Google Sheets and Hacker News integration

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How to connect Google Sheets 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.

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

Step 2: Add and configure Google Sheets and Hacker News nodes

You can find Google Sheets 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 Google Sheets and Hacker News nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

Google Sheets and Hacker News integration: Add and configure Google Sheets and Hacker News nodes

Step 3: Connect Google Sheets and Hacker News

A connection establishes a link between Google Sheets 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.

Google Sheets and Hacker News integration: Connect Google Sheets and Hacker News

Step 4: Customize and extend your Google Sheets 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 Google Sheets and Hacker News with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

Google Sheets and Hacker News integration: Customize and extend your Google Sheets and Hacker News integration

Step 5: Test and activate your Google Sheets and Hacker News workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Google Sheets 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.

Google Sheets and Hacker News integration: Test and activate your Google Sheets and Hacker News workflow

Community Insights using Qdrant, Python and Information Extractor

This n8n template is one of a 3-part series exploring use-cases for clustering vector embeddings:

Survey Insights
Customer Insights
Community Insights

This template demonstrates the Community Insights scenario where HN commments can be quickly grouped by similarity and an AI agent can generate insights on those groupings.

With this workflow, Researchers or HN users can quickly breakdown community consensus on a particular topic and identify frequently mentioned positives and negatives.

Sample Output: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQXaQU9XxsxnUIIeqmmf1PuYRuYtwviVXTv6Mz9Vo6_a4ty-XaJHSeZsptjWXS3wGGDG8Z4u16rvE7l/pubhtml

How it works

HN comments are imported via the Hacknews API node.
Comments are then inserted into a Qdrant collection carefully tagged with the Hackernews API metadata.
Comments are then fetched and are put through a clustering algorithm using the Python Code node. The Qdrant points are returned in clustered groups.
Each group is looped to fetch the payloads of the points and feed them to the AI agent to summarise and generate insights for.
The resulting insights and raw responses are then saved to the Google Spreadsheet for further analysis by the researcher or the HN user.

Requirements

Works best with lots of comments!
Qdrant Vectorstore for storing embeddings.
OpenAI account for embeddings and LLM.

Customising the Template

Adjust clustering parameters which make sense for your data.
Adjust sentimentality setting if comments are overwhelmingly negative at times.

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Community Insights using Qdrant, Python and Information Extractor

This n8n template is one of a 3-part series exploring use-cases for clustering vector embeddings: Survey Insights Customer Insights Community Insights This template demonstrates the Community Insights scenario where HN commments can be quickly grouped by similarity and an AI agent can generate insights on those groupings. With this workflow, Researchers or HN users can quickly breakdown community consensus on a particular topic and identify frequently mentioned positives and negatives. Sample Output: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQXaQU9XxsxnUIIeqmmf1PuYRuYtwviVXTv6Mz9Vo6_a4ty-XaJHSeZsptjWXS3wGGDG8Z4u16rvE7l/pubhtml How it works HN comments are imported via the Hacknews API node. Comments are then inserted into a Qdrant collection carefully tagged with the Hackernews API metadata. Comments are then fetched and are put through a clustering algorithm using the Python Code node. The Qdrant points are returned in clustered groups. Each group is looped to fetch the payloads of the points and feed them to the AI agent to summarise and generate insights for. The resulting insights and raw responses are then saved to the Google Spreadsheet for further analysis by the researcher or the HN user. Requirements Works best with lots of comments! Qdrant Vectorstore for storing embeddings. OpenAI account for embeddings and LLM. Customising the Template Adjust clustering parameters which make sense for your data. Adjust sentimentality setting if comments are overwhelmingly negative at times.

Build your own Google Sheets and Hacker News integration

Create custom Google Sheets 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.

Google Sheets supported actions

Document
Sheet Within Document

Create

Create a spreadsheet

Delete

Delete a spreadsheet

Append or Update Row

Append a new row or update an existing one (upsert)

Append Row

Create a new row in a sheet

Clear

Delete all the contents or a part of a sheet

Create

Create a new sheet

Delete

Permanently delete a sheet

Delete Rows or Columns

Delete columns or rows from a sheet

Get Row(s)

Retrieve one or more rows from a sheet

Update Row

Update an existing row in a sheet

Hacker News supported actions

All
Article
User

Get Many

Get many items

Get

Get a Hacker News article

Get

Get a Hacker News user

Google Sheets and Hacker News integration details

Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet program offered by Google for free. It similar to Microsoft Excel, and can be accessed anywhere on any device, you only need a Google account.

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Hacker News is a website that shares news and insights on computer science and entrepreneurship. It has over 5 million readers monthly, because of its secure platform and authentic information.

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