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Airtable and Hacker News integration

Save yourself the work of writing custom integrations for Airtable and Hacker News and use n8n instead. Build adaptable and scalable Data & Storage, Communication, and Marketing workflows that work with your technology stack. All within a building experience you will love.

How to connect Airtable and Hacker News

  • Step 1: Create a new workflow
  • Step 2: Add and configure nodes
  • Step 3: Connect
  • Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
  • Step 5: Test and activate your workflow

Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Airtable and Hacker News integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure Airtable and Hacker News nodes

You can find Airtable and Hacker News in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure Airtable and Hacker News nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

Airtable and Hacker News integration: Add and configure Airtable and Hacker News nodes

Step 3: Connect Airtable and Hacker News

A connection establishes a link between Airtable and Hacker News (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.

Airtable and Hacker News integration: Connect Airtable and Hacker News

Step 4: Customize and extend your Airtable and Hacker News integration

Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect Airtable and Hacker News with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

Airtable and Hacker News integration: Customize and extend your Airtable and Hacker News integration

Step 5: Test and activate your Airtable and Hacker News workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Airtable to Hacker News or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.

Airtable and Hacker News integration: Test and activate your Airtable and Hacker News workflow

Get data from Hacker News and send to Airtable or via SMS

This n8n workflow automates sending out SMS notifications via Vonage which includes new tech-related vocabulary everyday.

To build this handy vocabulary improver, you’ll need the following:

  • n8n – You can find details on how to install n8n on the Quickstart page.
  • LingvaNex account – You can create a free account here. Up to 200,000 characters are included in the free plan when you generate your API key.
  • Airtable account – You can register for free.
  • Vonage account – You can sign up free of charge if you aren’t already.

Completed workflow for automated vocabulary improvement

Nodes used in this workflow

Popular Airtable and Hacker News workflows

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Get data from Hacker News and send to Airtable or via SMS

This n8n workflow automates sending out SMS notifications via Vonage which includes new tech-related vocabulary everyday. To build this handy vocabulary improver, you’ll need the following: n8n – You can find details on how to install n8n on the Quickstart page. LingvaNex account – You can create a free account here. Up to 200,000 characters are included in the free plan when you generate your API key. Airtable account – You can register for free. Vonage account – You can sign up free of charge if you aren’t already.

Build your own Airtable and Hacker News integration

Create custom Airtable and Hacker News workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Airtable supported actions

Get Many
List all the bases
Get Schema
Get the schema of the tables in a base
Create
Create a new record in a table
Create or Update
Create a new record, or update the current one if it already exists (upsert)
Delete
Delete a record from a table
Get
Retrieve a record from a table
Search
Search for specific records or list all
Update
Update a record in a table

Hacker News supported actions

Get Many
Get many items
Get
Get a Hacker News article
Get
Get a Hacker News user

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