Back up Instagram videos to Google Drive with JSON metadata catalog

Instagram Video Backup to Google Drive

Automatically backup all your Instagram videos to Google Drive with a searchable metadata catalog in JSON format.

What It Does

This workflow provides a complete backup solution for your Instagram video content with intelligent caption parsing:

1. Fetches your Instagram account ID and videos (VIDEO and REELS types) 2. Parses captions into structured fields: - Title: Everything before the first hashtag - Description: Everything after the first hashtag (includes all tags) - Tag List: All hashtags extracted as an array - Description Full: Complete original caption text 3. Downloads videos in maximum available quality from Instagram 4. Uploads videos to a designated Google Drive folder 5. Creates/updates a JSON metadata file with all video details 6. Prevents duplicates using n8n Data Tables with account-level filtering

Key Features

Account-Level Tracking: The Data Table includes accountId so you can use the same table across multiple Instagram accounts. Each account's videos are tracked separately.

Smart Caption Parsing: Automatically splits Instagram captions into title (before first ) and description (all hashtags and text after), with full text preserved in descriptionFull.