Track Resend Email Opens & Clicks to Google Sheets

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{
  "name": "06 \u2013 Email Engagement Tracker (Open & Click Events \u2192 Google Sheets)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "sticky-overview-06",
      "name": "Overview",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -240,
        -420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## \ud83d\udcca Email Engagement Tracker\n\n**What this workflow does:**\n1. Listens for `email.opened` and `email.clicked` events from Resend\n2. Formats each event into a structured row of data\n3. Appends the engagement event to a Google Sheet for analytics and tracking\n\n**Data logged per event:**\n- Timestamp\n- Event type (opened / clicked)\n- Recipient email\n- Resend Email ID\n- Email subject\n- Click URL (for click events)\n\n**Use cases:**\n- Email campaign performance analytics\n- Lead scoring (contacts who click = hot leads)\n- Re-engagement targeting (identify who opened but never clicked)\n- Deliverability monitoring dashboards\n\n> Inspired by Gmail + Google Sheets email tracking workflows, rebuilt for Resend's structured webhook event system.",
        "height": 440,
        "width": 580,
        "color": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "sticky-setup-06",
      "name": "Setup Instructions",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        340,
        -420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## \u2699\ufe0f Setup Required\n\n**Step 1 \u2013 Resend Webhook Signing Secret credential**\nCreate a \"Resend Webhook Signing Secret\" credential in n8n. Add it to the Resend Trigger node.\n\n**Step 2 \u2013 Register the webhook in Resend**\nActivate the workflow, copy the **production webhook URL** from the Resend Trigger node, then register it in your [Resend Webhooks dashboard](https://resend.com/webhooks).\nSelect: `email.opened` and `email.clicked`.\n\n**Step 3 \u2013 Google Sheets credential**\nCreate a Google Sheets OAuth2 credential in n8n. Add it to the Google Sheets node.\n\n**Step 4 \u2013 Create your tracking spreadsheet**\nCreate a Google Sheet with these column headers in row 1:\n```\nTimestamp | Event | Recipient | Email ID | Subject | Clicked URL\n```\n\n**Step 5 \u2013 Connect the spreadsheet**\nIn the Google Sheets node, select your spreadsheet and sheet (or paste the Sheet ID).\n\n> \ud83d\udca1 Use **Test mode** in the Resend Trigger while building \u2014 click \"Listen for test event\" to capture live events in the n8n editor.",
        "height": 540,
        "width": 560,
        "color": 3
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "sticky-schema-06",
      "name": "Google Sheet Schema",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -240,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## \ud83d\udccb Required Google Sheet Columns\n\nCreate a sheet with these headers (exact names, row 1):\n\n| A | B | C | D | E | F |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| `Timestamp` | `Event` | `Recipient` | `Email ID` | `Subject` | `Clicked URL` |\n\n`Clicked URL` will be empty for `email.opened` events \u2014 only populated for `email.clicked` events.",
        "height": 200,
        "width": 560,
        "color": 4
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "n06-trigger",
      "name": "Resend Engagement Events",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-resend.resendTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -240,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "path": "resend-engagement",
        "events": [
          "email.opened",
          "email.clicked"
        ]
      },
      "credentials": {
        "resendWebhookSigningSecretApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "n06-set",
      "name": "Format Event Data",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "typeVersion": 3.4,
      "position": [
        80,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "manual",
        "assignments": {
          "assignments": [
            {
              "id": "field-timestamp",
              "name": "Timestamp",
              "value": "={{$now.toFormat('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}}",
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "id": "field-event",
              "name": "Event",
              "value": "={{$json.type}}",
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "id": "field-recipient",
              "name": "Recipient",
              "value": "={{$json.data.to[0]}}",
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "id": "field-email-id",
              "name": "Email ID",
              "value": "={{$json.data.email_id}}",
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "id": "field-subject",
              "name": "Subject",
              "value": "={{$json.data.subject}}",
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "id": "field-clicked-url",
              "name": "Clicked URL",
              "value": "={{$json.data.click ? $json.data.click.link : \"\"}}",
              "type": "string"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "n06-sheets",
      "name": "Log to Google Sheets",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "typeVersion": 4.5,
      "position": [
        360,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "append",
        "documentId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_GOOGLE_SHEET_ID",
          "mode": "id"
        },
        "sheetName": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "gid=0",
          "mode": "list",
          "cachedResultName": "Sheet1"
        },
        "columns": {
          "mappingMode": "defineBelow",
          "value": {
            "Timestamp": "={{$json.Timestamp}}",
            "Event": "={{$json.Event}}",
            "Recipient": "={{$json.Recipient}}",
            "Email ID": "={{$json[\"Email ID\"]}}",
            "Subject": "={{$json.Subject}}",
            "Clicked URL": "={{$json[\"Clicked URL\"]}}"
          },
          "schema": [
            {
              "id": "Timestamp",
              "displayName": "Timestamp",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            },
            {
              "id": "Event",
              "displayName": "Event",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            },
            {
              "id": "Recipient",
              "displayName": "Recipient",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            },
            {
              "id": "Email ID",
              "displayName": "Email ID",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            },
            {
              "id": "Subject",
              "displayName": "Subject",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            },
            {
              "id": "Clicked URL",
              "displayName": "Clicked URL",
              "required": false,
              "defaultMatch": false,
              "display": true,
              "type": "string",
              "canBeUsedToMatch": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Resend Engagement Events": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Format Event Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format Event Data": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Log to Google Sheets",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "66666666-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-000000000006",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "id": "resend-ex-06",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "tag-resend-examples",
      "name": "resend-example"
    }
  ]
}

Credentials you'll need

Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.

• googleSheetsOAuth2Api
• resendWebhookSigningSecretApi

About this workflow

06 – Email Engagement Tracker (Open & Click Events → Google Sheets). Uses n8n-nodes-resend, googleSheets. Event-driven trigger; 6 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/resend/n8n-nodes-resend/blob/master/examples/06-email-engagement-tracker.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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