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Hacker News and Metabase integration

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How to connect Hacker News and Metabase

  • 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 Metabase integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure Hacker News and Metabase nodes

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

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

Step 3: Connect Hacker News and Metabase

A connection establishes a link between Hacker News and Metabase (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 Metabase integration: Connect Hacker News and Metabase

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

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

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

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

Build your own Hacker News and Metabase integration

Create custom Hacker News and Metabase 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

Metabase supported actions

Get
Get specific alert
Get Many
Get many alerts
Add
Add a new datasource to the metabase instance
Get Many
Get many databases
Get Fields
Get fields from database
Get
Get a specific metric
Get Many
Get many metrics
Get
Get a specific question
Get Many
Get many questions
Result Data
Return the result of the question to a specific file format
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FAQs

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