# Automate web research & analysis with Oxylabs and OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-web-research-and-analysis-with-oxylabs-and-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Research and reporting](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Research+and+reporting#library)

# Automate web research & analysis with Oxylabs and OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 17 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 7 Service 5

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

- 1 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Create search queries** Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Split queries** Split Out *Logic*
- 4 **Search Google** Oxylabs Ai Studio *Service*
- 5 **Pick URLs** Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Split URLs** Split Out *Logic*
- 7 **Scrape content** Oxylabs Ai Studio *Service*
- 8 **Summarize content** Open Ai *Model*
- 9 **Insert row** Data Table *Service*
- 10 **Wait 60s** Wait *Logic*
- 11 **Get number of URLs** Set *Logic*
- 12 **Get current data for polling** Data Table *Service*
- 13 **Extract IDs** Aggregate *Logic*
- 14 **If all data exists** If *Logic*
- 15 **Get all data** Data Table *Service*
- 16 **Wait 10s** Wait *Logic*
- 17 **Final analysis** Open Ai *Model*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 17, with 1 branch, 2 loops or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** n8n data table
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-web-research-and-analysis-with-oxylabs-and-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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