Automated archiving of sermon recordings

Purpose

1 Enable continuous, reliable archiving of Anglican church sermon recordings.

2 Centralize digital sermon files for on-demand access by parishioners and clergy.

3 Automate ingestion from livestream platforms, manual uploads, or on-premise recording devices.

4 Ensure safe backup following compliance & retention policies for religious archives.

5 Facilitate metadata enrichment (title, preacher, date) for easy searching and historical record management.

6 Free media volunteers from repetitive upload and filing tasks; minimize human error.

Trigger Conditions

1 New sermon file uploaded to designated local church server folder.

2 New audio/video file published to official YouTube or Facebook church channel.

3 Scheduled time post-service (e.g., every Sunday at 2:00pm).

4 Receipt of email with attached sermon media from clergy/staff.

5 File posted in shared church cloud drive (e.g., Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox).

Platform Variants

1 Google Drive

• API: Files.create, Files.update — Monitor and archive new sermon files in “Sermons” folder.
  

2 Dropbox

• API: /files/list_folder, /files/upload — Detect/transfer new .mp3/.mp4 from “Recent Uploads” to archive.
  

3 Microsoft OneDrive

• API: DriveItem.CreateUploadSession — Upload sermon videos automatically to dedicated collections.
  

4 YouTube Data API

• API: videos.list, videos.insert — Archive newly published videos, fetch metadata.
  

5 Facebook Graph API

• API: /{page-id}/videos — Fetch newly live-streamed sermons, save to internal storage.
  

6 Vimeo

• API: /videos — Detect new sermon video in account, auto-download and tag.
  

7 Zoom

• API: cloudRecordingList, cloudRecordingDownload — Archive recordings from virtual church services.
  

8 AWS S3

• API: PutObject, GetObject — Automatically transfer and version sermon files.
  

9 Google Cloud Storage

• API: objects.insert — Archive sermon media to a secure cloud bucket.
  

10 Box

• API: Upload File, Search — Route uploaded sermon files to structured archives.
  

11 Nextcloud

• WebDAV API — Programmatic upload and folder creation for archival.
  

12 SoundCloud

• API: tracks/upload — Archive audio-only sermons.
  

13 Azure Blob Storage

• API: Put Blob — Store, organize, and tag sermon media.
  

14 FTP/SFTP

• Function: Automated directory scan and transfer script (cron-triggered).
  

15 Email (Gmail API/Outlook API)

• API: Users.messages.list, Attachments.get — Extract sermon attachments sent via email.
  

16 Transcription Service (Rev.ai, AWS Transcribe)

• API: Submit Media, Get Transcription — Generate searchable archives with transcript metadata.
  

17 Airtable

• API: Create Record — Maintain an index with links and metadata for each archived sermon.
  

18 WordPress (for published media pages)

• REST API: media.create, post.update — Sync sermon archive to website for parishioner access.
  

19 Notion

• API: Create page — Catalog archived sermons and notes in a media database.
  

20 SharePoint

• API: Files.Add, Lists.AddItem — Archive, organize, and enforce retention on sermon files.
  

Benefits

1 Eliminates manual upload/archive effort, reducing volunteer/staff workload.

2 Assures sermons are never lost or mismatched with incorrect metadata.

3 Enables instant, indexed, and secure access for historical reference and compliance.

4 Supports multi-platform input, so sermons can be archived regardless of how or where they’re created.

5 Auditable log of all archiving actions for transparency in church communication and media stewardship.