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Archive weekly web page snapshots into a single PDF

Started by a clock. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 13 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 9Service 3

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Every Monday at 07:00Schedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set the pages to archiveSetLogic
  3. 3Check the list is usableIfLogic
  4. 4Check remaining quotaPdf MintService
  5. 5Enough credits for this run?IfLogic
  6. 6Name this week's archiveCodeLogic
  7. 7One item per pageSplit OutLogic
  8. 8Render each page to PDFPdf MintService
  9. 9Keep the pages that renderedFilterLogic
  10. 10More than one page survived?IfLogic
  11. 11Merge into one archivePdf MintService
  12. 12The one page is the archiveSetLogic
  13. 13Say what was archivedSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
13, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.