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Manual HTTP to Airtable Sync

Original n8n title: Manual Http (function Item) #2

Manual Http. Uses manualTrigger, functionItem, httpRequest, airtable. Event-driven trigger; 5 nodes.

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This workflow follows the Airtable → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "On clicking 'execute'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        250,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "FunctionItem",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.functionItem",
      "position": [
        450,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "// hashtag list\nconst Hashtags = [\n  \"#techtwitter\",\n  \"#n8n\"\n];\n\n// random output function\nconst randomHashtag = Hashtags[Math.floor(Math.random() * Hashtags.length)];\nitem.hashtag = randomHashtag;\nreturn item;"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "HTTP Request",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        650,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/text-davinci-001/completions",
        "options": {},
        "requestMethod": "POST",
        "authentication": "headerAuth",
        "jsonParameters": true,
        "bodyParametersJson": "={\n  \"prompt\": \"Generate a tweet, with under 100 characters, about and including the hashtag {{$node[\"FunctionItem\"].json[\"hashtag\"]}}:\",\n  \"temperature\": 0.7,\n  \"max_tokens\": 64,\n  \"top_p\": 1,\n  \"frequency_penalty\": 0,\n  \"presence_penalty\": 0\n}"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Airtable",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
      "position": [
        1050,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "table": "main",
        "options": {},
        "operation": "append",
        "application": "appOaG8kEA8FAABOr"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "airtableApi": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Set",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        850,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "Hashtag",
              "value": "={{$node[\"FunctionItem\"].json[\"hashtag\"]}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "Content",
              "value": "={{$node[\"HTTP Request\"].json[\"choices\"][0][\"text\"]}}"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {},
        "keepOnlySet": true
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Set": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Airtable",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "FunctionItem": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "HTTP Request",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "HTTP Request": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Set",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "On clicking 'execute'": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "FunctionItem",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

Manual Http. Uses manualTrigger, functionItem, httpRequest, airtable. Event-driven trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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