Automated New RSS Article Monitor with Image Extraction
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This workflow automatically monitors your favorite RSS feeds, fetching only the newest articles. It extracts key information like title, author, and URL, and even pulls out the main image from the article content, ensuring you always have fresh, rich content.
About This Workflow
Stay effortlessly updated with the "Automated New RSS Article Monitor with Image Extraction" workflow. This n8n automation diligently polls any RSS feed you specify at regular intervals, ensuring you never miss a beat. What makes it powerful is its intelligent filtering system: it only processes new articles, preventing redundant data. Beyond just text, it dives into the article content to extract featured images, enriching your data. This makes it perfect for content curation, competitive analysis, or simply keeping a close eye on your industry, delivering fresh, visual content directly to your next step.
Key Features
- Automated RSS Monitoring: Regularly checks your specified RSS feed (e.g., every 5 minutes) for new content.
- Intelligent New Article Detection: Uses workflow static data to remember previously processed articles and only pass on truly new entries.
- Customizable Data Extraction: Extracts and organizes essential article details like title, author, URL, and publication date.
- Featured Image Extraction: Automatically identifies and extracts the URL of the primary image embedded within each new article's content.
- Flexible Integration: Ready to connect with subsequent nodes for notifications, database storage, social media posting, and more.
How To Use
- Cron Node: Configure the
triggerTimesparameter to set how frequently the workflow should check the RSS feed (e.g., every 5 minutes as pre-configured). - RSS Feed Read Node: Update the
urlparameter with the RSS feed URL you wish to monitor (e.g.,http://www.theverge.com/rss/full.xml). - Filter RSS Data Node: Review the
valuesto ensure the desired fields (Title, Subtitle, Author, URL, Date, content) are being extracted and named appropriately. Modify if your target RSS feed has different field names or you need additional data. - Only get new RSS1 Node: This custom Function node handles duplicate detection. No direct configuration is typically needed, but understand its role in ensuring only truly new articles (based on their 'Date' field) proceed.
- Extract Image1 Node: Verify the
dataPropertyName(set tocontentin this example, which holds the HTML of the article) and thecssSelector(img) to accurately target and extract the imagesrcattribute from the article's HTML content. Adjust thecssSelectorif images are nested differently in your target feed's content.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "bd4a3d3a-deac-4265-8828-2139880ac0bd",
"name": "Automated New RSS Article Monitor with Image Extraction",
"nodes": 14,
"category": "Marketing",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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