Stream Daily Tech Trends From an N8n Data Table to Swiftbar via Webhook

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  "name": "Stream Tech Trends to SwiftBar macOS Menu Bar via n8n Webhook (Requires Collector)",
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        "content": "## Stream Tech Trends to SwiftBar macOS Menu Bar via n8n Webhook (Requires Collector)\n\n### How it works\n\n1. The workflow is triggered via a webhook when a request is made to GET /tech-trends-swiftbar.\n2. Today's technology trends are retrieved and processed using the 'Get Todays Trends SwiftBar' node.\n3. The raw data is then formatted into a SwiftBar compatible output by the 'Format SwiftBar Output' node.\n4. The processed data is sent in response to the initial webhook request as JSON format suitable for SwiftBar.\n\n### Setup steps\n\n- [ ] Configure the GET /tech-trends-swiftbar webhook endpoint in your n8n instance.\n- [ ] Ensure the 'Get Todays Trends SwiftBar' node is correctly set up to pull the latest trends data.\n- [ ] Set up a custom function in 'Format SwiftBar Output'.\n- [ ] Verify that the final response in 'Respond with SwiftBar JSON' matches SwiftBar's expected format.\n\n### Customization\n\nAdjust the 'Format SwiftBar Output' node to change how trends are represented in the SwiftBar menu."
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        "content": "## Webhook trigger initiation\n\nInitiates the workflow when a request is received at GET /tech-trends-swiftbar."
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        "content": "## Fetch and process trends data\n\nRetrieves today's trends and formats them into SwiftBar output."
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About this workflow

This workflow exposes an n8n webhook that reads today’s tech trends from an n8n Data Table, formats the top items into a SwiftBar menu payload, and returns the result as a JSON response for display in the macOS menu bar. Receives a webhook request and waits to respond via a…

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