Bitcoin Price Polling to Postgres

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "BTC_Poll",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "name": "Start",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.start",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        250,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.coincap.io/v2/assets/bitcoin",
        "allowUnauthorizedCerts": true,
        "options": {}
      },
      "name": "$BTC",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        550,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "symbol",
              "value": "={{$node[\"$BTC\"].json[\"data\"][\"symbol\"]}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "price",
              "value": "={{$node[\"$BTC\"].json[\"data\"][\"priceUsd\"]}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "meta",
              "value": "={{$json[\"data\"]}}"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "name": "ResBTC",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        740,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "table": "=equities",
        "columns": "symbol,price,meta",
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "name": "Postgres",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.postgres",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        900,
        300
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "postgres": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "mode": "custom",
              "cronExpression": "*/5 * * * *"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "name": "Every 5 minutes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "position": [
        400,
        300
      ],
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "$BTC": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "ResBTC",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "ResBTC": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Postgres",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Every 5 minutes": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "$BTC",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {},
  "id": 1
}

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About this workflow

BTC_Poll. Uses start, httpRequest, postgres. Scheduled trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/mashiox/analytics-engine/blob/a8c89cea33ff5a379b8dbd45690d3632359f2ac2/n8n/BTC_Poll.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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