🎯 Extract YouTube creator emails with Apify scraper and GPT-4o Mini

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Description

This workflow automates the process of finding YouTube creator contact emails for outreach and partnerships. It combines Apify scrapers with OpenAI to deliver a clean list of emails from channel descriptions:

• Step 1: Search YouTube with Apify based on a keyword or topic
• Step 2: Scrape each channel for descriptions and metadata
• Step 3: Use OpenAI to extract and format valid email addresses into a structured JSON output

This is useful for influencer outreach, creator collaborations, UGC sourcing, or lead generation — all automated inside n8n.

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Set Up OpenAI Connection

1. Go to OpenAI Platform
2. Navigate to OpenAI Billing
3. Add funds to your billing account
4. Copy your API key into the OpenAI credentials in n8n

2️⃣ Set Up Apify Connection

1. Go to Apify Console and sign up/login
2. Get your API token here: Apify API Keys
3. Set up the two scrapers in your Apify account:
   • YouTube Scraper by streamers
   • YouTube Scraper by apidojo
4. In n8n, create a HTTP Query Auth credential
   • Query Key: token
   • Value: YOUR_APIFY_API_KEY
5. Attach this credential to both HTTP Request nodes (Search YouTube and Scrape Channels)

📬 Contact Information

Need help customizing this workflow or building similar automations?

📧 robert@ynteractive.com
🔗 Robert Breen
🌐 ynteractive.com

🔗 Nodes Used

HTTP Request, AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Structured Output Parser

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup