Social Media

Instagram Auto-Post from Google Sheets

Automate grid postings. This scheduled workflow reads upcoming media entries from Google Sheets daily, verifies publication status, uploads the image asset, and writes the caption to your Instagram Business account.

#Instagram

#Google Sheets

#Marketing

#Scheduling

#Social Media

Automation Logic

n8n JSON Blueprint

This workflow is pre-configured and ready for deployment. Simply import the JSON template into your n8n instance and configure your credentials.

This is an exclusive blueprint. Copy the JSON below to use it.

QUICK DEPLOY

1
Download the .json file
2
Open n8n & click "Import"
3
Configure your API keys

PRO TIP

Always test your workflow in a development environment before pushing to production.

JSON BLUEPRINT

n8n-workflow.json

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "hours",
              "value": 24
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "name": "Daily Run",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        100,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "read",
        "sheetId": "gsheet-id",
        "range": "A:C"
      },
      "name": "Read Spreadsheet Row",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "typeVersion": 3,
      "position": [
        300,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://graph.facebook.com/v15.0/instagram-id/media",
        "sendBody": true,
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "image_url",
              "value": "={{$json.imageUrl}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "caption",
              "value": "={{$json.caption}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "name": "Create IG Container",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        500,
        300
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Daily Run": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Read Spreadsheet Row",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Read Spreadsheet Row": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Create IG Container",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

To use this, copy the JSON above and paste it directly onto your n8n canvas.

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Required Nodes

Instagram Node
Google Sheets Node
Marketing Node
Scheduling Node
Social Media Node
Cron / Webhook Trigger

Core Benefits

100% Automated Execution
Reduces Manual Data Entry
Infinite Scalability

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