Find and Share Mentions From Twitter and Slack

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{
  "id": 95,
  "name": "Scrape Twitter for mentions of company",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Filter Tweet Data",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        1260,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "Tweet",
              "value": "={{$node[\"Get last 50 mentions\"].json[\"text\"]}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "Tweet URL",
              "value": "=https://twitter.com/{{$node[\"Get last 50 mentions\"].json[\"user\"][\"screen_name\"]}}/status/{{$node[\"Get last 50 mentions\"].json[\"id_str\"]}}"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {},
        "keepOnlySet": true
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Run Every 10 Minutes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "position": [
        260,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "mode": "everyX",
              "unit": "minutes",
              "value": 10
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Now - 10 minutes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dateTime",
      "position": [
        620,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "value": "={{Date()}}",
        "action": "calculate",
        "options": {},
        "duration": "={{$node[\"Run Every 10 Minutes\"].parameter[\"triggerTimes\"][\"item\"][0][\"value\"]}}",
        "timeUnit": "={{$node[\"Run Every 10 Minutes\"].parameter[\"triggerTimes\"][\"item\"][0][\"unit\"]}}",
        "operation": "subtract"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Get last 50 mentions",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.twitter",
      "position": [
        820,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "search",
        "searchText": "={{$node[\"Setup\"].parameter[\"values\"][\"string\"][1][\"value\"]}}",
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "twitterOAuth1Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Created since last run?",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        1020,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "dateTime": [
            {
              "value1": "={{$json[\"created_at\"]}}",
              "value2": "={{$items(\"Now - 10 minutes\", 0, 0)[0].json.data}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Setup",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        440,
        320
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "slackChannel",
              "value": "#recent-tweets"
            },
            {
              "name": "twitterSearchValue",
              "value": "@n8n_io"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Post to Slack",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "position": [
        1440,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "=New Mention!: {{$node[\"Filter Tweet Data\"].json[\"Tweet\"]}}.\nSee it here: {{$node[\"Filter Tweet Data\"].json[\"Tweet URL\"]}}",
        "channel": "={{$node[\"Setup\"].parameter[\"values\"][\"string\"][0][\"value\"]}}",
        "attachments": [],
        "otherOptions": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "slackApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": true,
  "settings": {},
  "connections": {
    "Setup": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Now - 10 minutes",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Now - 10 minutes": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get last 50 mentions",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Filter Tweet Data": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post to Slack",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get last 50 mentions": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Created since last run?",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Run Every 10 Minutes": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Setup",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Created since last run?": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Filter Tweet Data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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• slackApi
• twitterOAuth1Api

About this workflow

This workflow searches for mentions of a company's name on Twitter and shares the tweets that mention it in a Slack channel. A Slack account and credentials A Twitter account and credentials Cron node executes the workflow every 10 minutes. Note that if you change the Mode from…

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