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Connect OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) and HeyGen integrations

Explore ready-made OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper) and HeyGen templates and start automating in minutes.

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Create a custom workflow

Transform OpenAI's scripts, voice-overs, and visual assets into polished avatar videos with HeyGen automatically. Eliminate manual workflows and scale your video content production by connecting ChatGPT, DALL-E, Whisper, and Sora directly to HeyGen's professional video generation platform—no copy-pasting, just automation from AI creation to finished video.

Create a custom workflow

Every automation starts with a trigger and an action. Select one from each app to generate a workflow tailored to your needs.

OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper)
Trigger: Watch batch completed
HeyGen
Action: Select an action
1. Select a trigger

  • Triggers when a batch is completed.

2. Select an action

  • Creates a video from a HeyGen avatar, an animated image, or a cinematic-avatar prompt.

  • Generates a video from a text prompt. The agent writes the script, picks the scenes and renders the video.

  • Translates a video into one or more languages with voice cloning and lip-sync.

  • Permanently deletes a video and all its files. This action cannot be undone.

  • Permanently deletes an asset from your workspace. This action cannot be undone.

  • Retrieves a video's status, download URLs, and failure details.

  • Retrieves a video translation's status, download URLs, and failure details.

  • Retrieves the metadata and public URL of an uploaded asset.

  • Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

  • Uploads a file and returns an asset ID other modules can reference. Maximum 32 MB.

Select a trigger and an action

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Triggers and actions

Connect HeyGen as a trigger and OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) as an action to automate your content creation workflow. When OpenAI generates outputs such as scripts, voice-overs, or visual assets, these results automatically trigger OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper) to produce professional avatar-based videos. This integration eliminates manual data transfer by automatically feeding OpenAI's AI-generated content directly into OpenAI (ChatGPT, Sora, DALL-E, Whisper)'s video generation technology, enabling you to create personalized video content at scale without manual intervention.

Analyze images (Vision)
Analyzes images according to specified instructions.
Action
Cancel a batch
Cancels an "in-progress" batch. The batch will be in status "cancelling" for up to 10 minutes, before changing to "cancelled", where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.
Action
Create a batch
Creates and executes a batch of API calls.
Action
Create a skill
Creates a new skill.
Action
Create a skill version
Creates a new immutable skill version.
Action
Create a vector store or add files
Creates a new vector store and optionally adds files to it, or adds files to an existing vector store.
Action
Create a video
Creates a video from a HeyGen avatar, an animated image, or a cinematic-avatar prompt.
Action
Create a video agent session
Generates a video from a text prompt. The agent writes the script, picks the scenes and renders the video.
Action
Create a video translation
Translates a video into one or more languages with voice cloning and lip-sync.
Action
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How to set up OpenAI (ChatGPT, Whisper) and HeyGen in 5 easy steps

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Get your API key from HeyGen

Log into your HeyGen account and navigate to your profile settings by clicking your name in the upper left corner. Go to 'Subscriptions & API' in the sidebar, then click on 'HeyGen API' to find your API Token. Copy this unique code and store it safely, as you'll need it to connect HeyGen with Make.

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Open Make and add HeyGen to your workflow

Log into your Make account and go to your scenario builder where you create automations. Search for HeyGen in the module library and select the action you want to use. This will automatically prompt you to set up a connection between Make and your HeyGen account.

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Start the connection process

When you add the HeyGen module to your workflow, you'll see a button labeled 'Create a connection'. Click this button to begin linking your HeyGen account with Make. This connection allows the two platforms to communicate and work together in your automated workflows.

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Enter your API key

A connection form will appear on your screen asking for details. Paste the API Token you copied from HeyGen into the 'API Key' field. You can also give your connection a descriptive name to help you remember what it's for, though this is optional.

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Save and activate your connection

Click the 'Save' button to finalize the connection between HeyGen and Make. If you see any confirmation prompts, simply confirm that you want to allow Make to access your HeyGen account. Once saved, your connection is active and ready to use in all your automated scenarios.

AI-powered video automation: OpenAI meets HeyGen

Integrate OpenAI and HeyGen through Make to automate video creation workflows. Generate scripts with ChatGPT, optimize content, and produce professional AI videos at scale without manual work.

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Automated AI-powered video script generation

Automatically generate engaging video scripts using OpenAI's ChatGPT and instantly feed them into HeyGen to create professional AI videos without manual copy-pasting.

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Scale personalized video content creation

Use OpenAI to generate customized video scripts for different audiences or use cases, then automatically produce multiple HeyGen videos at scale through Make's automation workflows.

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Transform written content into video instantly

Convert blog posts, articles, or any text content into video scripts with OpenAI and create corresponding AI-generated videos in HeyGen within a single automated workflow.

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Intelligent video content optimization

Use OpenAI to analyze and optimize video scripts for engagement and clarity before automatically sending them to HeyGen for video production, ensuring higher quality output.

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FAQs

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By connecting OpenAI and HeyGen through Make, you can automate the entire video creation workflow. For example, you can use OpenAI's GPT models to generate video scripts, titles, and descriptions, then automatically send this content to HeyGen to create professional AI avatar videos. This eliminates manual copy-pasting between platforms and allows you to produce personalized video content at scale - perfect for marketing campaigns, training materials, or social media content. Make handles the data transfer between both platforms, saving you hours of repetitive work.

Make's visual automation builder lets you create powerful workflows without any coding. You can build scenarios like: automatically generating personalized sales videos by using OpenAI to craft custom scripts based on customer data, then having HeyGen create the video; creating weekly educational content by prompting ChatGPT for lesson scripts and converting them into HeyGen avatar presentations; or generating multilingual video content where OpenAI translates your script and HeyGen produces videos in different languages. Make provides pre-built modules for both applications, so you simply drag, drop, and connect them to build your automation.

Absolutely. Make offers a free tier to start experimenting with integrations, and paid plans scale with your usage. Compared to hiring developers to build custom integrations (which could cost thousands of dollars and weeks of time), Make provides instant connectivity between OpenAI and HeyGen. The time savings alone justify the investment - what might take hours manually (generating content in OpenAI, copying to HeyGen, creating videos, organizing outputs) happens automatically in minutes. Plus, you avoid the ongoing maintenance costs of custom-coded solutions, as Make handles all API updates and changes for both platforms.

You can create your first automation connecting OpenAI and HeyGen in under 30 minutes, even as a complete beginner. Make provides step-by-step templates specifically designed for popular app combinations, detailed documentation for both OpenAI and HeyGen modules, and video tutorials that walk you through the setup process. The platform also offers a supportive community forum and dedicated customer support. You simply need to connect your OpenAI and HeyGen accounts to Make using API keys (which both platforms provide), select your trigger and action, map your data fields, and activate your scenario. You can test everything before going live to ensure it works perfectly.