Extract and decode Google News RSS headlines to clean up article links
Workflow Description
Automation to extract Google News RSS headlines and decode article links through programmatic processing, delivering clean and structured data ready for immediate use in dashboards and applications.
How it works
- 1.Trigger the workflow manually to initiate the extraction process
- 2.Read RSS feed from Google News and retrieve raw headline entries
- 3.Decode and sanitize article links using custom code processing logic
- 4.Apply record limits to control the number of results returned
- 5.Aggregate and format all processed results into structured HTML output
- 6.Send the finalized clean data via HTTP request to your destination
Use cases
- Collect latest news headlines on specific topics and store them in a database for archiving
- Feed web dashboards or applications with cleaned, properly-formatted news data
- Generate daily email digests with decoded headlines and functional article links
Requirements
- Access to Google News RSS feed or equivalent RSS data source
- Basic understanding of URL decoding and data format transformation
- Ability to write or configure simple data processing code in n8n
Service Value
Ready-made workflow template for automation delivery and service execution.
Apps Used
Details
How to Use
- 1.Click "Download Template"
- 2.Open your n8n dashboard
- 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
- 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials
Nodes Used (20)
When clicking ‘Test workflow’
Manual Trigger
Limit
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Reading Google News RSS
Rss Feed Read
Decoded url
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Call decoding URL
HTTP Request
Prepare decoding variables
Code
Get encoded news URL
HTTP Request
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Map needed keys
Set
Extract decoding keys
HTML Page
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Aggregate results in a single object
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