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Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/129.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" }, { "name": "Referer", "value": "{{ $env.WEBHOOK_URL }}" } ] } }, "typeVersion": 4.2, "notes": "This httpRequest node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "e7a208d3-bf65-4170-bb11-d13287f8dd78", "name": "Prepare decoding variables", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "position": [ 1040, 1420 ], "parameters": { "jsCode": "return $input.all().map(item => {\n const gn_art_id = item.json.base64Str;\n const timestamp = item.json.timestamp;\n const signature = item.json.signature;\n\n const articlesReq = [\n 'Fbv4je',\n `[\"garturlreq\",[[\"X\",\"X\",[\"X\",\"X\"],null,null,1,1,\"US:en\",null,1,null,null,null,null,null,0,1],\"X\",\"X\",1,[1,1,1],1,1,null,0,0,null,0],\"${gn_art_id}\",${timestamp},\"${signature}\"]`,\n ];\n\n return {\n json: {\n f_req: JSON.stringify([[articlesReq]]) // Questo verrà usato nel nodo HTTP Request\n }\n };\n});" }, "typeVersion": 2, "notes": "This code node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377", "name": "Get encoded news URL", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [ 1280, 1000 ], "parameters": { "url": "{{ $env.BASE_URL }}", "options": {} }, "typeVersion": 4.2, "notes": "This httpRequest node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "3d640138-4247-4e6d-a0e9-fefc9f41e057", "name": "Sticky Note1", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 740, 760 ], "parameters": { "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Get Google News\n\nChange the language parameters on ISO639-1 standard \n\n1. hl=it\n2. gl=IT\n3. ceid=IT:it" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "1e7a5638-8829-49f1-a445-f510eb18bbd7", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 980, 760 ], "parameters": { "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Limit result\n\nI suggest limiting the results to a maximum of 3 because the entire workflow makes a lot of HTTP requests" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "24a405df-c334-461a-ab0d-91ebc39185c1", "name": "Sticky Note3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 500, 760 ], "parameters": { "color": 5, "width": 220, "height": 820, "content": "## INFO\n\nDisclaimer:\nYou can add a cron trigger but... don't do too often: Google could block your ip.\n\nThis workflow works until works: the decoding procedure is hardcoded and based on reverse engineering. Requests and responses are not documented by Google.\n\n\n" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "c54e9729-7cbd-4628-b7be-ee072047b3d4", "name": "Sticky Note4", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 1220, 760 ], "parameters": { "color": 3, "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Get encoded content\n\nHere we retrieve HTML content" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "a5b25d20-0d06-4650-b8bc-0d03c97eb416", "name": "Map needed keys", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [ 780, 1420 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "assignments": { "assignments": [ { "id": "b5a11795-2bd1-412f-a215-f7402bece002", "name": "signature", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $json.signature }}" }, { "id": "33267283-3ac8-4d65-9a01-c7f154a7d061", "name": "timestamp", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $json.timestamp }}" }, { "id": "bff8f19a-30d6-4307-87da-9b98b26cee8b", "name": "base64Str", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $('Limit').item.json.guid }}" } ] } }, "typeVersion": 3.4, "notes": "This set node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "116eec84-dbfe-4880-8fc4-d350ff99d4be", "name": "Extract decoding keys", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.html", "position": [ 1520, 1000 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "operation": "extractHtmlContent", "extractionValues": { "values": [ { "key": "YOUR_CREDENTIAL_HERE", "attribute": "data-n-a-sg", "cssSelector": "div", "returnValue": "attribute" }, { "key": "YOUR_CREDENTIAL_HERE", "attribute": "data-n-a-ts", "cssSelector": "div", "returnValue": "attribute" } ] } }, "typeVersion": 1.2, "notes": "This html node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "22825293-d9f8-4fa2-99b4-2150a74b2a12", "name": "Sticky Note5", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 1460, 760 ], "parameters": { "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Decoding Keys\n\nThe HTML content extracted contains the necessary variables for decoding:\n\n+ signature\n+ timestamp\n+ base64string (already in the URL)" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "46dce5e2-1c4f-45d8-a849-ebe13d673ef9", "name": "Sticky Note6", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 740, 1180 ], "parameters": { "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Clean output\n\nMapping variables for easy utilization" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "9dbc9f69-d34a-470e-81af-c3bcc9a92a48", "name": "Sticky Note7", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 980, 1180 ], "parameters": { "color": 3, "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Preparing Request\n\nDecoding the request requires specific body content. Here, we build it using the decoding keys." }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "39a492a7-a099-4ae7-ac17-d3842f0682fe", "name": "Sticky Note8", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 1220, 1180 ], "parameters": { "color": 3, "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## This is decoding step\n\nSending a request to a specific Google decoding URL" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "29d3b1a3-5882-484d-9add-68a746f0a7b8", "name": "Sticky Note9", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 1460, 1180 ], "parameters": { "width": 220, "height": 400, "content": "## Cleaning URL\n\nGoogle adds some unwanted and random characters at the beginning of the URL" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "6b2fc671-2a22-4a6d-bcc5-38294981d9fe", "name": "Sticky Note10", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 1700, 760 ], "parameters": { "color": 4, "width": 220, "height": 820, "content": "## OUTPUT\n\nA lot of requests are made before getting clean News URLs.\n\nYou can add an HttpRequest and get News text with jina.ai, extract by using HTML node, or a custom node like {{ $env.WEBHOOK_URL }}\n\n" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." }, { "id": "6c82769b-e784-4a38-b2ed-447da7f1a6f7", "name": "Aggregate results in a single object", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate", "position": [ 1760, 1080 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "aggregate": "aggregateAllItemData" }, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This aggregate node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow." } ], "active": false, "pinData": {}, "settings": { "executionOrder": "v1", "saveManualExecutions": true, "callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner", "errorWorkflow": null, "timezone": "UTC", "executionTimeout": 3600, "maxExecutions": 1000, "retryOnFail": true, "retryCount": 3, "retryDelay": 1000 }, "versionId": "c4fbad75-5811-4031-bdfe-ee494067ded3", "connections": { "40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db": { "main": [ [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-2f46fac8", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-3104dd3f", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-9fd360f5", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-cec6689d", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-55955a5e", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-50225108", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-d8493676", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-40f54966-41c7-4dc3-95ac-18b8eaffe1db-94f5de81", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377": { "main": [ [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-abc4e053", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-e4952c63", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-c1062ddb", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-8a349583", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-a2ac4516", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-c3a3ed07", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-37dade95", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "error-handler-35fe85f1-82c7-4b50-b47b-14c56678e377-46d64a57", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] } }, "description": "Automated workflow: Extract And Decode Google News RSS URLs to Clean Article Links. 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