Linkedin Posts → Personal-website (weekly)

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "LinkedIn Posts \u2192 personal-website (weekly)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Every Sunday 6am",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.3,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "weeks",
              "weeksInterval": 1,
              "triggerAtDay": [
                0
              ],
              "triggerAtHour": 6,
              "triggerAtMinute": 0
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Apify: scrape LinkedIn posts",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.4,
      "position": [
        224,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/supreme_coder~linkedin-post/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "contentType": "json",
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "{\"urls\":[\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecfoster\"],\"limitPerSource\":20,\"deepScrape\":true}",
        "options": {
          "timeout": 180000
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Build linkedin-posts.json",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "typeVersion": 2,
      "position": [
        448,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "mode": "runOnceForAllItems",
        "language": "javaScript",
        "jsCode": "\nconst raw = items.map((it) => it.json || it);\n\nfunction pick(o, keys) {\n  for (const k of keys) if (o[k] !== undefined && o[k] !== null) return o[k];\n  return undefined;\n}\n\nfunction isOriginal(p) {\n  const url = (pick(p, ['url', 'postUrl', 'link', 'permalink']) || '').toString().toLowerCase();\n  if (!url.includes('/posts/alecfoster_')) return false;\n  return true;\n}\n\nfunction normalize(p) {\n  const text = pick(p, ['text', 'content', 'postContent', 'description']) || '';\n  const url = pick(p, ['url', 'postUrl', 'link', 'permalink']) || '';\n  const posted_at = pick(p, ['postedAt', 'postedAtIso', 'publishedAt', 'datePublished', 'postedAtTimestamp']);\n  const likes = pick(p, ['totalReactionCount', 'numLikes', 'likesCount', 'likes', 'reactionsCount']) || 0;\n  const comments = pick(p, ['commentsCount', 'numComments', 'comments']) || 0;\n  const image_url = pick(p, ['imageUrl', 'thumbnail', 'image']) || null;\n  const type = pick(p, ['postType', 'type']) || 'post';\n  let iso = '';\n  if (typeof posted_at === 'number') iso = new Date(posted_at).toISOString();\n  else if (typeof posted_at === 'string') iso = new Date(posted_at).toISOString();\n  return { url, text, posted_at: iso, likes: Number(likes), comments: Number(comments), image_url, type };\n}\n\nconst posts = raw\n  .filter(isOriginal)\n  .map(normalize)\n  .filter((p) => p.url && p.text)\n  .sort((a, b) => new Date(b.posted_at) - new Date(a.posted_at))\n  .slice(0, 5);\n\nconst payload = {\n  updated_at: new Date().toISOString(),\n  source: 'apify/supreme_coder/linkedin-post via n8n weekly cron',\n  profile_url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecfoster',\n  posts,\n};\n\nconst json_text = JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2) + '\\n';\nconst content_b64 = Buffer.from(json_text, 'utf-8').toString('base64');\n\nreturn [{ json: { json_text, content_b64, post_count: posts.length } }];\n"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "GitHub: get current file SHA",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.4,
      "position": [
        672,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/alectivism/personal-website/contents/src/data/linkedin-posts.json",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "specifyHeaders": "keypair",
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "Accept",
              "value": "application/vnd.github+json"
            },
            {
              "name": "X-GitHub-Api-Version",
              "value": "2022-11-28"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {
          "response": {
            "response": {
              "neverError": true,
              "responseFormat": "json"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "GitHub: commit updated JSON",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.4,
      "position": [
        896,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/alectivism/personal-website/contents/src/data/linkedin-posts.json",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "specifyHeaders": "keypair",
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "Accept",
              "value": "application/vnd.github+json"
            },
            {
              "name": "X-GitHub-Api-Version",
              "value": "2022-11-28"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendBody": true,
        "contentType": "json",
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "={{ JSON.stringify({ message: 'data: weekly linkedin sync (' + $('Build linkedin-posts.json').first().json.post_count + ' posts)', content: $('Build linkedin-posts.json').first().json.content_b64, sha: $('GitHub: get current file SHA').first().json.sha, branch: 'main' }) }}"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Every Sunday 6am": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Apify: scrape LinkedIn posts",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Apify: scrape LinkedIn posts": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Build linkedin-posts.json",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Build linkedin-posts.json": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "GitHub: get current file SHA",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "GitHub: get current file SHA": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "GitHub: commit updated JSON",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "description": "Weekly cron: scrapes Alec's LinkedIn via Apify, filters to Alec's own posts (URL slug must contain /posts/alecfoster_), commits normalized JSON to alectivism/personal-website."
}

Credentials you'll need

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• httpHeaderAuth

About this workflow

LinkedIn Posts → personal-website (weekly). Uses httpRequest. Scheduled trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/alectivism/n8n-workflows/blob/main/linkedin-website-sync/workflow.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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