coffee ☕}