# Scrape and summarize posts of a news site without RSS feed: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across NocoDB. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 18 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/scrape-and-summarize-posts-of-a-news-site-without-rss-feed (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Scrape and summarize posts of a news site without RSS feed

Started by a clock, and works across NocoDB. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 18 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 12 Service 3

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger each week** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Retrieve the web page for further processsing** Http Request *Service*
- 3 **Extract the HTML with the right css class** Html *Logic*
- 4 **Extract date** Html *Logic*
- 5 **Create single link items** Item Lists *Logic*
- 6 **Create single date items** Item Lists *Logic*
- 7 **Merge date & links** Merge *Logic*
- 8 **Select posts of last 7 days** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Merge Content with Date & Link** Merge *Logic*
- 10 **HTTP Request1** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Summary** Open Ai *Model*
- 12 **Keywords** Open Ai *Model*
- 13 **Merge ChatGPT output with Date & Link** Merge *Logic*
- 14 **Extract individual posts** Html *Logic*
- 15 **Rename Summary** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Rename keywords** Set *Logic*
- 17 **NocoDB news database** Noco Db *Service*
- 18 **Merge** Merge *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 18
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** NocoDB
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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. 18 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 18 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%2Fscrape-and-summarize-posts-of-a-news-site-without-rss-feed)
- **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.

[NocoDB](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=NocoDB#library)

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