Automation library · Lead generation

Extract business email addresses with Serper.dev

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Google Sheets. 20 steps, 4 branches, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

20 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 10Service 9

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

  1. 1Google Sheets TriggerGoogle Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2If3IfLogic
  3. 3Update Running StatusGoogle SheetsService
  4. 4Update Missing Information StatusGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5Set InformationSetLogic
  6. 6Search Companies (Serper.dev)Http RequestService
  7. 7Extract Company & WebsiteCodeLogic
  8. 8Add research ResultsGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Website OptionsCodeLogic
  10. 10Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  11. 11Update Finished StatusGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Test pagesHttp RequestService
  13. 13IfIfLogic
  14. 14Scraping BeeHttp RequestService
  15. 15If1IfLogic
  16. 16Email ExtractorCodeLogic
  17. 17If2IfLogic
  18. 18Get EmailsGoogle SheetsService
  19. 19Add EmailsGoogle SheetsService
  20. 20WaitWaitLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
20, with 4 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. 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. 20 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 20 steps before you point it at anything that matters.