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Automated plagiarism detection with RapidAPI and Google Sheets

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Email and Google Sheets. 9 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

9 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 5

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

  1. 1Trigger - New Row in Google SheetGoogle Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2Send Content to Plagiarism APIHttp RequestService
  3. 3Check API Response SuccessIfLogic
  4. 4Extract Plagiarism ResultsCodeLogic
  5. 5Send Failure Alert to ITEmail SendService
  6. 6Generate HTML Plagiarism ReportCodeLogic
  7. 7Mark Status: Failed in Google SheetGoogle SheetsService
  8. 8Send Report to User via EmailEmail SendService
  9. 9Mark Status: Success in Google SheetGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
9, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Google Sheets accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

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. 9 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 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.