Daily Hacker News Digest

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{
  "id": "wf-3001",
  "name": "Daily Hacker News Digest",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "d4e5f6a7-0001-0001-0001-000000000001",
      "name": "Every Morning at 8am",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        100,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "cronExpression",
              "expression": "0 8 * * *"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "d4e5f6a7-0002-0002-0002-000000000002",
      "name": "Fetch Top Stories",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        300,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json",
        "options": {
          "timeout": 10000
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "d4e5f6a7-0003-0003-0003-000000000003",
      "name": "Take Top 10",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        500,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "maxItems": 10
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "d4e5f6a7-0004-0004-0004-000000000004",
      "name": "Fetch Story Details",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        700,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "=https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/{{ $json.id }}.json",
        "options": {
          "timeout": 10000
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "d4e5f6a7-0005-0005-0005-000000000005",
      "name": "Format Digest",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        900,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "runOnceForAllItems",
        "jsCode": "const stories = $input.all().map((item, i) => {\n  const d = item.json;\n  return `${i + 1}. ${d.title} (${d.score} points)\\n   ${d.url || 'https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=' + d.id}\\n   ${d.descendants || 0} comments`;\n});\n\nreturn [{ json: { digest: stories.join('\\n\\n'), count: stories.length, date: new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10) } }];"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "d4e5f6a7-0006-0006-0006-000000000006",
      "name": "Send Email",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        1100,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "fromEmail": "digest@example.com",
        "toEmail": "team@example.com",
        "subject": "=HN Digest \u2014 {{ $json.date }} ({{ $json.count }} stories)",
        "text": "={{ $json.digest }}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "smtp": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Every Morning at 8am": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Fetch Top Stories",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Fetch Top Stories": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Take Top 10",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Take Top 10": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Fetch Story Details",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Fetch Story Details": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Format Digest",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format Digest": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Email",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": true,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "tag-digest",
      "name": "digest"
    }
  ],
  "versionId": "v-3001-2"
}

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About this workflow

Daily Hacker News Digest. Uses httpRequest, emailSend. Scheduled trigger; 6 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/just-claw-it/n8n-to-claw/blob/main/test-fixtures/daily-hacker-news-digest.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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