This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #5385 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Google Sheets → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "xiabGWCXUOe469Nm",
"name": "Google Maps Email Scraper with HTTP Requests & JavaScript",
"tags": [
{
"id": "l8MPK4ZirgwFWMno",
"name": "N8N Course",
"createdAt": "2025-01-23T18:12:52.273Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-23T18:12:52.273Z"
}
],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "sticky-note-1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
100,
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 350,
"height": 180,
"content": "## \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f STEP 1: Google Maps Data Extraction\n\nThis workflow starts by scraping Google Maps for business listings:\n\n**Process:** Uses HTTP requests to search Google Maps with queries like \"Calgary dentists\"\n**Output:** Raw HTML containing business listings and website URLs\n**Key:** No APIs required - direct HTML scraping\n\n**Note:** Replace search URL with your target location and business type"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 380,
"height": 200,
"content": "## \ud83d\udd17 STEP 2: Website URL Processing\n\nExtracts and cleans business website URLs:\n\n1. **Extract URLs:** JavaScript regex finds all website URLs in Google Maps data\n2. **Filter Google URLs:** Removes irrelevant domains (google.com, gstatic, etc.)\n3. **Remove Duplicates:** Eliminates duplicate websites\n4. **Limit:** Controls batch size for testing (adjust for production)\n\n**Result:** Clean list of actual business websites ready for email extraction"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "sticky-note-3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
700,
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 380,
"height": 200,
"content": "## \ud83d\udd04 STEP 3: Smart Website Scraping\n\nProcesses each website individually to prevent IP blocking:\n\n**Loop Over Items:** Processes websites one by one with built-in delays\n**Scrape Site:** Downloads HTML content from each business website\n**Wait Nodes:** Prevent rate limiting and IP blocking\n**Error Handling:** Continues processing even if some sites fail\n\n**Critical:** The batching and delays are essential for reliable operation at scale"
},
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},
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"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 400,
"height": 220,
"content": "## \ud83d\udce7 STEP 4: Email Extraction & Export\n\nFinal processing pipeline:\n\n1. **Extract Emails:** JavaScript regex finds all email addresses in website HTML\n2. **Filter Out Empties:** Removes websites with no emails found\n3. **Split Out:** Converts email arrays into individual items\n4. **Remove Duplicates:** Final deduplication across all sources\n5. **Add to Sheet:** Exports clean email list to Google Sheets\n\n**Result:** Organized database of business emails ready for outreach"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "4a6f9faa-5b11-41fe-88c9-cc8a262a2de2",
"name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
140,
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"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
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{
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"name": "Remove Duplicates",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.removeDuplicates",
"position": [
940,
0
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
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"name": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
1340,
0
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
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"name": "Wait",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"amount": 1
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "a377879d-517d-4c90-a3d4-a7a0c190787e",
"name": "Limit",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit",
"position": [
1120,
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"parameters": {
"maxItems": 10
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
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"name": "Wait1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "645bf31c-4b3c-4f4c-b90b-610fc2d6007c",
"name": "Split Out",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
1880,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "emails"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7e9c227c-2321-429a-a3f3-4c3a77bc6cf3",
"name": "Extract Emails",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
1880,
100
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const input = $input.first().json.data\nconst regex = /[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.(?!jpeg|jpg|png|gif|webp|svg)[a-zA-Z]{2,}/g\nconst emails = input.match(regex)\nreturn {json: {emails:emails}}"
},
"typeVersion": 2,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "fb76c70c-385d-4e7f-93cd-43023690076a",
"name": "Extract URLs",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
540,
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],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const input = $input.first().json.data\nconst regex = /https?:\\/\\/[^\\/\\s\"'>]+/g\nconst websites = input.match(regex)\nreturn websites.map(website => ({json:{website}}))"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "b10c0ed6-5a94-4272-b65c-bd19bd674fa0",
"name": "Scrape Google Maps",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
340,
0
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/calgary+dentists",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"fullResponse": true
}
},
"allowUnauthorizedCerts": true
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "58a0d85d-f6eb-47d1-ba9c-3af69ddd30fb",
"name": "Scrape Site",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
1520,
100
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.website }}",
"options": {
"redirect": {
"redirect": {
"followRedirects": false
}
}
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "4618e775-d14d-4355-b3a2-cd6a6bbc70e8",
"name": "Filter Out Empties",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
1700,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "a6786c58-424a-409a-b87f-8a7592cb7944",
"operator": {
"type": "array",
"operation": "exists",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.emails }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "74513e7e-a7dc-4b19-b23e-01efd82c9d6d",
"name": "Filter Google URLs",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
740,
0
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "bf0a5053-9660-457c-9581-964793bb6d7d",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "notContains"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.website }}",
"rightValue": "schema"
},
{
"id": "9110b9e0-12aa-45cc-bde0-9eda8c10970e",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "notContains"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.website }}",
"rightValue": "google"
},
{
"id": "fb9b6ed6-96a5-4560-ab10-b8a4b9a61a2b",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "notContains"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.website }}",
"rightValue": "gg"
},
{
"id": "10500c0b-cdbd-4816-aba3-df60d69845dc",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "notContains"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.website }}",
"rightValue": "gstatic"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "035fbbe8-7758-4c7b-be8e-c1cba8fc48bc",
"name": "Remove Duplicates (2)",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.removeDuplicates",
"position": [
2080,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "aa3e9285-235d-4fda-ab0e-45134cf825dd",
"name": "Add to Sheet (or whatever you want!)",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
2280,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"emails": "={{ $json.emails }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "emails",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "emails",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"emails"
]
},
"options": {
"useAppend": true
},
"operation": "append",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fcijyZM1oU73i2xUbXYJ4j6RshmVEduOkCJji2SJP68/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "emails"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1fcijyZM1oU73i2xUbXYJ4j6RshmVEduOkCJji2SJP68",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fcijyZM1oU73i2xUbXYJ4j6RshmVEduOkCJji2SJP68/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "Scrape WITHOUT Paying for APIs"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "9e487a0d-a606-4859-a6e2-b70372b61388",
"connections": {
"Wait": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Extract Emails",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Limit": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Filter Out Empties",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Remove Duplicates (2)",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Scrape Site": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Extract URLs": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Filter Google URLs",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Extract Emails": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Scrape Site",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Remove Duplicates": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Limit",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Filter Google URLs": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Remove Duplicates",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Filter Out Empties": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Scrape Google Maps": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Extract URLs",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Remove Duplicates (2)": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Add to Sheet (or whatever you want!)",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Scrape Google Maps",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleSheetsOAuth2Api
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About this workflow
Categories: Lead Generation, Web Scraping, Business Automation
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/5385/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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