Automated Video Download From Sample.cat Using Airtop Browser Automation

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{
  "id": "3sBreSJpd5kPX4b2",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "Simple File Download",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "354c8e55-f322-4f63-bf53-84ff65bbd2d7",
      "name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        -440,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
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      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 220,
        "height": 300,
        "content": "Wait a few seconds to make sure the file is ready for download. Alternatively, you can loop until `Get file data` outputs status `available`\n"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "2a1889bf-b197-4c08-9be9-b2762c1b6f61",
      "name": "Session",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtop",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtopApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
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    },
    {
      "id": "6823c35c-30c0-4dc5-8ef9-f42fb3f8d58b",
      "name": "Window",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtop",
      "position": [
        0,
        -100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://sample.cat/en/webm",
        "resource": "window",
        "getLiveView": true,
        "disableResize": true,
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtopApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Terminate",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtop",
      "position": [
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        100
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      "parameters": {
        "operation": "terminate"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtopApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
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      "name": "Wait",
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      "parameters": {
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Get file data",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtop",
      "position": [
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        -100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "limit": 1,
        "resource": "file",
        "sessionIds": "={{ $('Session').item.json.sessionId }}",
        "outputSingleItem": false
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtopApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "d7f971b7-45b9-4e44-925d-8d89490828a0",
      "name": "Click on download button",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtop",
      "position": [
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        -100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "resource": "interaction",
        "additionalFields": {},
        "elementDescription": "Blue download button for file \"SD 640x360 (Seawater, drone view video, 30 FPS)\""
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtopApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
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      "name": "Download file",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtop",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "fileId": "={{ $json.id }}",
        "resource": "file",
        "operation": "get",
        "outputBinaryFile": true
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtopApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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    {
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      "name": "Sticky Note1",
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      "position": [
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      "parameters": {
        "color": 5,
        "width": 560,
        "height": 1120,
        "content": "README\n\n# Automating Video File Download from Sample.cat with Airtop.ai\n\n\n## Use Case\nAutomating file downloads from web pages is useful for scenarios like bulk media retrieval, dataset access, or recurring content backups. This workflow ensures a hands-free, consistent process for retrieving downloadable content.\n\n\n## What This Automation Does\nThis automation performs a reliable download of a video file from a specified webpage using the following steps:\n\n- Initiates an Airtop browser session.\n- Opens a specified URL containing downloadable media.\n- Interacts with the page to click the download button.\n- Waits for the file to be processed and made available.\n- Retrieves metadata to confirm availability.\n- Downloads the file.\n- Terminates the browser session to clean up resources.\n\n\n## How It Works\n1. **Manual Trigger**: Activated by user test.\n2. **Session**: Starts an Airtop browser session.\n3. **Window**: Navigates to `https://sample.cat/en/webm`.\n4. **Interaction**: Simulates a click on the download button for the video titled \u201cSD 640x360 (Seawater, drone view video, 30 FPS)\u201d.\n5. **Wait**: Pauses for 10 seconds to allow the file to be ready for download.\n6. **Get File Data**: Checks for downloadable files in the session.\n7. **Download File**: Retrieves the file using its ID.\n8. **Terminate**: Ends the browser session to free up resources.\n\n\n## Setup Requirements\n1. [Airtop API Key](https://portal.airtop.ai/api-keys) \u2014 required to authenticate API calls.\n\n\n## Next Steps\n- **Enhance with Retry Logic**: Loop file availability check until `status = available` for more robust automation.\n- **Customize File Targets**: Dynamically pass URLs and button descriptors for multi-source downloads.\n- **Connect to Storage**: Pipe downloaded files to cloud storage or databases for archiving.\n"
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  "active": false,
  "settings": {
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  "connections": {
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            "node": "Get file data",
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            "index": 0
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        ]
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    "Window": {
      "main": [
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          {
            "node": "Click on download button",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Session": {
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        [
          {
            "node": "Window",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Terminate",
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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    },
    "Get file data": {
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          {
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Click on download button": {
      "main": [
        [
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
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          {
            "node": "Session",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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• airtopApi

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