# n8n Blotato Node

The official Blotato community node for n8n: <https://github.com/Blotato-Inc/n8n-nodes-blotato>

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## Available Operations

The Blotato node supports the following operations:

| Resource | Operation | Description                                           |
| -------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Post     | Publish   | Publish a post to social platforms                    |
| Media    | Upload    | Upload media files                                    |
| Visual   | Create    | Create visuals from templates (carousels, slideshows) |
| Visual   | Get       | Get visual creation status                            |
| Source   | Create    | Resolve content from URLs, text, PDFs, etc.           |
| Source   | Get       | Get source resolution status and content              |

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## Install the Blotato Node

### n8n Cloud Users

1. Go to your n8n Admin Panel > Settings
2. Enable Verified Community Nodes
3. Open any workflow
4. Click the "+" icon in the top right corner
5. Search for "Blotato"
6. Click Install

### Self-Hosted n8n Users

For Railway, DigitalOcean, Docker, or other self-hosted setups, enable community nodes first:

1. Go to your hosting dashboard (Railway, DigitalOcean, etc.)
2. Open the Environment or Variables tab
3. Add a new variable:
   * Key: `N8N_ENABLE_COMMUNITY_NODES`
   * Value: `true`
4. Save and restart your n8n instance
5. Go to n8n Settings > Community Nodes
6. Search for "Blotato" and install

You may need to restart your n8n docker container as well.

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## Update the Blotato Node

1. Go to n8n Settings > Community Nodes
2. Find the Blotato node and click Options
3. Click Update

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## Using Source Operations

The Source operations allow you to resolve content from various sources programmatically.

### Supported Source Types

| Source Type      | Input        | Description              |
| ---------------- | ------------ | ------------------------ |
| text             | Text content | Plain text               |
| article          | URL          | Web article or blog post |
| youtube          | URL          | YouTube video            |
| twitter          | URL          | Twitter/X post           |
| tiktok           | URL          | TikTok video             |
| perplexity-query | Text query   | Perplexity AI search     |
| audio            | URL          | Audio file               |
| pdf              | URL          | PDF document             |

### Create Source

1. Add a Blotato node
2. Select Resource: "Source"
3. Select Operation: "Create"
4. Choose the source type
5. Provide the URL or text input
6. Execute to get a resolution ID

### Get Source

1. Add another Blotato node
2. Select Resource: "Source"
3. Select Operation: "Get"
4. Pass the resolution ID from the Create step
5. Execute to get the resolved content (title, content, referenceUrl)

Add a Wait node between Create and Get if processing takes time (e.g., for long videos or PDFs).

For full API details, see: [Source API Reference](https://github.com/Blotato-Inc/help.blotato.com/blob/main/api/api-reference/source.md)

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## Troubleshooting

### Template shows question marks instead of the Blotato logo?

1. Enable Verified Community Nodes first
2. Install the Blotato node
3. Re-import the n8n template

### Need help?

Contact support by clicking the orange button in the bottom right corner within the Blotato app.


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