This workflow follows the Emailsend → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"name": "IF",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1050,
500
],
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"string": [
{
"value1": "={{$node[\"HTML Extract Data\"].data[\"title\"]}}",
"value2": "Show HN:",
"operation": "contains"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Send Email",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
"position": [
1450,
400
],
"parameters": {
"text": "={{$node[\"Function\"].data[\"emailText\"]}}",
"options": {},
"subject": "Trending Show HN"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Cron",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
"position": [
250,
500
],
"parameters": {
"triggerTimes": {
"item": [
{
"hour": 13
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Function",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
1250,
400
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "let emailText = 'Currently trending \"Show HN\":\\n\\n';\n\nfor (let item of items) {\n emailText += `${item.json.rank} ${item.json.title}\\n${item.json.url}\\n\\n`;\n}\n\nreturn [{json: {emailText}}]\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "HTTP Request",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
450,
500
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/",
"options": {},
"responseFormat": "string"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "HTML Extract Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.htmlExtract",
"position": [
650,
500
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"extractionValues": {
"values": [
{
"key": "item",
"cssSelector": "tr.athing",
"returnArray": true,
"returnValue": "html"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "HTML Extract Data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.htmlExtract",
"position": [
850,
500
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"dataPropertyName": "item",
"extractionValues": {
"values": [
{
"key": "title",
"cssSelector": "a"
},
{
"key": "url",
"attribute": "href",
"cssSelector": "a.storylink",
"returnValue": "attribute"
},
{
"key": "rank",
"cssSelector": ".rank"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"IF": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Function",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Cron": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "HTTP Request",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Function": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send Email",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"HTTP Request": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "HTML Extract Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"HTML Extract Data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IF",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"HTML Extract Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "HTML Extract Data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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