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Post Yesterday's RSS Feed Items to Slack

Original n8n title: Post RSS Feed Items From Yesterday to Slack (rss Feed Read)

Post RSS feed items from yesterday to Slack. Uses dateTime, rssFeedRead, slack. Scheduled trigger; 6 nodes.

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{
  "id": 89,
  "name": "Post RSS feed items from yesterday to Slack",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Build our message",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
      "position": [
        1160,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "// Create our Slack message\n// This will output a list of RSS items in the following format\n// Title - Description\nlet message = \"*:new: Posts from yesterday :new:*\\n\\n\";\n\n// Loop the input items\nfor (item of items) {\n  message += \"*<\" + item.json.link + \"|\" + item.json.title + \">*\\n\" + item.json.contentSnippet + \"\\n\\n\"; \n}\n\n// Return our message\nreturn [{json: {message}}];"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Every Morning",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
      "position": [
        380,
        420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "triggerTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "hour": 8
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Get Yesterdays Date",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dateTime",
      "position": [
        560,
        420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "value": "={{Date()}}",
        "action": "calculate",
        "options": {},
        "duration": 1,
        "operation": "subtract"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Get the RSS Feed",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
      "position": [
        740,
        420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://n8n.io/blog/rss"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "If it was published after yesterday",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
      "position": [
        940,
        420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "dateTime": [
            {
              "value1": "={{$item(0).$node[\"Get Yesterdays Date\"].json.data}}",
              "value2": "={{$json[\"pubDate\"]}}",
              "operation": "before"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "continueOnFail": true
    },
    {
      "name": "Post to Slack",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "position": [
        1340,
        400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{$json[\"message\"]}}",
        "channel": "#news",
        "blocksUi": {
          "blocksValues": []
        },
        "attachments": [],
        "otherOptions": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "slackApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {},
  "connections": {
    "Every Morning": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get Yesterdays Date",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get the RSS Feed": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "If it was published after yesterday",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Build our message": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post to Slack",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Get Yesterdays Date": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Get the RSS Feed",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "If it was published after yesterday": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Build our message",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

Post RSS feed items from yesterday to Slack. Uses dateTime, rssFeedRead, slack. Scheduled trigger; 6 nodes.

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

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