Holger This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #3463 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Google Sheets → RSS Feed Read recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "cfb41f0c-9dd3-46c8-aae1-2f6caaf1a1e3",
"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{}
]
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},
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{
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"name": "Edit Fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "f3530e8d-0694-4b73-bd9f-f4ce763c059b",
"name": "id",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.link }}"
},
{
"id": "e829100d-7301-4ee3-9e8e-782b476b98c3",
"name": "title",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.title }}"
},
{
"id": "637000e7-a294-4656-b3b2-36d3ff42ce8d",
"name": "output",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.content }}"
},
{
"id": "6626b922-4ac9-4a04-a55d-d02cebeee7f2",
"name": "pubDate",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.pubDate }}"
},
{
"id": "134b45eb-3048-40c8-9c1c-2b9d45959de4",
"name": "tags",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.categories }}"
}
]
}
},
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},
{
"id": "7c7d0915-dfc2-4041-ae0f-6af6e008eab1",
"name": "Code",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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220
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const now = new Date();\nconst setdays = 3; // Edit the Days, if you need the News from more the 3 Days\nconst cutoffDate = new Date();\ncutoffDate.setDate(now.getDate() - setdays); \nreturn $input.all().filter(item => {\n const pubDate = new Date(Date.parse(item.json.pubDate));\n return !isNaN(pubDate.getTime()) && pubDate >= cutoffDate;\n});"
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},
{
"id": "d5ac9f75-60a4-4bde-b4c1-ccb2f940d5f8",
"name": "Markdown",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.markdown",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"html": "={{ $json.output }}",
"options": {},
"destinationKey": "output"
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"id": "e7ec484d-f667-4123-acb4-60e0cbdb62e0",
"name": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "0065ce76-9840-48b2-860c-c4a2928479a8",
"name": "Wait",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
-900,
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],
"parameters": {
"amount": 2.5
},
"typeVersion": 1.1,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "06edc173-5352-4810-bc9f-cc24cc263ee6",
"name": "Loop Over Items1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "069bc633-9273-471c-a2c7-1559c62eb370",
"name": "RSS",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.rssFeedRead",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
-1800,
480
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.Links }}",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "6575e570-0a1b-49db-b0b1-938dd2732dd6",
"name": "Code1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
-100,
220
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const now = new Date();\nconst setdays = 3; // Edit the Days, if you need the News from more the 3 Days\nconst cutoffDate = new Date();\ncutoffDate.setDate(now.getDate() - setdays); \n\nconst oldRows = $input.all().filter(item => {\n const pubDate = new Date(item.json.pubDate);\n return pubDate < cutoffDate;\n});\noldRows.sort((a, b) => b.json.row_number - a.json.row_number);\nreturn oldRows.map(item => ({ json: { rowNumber: item.json.row_number } }));\n"
},
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{
"id": "d68a46d3-58ea-4cc7-a1f7-ef014f600908",
"name": "Loop Over Items2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
240,
220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "ed132a67-67fa-42e1-9f73-0b645005a332",
"name": "Wait1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
260,
680
],
"parameters": {
"amount": 25
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "61d7aae8-2d3f-4425-9e4b-247aa5fd2cea",
"name": "Wait2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
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220
],
"parameters": {
"unit": "minutes",
"amount": 1
},
"executeOnce": true,
"typeVersion": 1.1
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{
"id": "8cf26c46-a2e1-4ea0-8c8b-a948bb77e286",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-2480,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 500,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## Timer starts the Update every 24 hours and Read the Links out of a Google Sheets File (RSS-Links)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "b7eb361f-7ff1-436c-82d1-0c348e652a26",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1960,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 440,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## Each individual link is scanned and retrieved"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2037525d-afbe-4aba-9dd4-b00df8560706",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1500,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 480,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## Everything older than 3 days is removed"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0e7eff1a-10e0-4f7a-8e2d-4046248878bc",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1000,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 300,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## Each entry is saved individually with a waiting time in the Google Sheets file (RSS-Feeds), the waiting time is necessary as Google Sheets would otherwise receive too many hits and block access!"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "8cd16f67-ebc8-4009-81a1-54da9aac47ef",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-680,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 420,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## Reading the saved entries in the Google Sheets file (RSS-Feeds)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "ed9d8dc7-e8e7-4441-a43c-8c86a7e0be52",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-240,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 360,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## Everything that is younger than 3 days will be removed, as we only want to delete the older entries!"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "fbb3391c-bac7-4e2c-8231-a8f48d70c21c",
"name": "Sticky Note6",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
140,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"width": 360,
"height": 1340,
"content": "## All entries older than 3 days are deleted here, again with a timer to prevent a Google API block! (RSS-Feeds)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3a800065-971b-4f37-bc3f-9c8ade78217e",
"name": "Delete News",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
260,
460
],
"parameters": {
"operation": "delete",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Tabellenblatt1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "RSS-Feeds"
},
"startIndex": "={{ $json.rowNumber }}"
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5,
"alwaysOutputData": false
},
{
"id": "31d13f16-c9ad-4b08-b129-bb5ed51d4657",
"name": "Read News",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
-440,
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"outputFormatting": {
"values": {
"date": "FORMATTED_STRING",
"general": "FORMATTED_VALUE"
}
},
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"values": {
"rangeDefinition": "detectAutomatically"
}
}
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"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Tabellenblatt1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "RSS-Feeds"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5,
"alwaysOutputData": false
},
{
"id": "13bb0584-96bb-4184-9698-509b34f6be25",
"name": "Save News",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
"position": [
-900,
680
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"id": "={{ $json.id }}",
"title": "={{ $json.title }}",
"output": "={{ $json.output }}",
"pubDate": "={{ $json.pubDate }}",
"Category": "={{ $json.tags }}"
},
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{
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"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "id",
"defaultMatch": true,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "title",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "title",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "output",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "output",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "pubDate",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "pubDate",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "Category",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "Category",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"id"
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {
"useAppend": true
},
"operation": "appendOrUpdate",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Tabellenblatt1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFwBIRDfUEZFACoL4bXfeT4Ot2i5vWfEew69fYRfz0A/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "RSS-Feeds"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "d3224fc9-d7a7-47c1-9db2-8615499e1124",
"name": "Read Links",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
-2200,
220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {
"outputFormatting": {
"values": {
"date": "FORMATTED_STRING",
"general": "FORMATTED_VALUE"
}
},
"dataLocationOnSheet": {
"values": {
"rangeDefinition": "detectAutomatically"
}
}
},
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12p3M0Umh_Xlpm4Y04IpOFqE8YOJcCd97wPJNv80X8u4/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Tabellenblatt1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "12p3M0Umh_Xlpm4Y04IpOFqE8YOJcCd97wPJNv80X8u4",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12p3M0Umh_Xlpm4Y04IpOFqE8YOJcCd97wPJNv80X8u4/edit?usp=drivesdk",
"cachedResultName": "RSS-Links"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
}
],
"connections": {
"RSS": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Code": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Code1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait2": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Read News",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Markdown": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Save News",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Read News": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Code1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[]
]
},
"Save News": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Read Links": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Loop Over Items1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[]
]
},
"Delete News": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Edit Fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Code",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Markdown",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Edit Fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "RSS",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Loop Over Items2": {
"main": [
[],
[
{
"node": "Delete News",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Schedule Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Read Links",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
++How it Works:++ This RSS reader retrieves links from a Google Sheets file and goes through each link to retrieve the messages that are younger than 3 days, then saves them in a second Google Sheets file and then deletes all older entries in the second Google Sheets file!
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