Automated Breaking News Headlines with Llama3, Google Search and X Posting

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{
  "id": "1nKNN0OWmO90VSd0",
  "name": "Free_Auto_Post_Latest_Breaking_News_Content_Using_Groq_+_Google_Search_to_X__Twitter_",
  "tags": [],
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      "parameters": {
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              "field": "hours",
              "hoursInterval": 5,
              "triggerAtMinute": "={{Math.floor(Math.random() * 60)}}\n"
            }
          ]
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      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
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      "name": "Post to X",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.twitter",
      "position": [
        680,
        140
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $json.choices[0].message.content }}",
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "twitterOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
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      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "={\n  \"model\": \"llama3-70b-8192\",\n  \"messages\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"system\",\n      \"content\": \"You are a social media assistant. Your task is to write a short, news-style headline for a given article title and link. Use exactly this format: <headline> <link>. Be objective and precise. Max 200 characters total.\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"role\": \"user\",\n      \"content\": \"{{ $('Function').item.json.prompt.replace(/\\n/g, '\\\\n') }}\"\n}\n  ],\n  \"temperature\": 0.7,\n  \"top_p\": 0.95,\n  \"max_tokens\": 200,\n  \"presence_penalty\": 0,\n  \"frequency_penalty\": 0.4\n}",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
        "nodeCredentialType": "groqApi"
      },
      "credentials": {
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          "name": "<your credential>"
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    },
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      "name": "HTTP Request",
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      "position": [
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        140
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "=https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key={{ $json.google_api_key }}&cx={{ $json.google_cx }}?q{{ $node[\"Build Query\"].json[\"query\"] }}",
        "options": {
          "response": {
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            }
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        "jsCode": "return items.map(item => {\n  const results = item.json.items || [];\n  if (results.length === 0) {\n    throw new Error(\"No search results found\");\n  }\n\n  const top = results[0];\n  item.json.headline = top.title;\n  item.json.url = top.link;\n  item.json.articleTitle = top.title;\n  item.json.articleURL = top.link;\n  item.json.prompt = `Write a short, objective headline (max 120 characters) for the following article, and append 1\u20132 relevant hashtags. Format: <headline> <link> <hashtags>. Title: ${top.title} Link: ${top.link}`;\n\n\n  return item;\n});\n"
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              "name": "topic",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "AI"
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              "name": "query",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ \"latest \" + $node[\"Set Topic\"].json[\"topic\"] + \" news\" }}"
            }
          ]
        }
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  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "d84ce1e7-87ab-427b-afe5-4e2aeca0664a",
  "connections": {
    "Groq AI": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post to X",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Function": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
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            "type": "main",
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          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Set Topic": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Build Query",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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    },
    "Build Query": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Config",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "HTTP Request": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Function",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Google Config": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "HTTP Request",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Schedule Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Set Topic",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• groqApi
• twitterOAuth2Api

About this workflow

This n8n workflow automates the process of finding, summarizing, and posting breaking news headlines on X (formerly Twitter). It combines Google Custom Search for finding the latest news articles with Groq's LLaMA 3 model to generate short, engaging headlines — complete with…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/4971/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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