# Scrape and summarize webpages with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/scrape-and-summarize-webpages-with-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)

# Scrape and summarize webpages with OpenAI

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 14 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fscrape-and-summarize-webpages-with-openai)

**14 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**0** Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 7 Service 2

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

- 1 **When clicking "Execute Workflow"** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Recursive Character Text Splitter** Text Splitter Recursive Character Text Splitter *Model*
- 4 **Fetch Essay List** Http Request *Service*
- 5 **Summarization Chain** Chain Summarization *Model*
- 6 **Default Data Loader** Document Default Data Loader *Model*
- 7 **Extract essay names** Html *Logic*
- 8 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 9 **Split out into items** Split Out *Logic*
- 10 **Clean up** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Limit to first 3** Limit *Logic*
- 12 **Fetch essay texts** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Extract title** Html *Logic*
- 14 **Extract Text Only** Html *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 14
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
- **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 an event in a connected app.

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. 14 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 14 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-webpages-with-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.

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