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Hacker News and Discord integration

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How to connect Hacker News and Discord

  • 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.

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

Step 2: Add and configure Hacker News and Discord nodes

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

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

Step 3: Connect Hacker News and Discord

A connection establishes a link between Hacker News and Discord (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.

Hacker News and Discord integration: Connect Hacker News and Discord

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

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

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

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

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

Build your own Hacker News and Discord integration

Create custom Hacker News and Discord 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.

Hacker News supported actions

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

Discord supported actions

Create
Create a new channel
Delete
Delete a channel
Get
Get a channel
Get Many
Retrieve the channels of a server
Update
Update a channel
Delete
Delete a message in a channel
Get
Get a message in a channel
Get Many
Retrieve the latest messages in a channel
React with Emoji
React to a message with an emoji
Send
Send a message to a channel, thread, or member
Get Many
Retrieve the members of a server
Role Add
Add a role to a member
Role Remove
Remove a role from a member

FAQs

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