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"content": "**40 at a time seems to be the memory limit on my server - run until complete with batches of 40 or increase based on your server memory**\n"
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"content": "**Firecrawl.dev retrieves markdown inc. title, description, links & content. First define the URLs you'd like to scrape**\n"
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"id": "71c0f975-c0f9-47ae-a245-f852387ad461",
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"id": "fba918e7-2c88-4de3-a789-cadbf4f2584e",
"name": "Get urls from own data source",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
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"notes": "Define URLs in array",
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"name": "Page",
"type": "array",
"value": "[\"https://www.automake.io/\", \"https://www.n8n.io/\"]"
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"content": "**REQUIRED**\nConnect to your database of urls to input. Name the column `Page` like in the `Example fields from data source` node and make sure it has one link per row like `split out page urls`"
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"content": "**REQUIRED**\nUpdate the Auth parameter to your own [Firecrawl](https://firecrawl.dev) dev token\n\n**Header Auth parameter**\nname - Authorization\nvalue - your-own-api-key"
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"content": "**REQUIRED** \nOutput the data to your own data source e.g. Airtable"
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"content": "**Respect API limits (10 requests per min)**\n"
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"name": "Markdown data and Links",
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"name": "title",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.data.metadata.title }}"
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{
"id": "d2da0859-a7a0-4c39-913a-150ecb95d075",
"name": "description",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.data.metadata.description }}"
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"name": "content",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.data.markdown }}"
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"id": "d4c712fa-b52a-498f-8abc-26dc72be61f7",
"name": "links",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.data.links }} "
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"name": "Split out page URLs",
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"fieldToSplitOut": "Page"
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"name": "Retrieve Page Markdown and Links",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"notes": "curl -X POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \\\n -d '{\n \"url\": \"https://docs.firecrawl.dev\",\n \"formats\" : [\"markdown\", \"html\"]\n }'\n",
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"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"url\": \"{{ $json.Page }}\",\n \"formats\" : [\"markdown\", \"links\"]\n} ",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
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{
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
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"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
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"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 4.2,
"waitBetweenTries": 5000
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"content": "## Convert URL HTML to Markdown and Get Page Links\n\n## Use Case\nTransform web pages into AI-friendly markdown format:\n- You need to process webpage content for LLM analysis\n- You want to extract both content and links from web pages\n- You need clean, formatted text without HTML markup\n- You want to respect API rate limits while crawling pages\n\n## What this Workflow Does\nThe workflow uses Firecrawl.dev API to process webpages:\n- Converts HTML content to markdown format\n- Extracts all links from each webpage\n- Handles API rate limiting automatically\n- Processes URLs in batches from your database\n\n## Setup\n1. Create a [Firecrawl.dev](https://www.firecrawl.dev/) account and get your API key\n2. Add your Firecrawl API key to the HTTP Request node's Authorization header\n3. Connect your URL database to the input node (column name must be \"Page\") or edit the array in `Example fields from data source`\n4. Configure your preferred output database connection\n\n## How to Adjust it to Your Needs\n- Modify input source to pull URLs from different databases\n- Adjust rate limiting parameters if needed\n- Customize output format for your specific use case\n\n\nMade by Simon @ [automake.io](https://automake.io)\n"
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}
Credentials you'll need
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httpHeaderAuth
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How this works
This workflow enables you to introduce a configurable delay in your automation processes, ensuring that time-sensitive actions execute precisely when needed without constant manual oversight. It's ideal for users managing event-driven tasks in n8n, such as scheduling API calls or batch processing, where timing is crucial to avoid errors or overloads. The key step involves the Wait node, which pauses execution for a set duration, seamlessly integrating with HTTP Request nodes to handle external data fetches after the delay, ultimately streamlining your operational efficiency.
Use this workflow when you need to enforce pauses between triggers and actions in dynamic environments, like queuing notifications or syncing data at intervals, but avoid it for real-time applications where delays could cause issues. It's not suited for workflows requiring immediate responses, such as live customer support bots. Common variations include adjusting the wait time dynamically via variables or combining it with conditional branches for more adaptive timing control.
About this workflow
Wait Limit. Uses manualTrigger, stickyNote, noOp, limit. Event-driven trigger; 17 nodes.
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