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"videoId": "={{ $('Get Specific Video').item.json.id}}",
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"operation": "update",
"categoryId": "={{ $('Get Specific Video').item.json.snippet.categoryId }}",
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"description": "={{ $json.updatedDescription }}"
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"content": "## Insert Text into YouTube Video Descriptions\n**Automatically insert a row of text between two specified rows** in all your YouTube video descriptions. \n\nThis workflow is ideal for YouTubers who need to update multiple video descriptions at once. Easily add a new link or text between existing lines, ensuring consistency across all your video descriptions without manual edits."
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"content": "## Configure text string to insert \ud83d\udc46 \nDefine the text string (row) that will be added to your YouTube video descriptions.\n\n### Variables\n- **rowBefore** \u2192 The new row will be inserted *after* this line.\n- **rowToInsert** -\u2192 The text or link you want to add.\n- **rowAfter**\u2192 The new row will be inserted *before* this line.\n\n"
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"name": "rowBefore",
"type": "string",
"value": "=https:\/\/firstlink.com"
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"name": "rowToInsert",
"type": "string",
"value": "https:\/\/mynewlinktoinsert.com"
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"name": "rowAfter",
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"value": "https:\/\/secondlink.com"
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"videoId": "={{ $json.id.videoId }}",
"resource": "video",
"operation": "get"
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"name": "Create New Video Description with Row Inserted",
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"jsCode": "\/\/ Access the input data (YouTube description)\nconst description = $('Get Specific Video').first().json.snippet.description;\n\/\/console.log(inputData)\n\nconst variables = $('Set String to Insert').first().json\n\/\/ Define the rows to search for and the row to insert\nconst rowBefore = variables.rowBefore;\nconst rowAfter = variables.rowAfter;\nconst rowToInsert = variables.rowToInsert;\n\n\/\/ Split the description into an array of rows\nconst rows = description.split(\"\\n\");\nconsole.log(rows)\n\/\/ Find the index of the rowBefore and rowAfter\nconst indexBefore = rows.findIndex(row => row.trim() === rowBefore);\nconst indexAfter = rows.findIndex(row => row.trim() === rowAfter);\n\n\/\/ Check if both rows are found and rowBefore comes before rowAfter\nif (indexBefore !== -1 && indexAfter !== -1 && indexBefore < indexAfter) {\n \/\/ Insert the new row between rowBefore and rowAfter\n rows.splice(indexBefore + 1, 0, rowToInsert);\n}\n\n\/\/ Join the rows back into a single string\nconst updatedDescription = rows.join(\"\\n\");\n\n\/\/ Return the updated description in the correct n8n output structure\nreturn [\n {\n json: {\n updatedDescription: updatedDescription\n }\n }\n];"
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