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{
"name": "Unstop \u2014 Hackathons (direct upsert)",
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"jsCode": "// === Unstop Public Search API ===\n// India-centric platform for hackathons, case competitions, internships.\n// The public search endpoint powers their listings UI; returns rich JSON.\n//\n// We hit the hackathons surface here. To add competitions/internships,\n// clone this workflow and change `opportunity=` query param + category mapping.\n\nlet data;\ntry {\n data = await this.helpers.httpRequest({\n method: 'GET',\n url: 'https://unstop.com/api/public/opportunity/search-result?opportunity=hackathons&per_page=20&oppstatus=open',\n json: true,\n headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },\n });\n} catch (e) {\n throw new Error('Unstop API fetch failed: ' + ((e && e.message) || e));\n}\n\n// Response shape: { data: { current_page, data: [...] } }\nconst items = (data && data.data && Array.isArray(data.data.data)) ? data.data.data : [];\nif (items.length === 0) {\n throw new Error('Unstop returned 0 hackathons');\n}\n\nfunction extractTags(h) {\n const tags = new Set();\n if (Array.isArray(h.required_skills)) {\n for (const s of h.required_skills) {\n const name = (s && (s.name || s.title)) || (typeof s === 'string' ? s : null);\n if (name) tags.add(String(name).toLowerCase());\n }\n }\n if (Array.isArray(h.filters)) {\n for (const f of h.filters) {\n const name = (f && (f.name || f.title)) || (typeof f === 'string' ? f : null);\n if (name) tags.add(String(name).toLowerCase());\n }\n }\n return Array.from(tags).slice(0, 6);\n}\n\nfunction extractLocation(h) {\n // Unstop nests location info in address_with_country_logo or similar\n if (h.address_with_country_logo) {\n const a = h.address_with_country_logo;\n return [a.city, a.state, a.country].filter(Boolean).join(', ') || 'India';\n }\n if (typeof h.location === 'string') return h.location;\n return 'India';\n}\n\nfunction extractCompensation(h) {\n // Prize info lives in different fields depending on the listing.\n // Always strip HTML \u2014 Unstop sometimes returns currency-formatted markup.\n if (h.prize_money) return stripHtml(String(h.prize_money));\n if (Array.isArray(h.prizes) && h.prizes.length) {\n const first = h.prizes[0];\n if (first && first.amount) return stripHtml(String(first.amount));\n }\n // Sometimes embedded in description as \u20b9X,XX,XXX \u2014 let admin fix manually.\n return null;\n}\n\nfunction extractEligibility(h) {\n if (h.regnRequirements) {\n const r = h.regnRequirements;\n const parts = [];\n if (r.team_size_min || r.team_size_max) {\n parts.push(`Team size: ${r.team_size_min || 1}-${r.team_size_max || 'any'}`);\n }\n if (r.eligibility) parts.push(String(r.eligibility));\n return parts.length ? parts.join('. ') : null;\n }\n return null;\n}\n\nfunction stripHtml(s) {\n if (!s) return null;\n return String(s)\n .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ')\n .replace(/ /g, ' ')\n .replace(/&/g, '&')\n .replace(/</g, '<')\n .replace(/>/g, '>')\n .replace(/\\s+/g, ' ')\n .trim();\n}\n\nconst out = [];\nfor (const h of items) {\n const orgName = (h.organisation && h.organisation.name) || 'Unstop';\n const cleanDesc = stripHtml(h.description);\n const summary = cleanDesc\n ? (cleanDesc.length > 280 ? cleanDesc.slice(0, 277) + '...' : cleanDesc)\n : `Hackathon by ${orgName}`;\n\n const opportunity = {\n title: h.title,\n organization: orgName,\n category: 'hackathon',\n description: cleanDesc,\n summary: summary,\n tags: extractTags(h),\n deadline: h.end_date || null, // already ISO 8601\n eligibility: extractEligibility(h),\n location: extractLocation(h),\n compensation: extractCompensation(h),\n is_remote: false, // Unstop hackathons are mostly offline at colleges\n apply_url: h.seo_url,\n difficulty: null,\n estimated_value_score: null,\n extraction_confidence: 0.9,\n };\n\n out.push({ json: { opportunity, source_url: h.seo_url } });\n}\n\nreturn out;"
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"sendHeaders": true,
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"name": "X-Ingest-Secret",
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"value": "={{ $json.source_url }}"
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"value": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.opportunity }}"
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"value": "={{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.source_url }}"
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"name": "status",
"value": "skipped_duplicate"
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"node": "Loop Over Items",
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"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1",
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"tags": []
}
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Unstop — Hackathons (direct upsert). Uses httpRequest. Scheduled trigger; 8 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/krishnagahlod/opportunity-os/blob/399dbb38874ec13c22922b64013cbc57a2845dc0/n8n-workflows/05-unstop-hackathons.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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