Automation library · Data collection

Track email opens and privacy proxy hits with Airtable

Started by another system calling it, and works across Airtable. 18 steps, 4 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 9Service 7

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

  1. 1WebhookWebhookStarts it
  2. 2Generate Pixel ResponseCodeLogic
  3. 3Respond with Pixel GIFRespond To WebhookStarts it
  4. 4Classify Pixel RequestCodeLogic
  5. 5Check If Real OpenIfLogic
  6. 6Retrieve Lead DataAirtableService
  7. 7Triage Noise RequestsCodeLogic
  8. 8Search Airtable RecordsAirtableService
  9. 9Check Blind HitIfLogic
  10. 10Check Record ExistenceIfLogic
  11. 11Fetch Blind Lead DataAirtableService
  12. 12Discard Junk TrafficCodeLogic
  13. 13Record Update in AirtableAirtableService
  14. 14Create New Airtable RecordAirtableService
  15. 15Search Blind Open RecordsAirtableService
  16. 16Verify Logging StatusIfLogic
  17. 17Skip Already LoggedCodeLogic
  18. 18Log Blind Open EntryAirtableService

How it's built

Starts on
Another system calling it
Steps
18, with 4 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

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. 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.