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The Move Binary Data integrations are replaced by the Convert to File integrations and the Extract from File integrations

The Convert to File and the Extract from File nodes replace the Move Binary Data node from version 1.21.0 onwards.

Popular ways to use Convert to/from binary data integration

HTTP Request node
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Track changes of product prices

This workflow automatically tracks changes on specific websites, typically in e-commerce where you want to get information about price changes. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript Nodes Execute Command nodes create a file named kopacky.json in the /data/ folder (Make sure that n8n has the permissions to make changes to the folder in your setup) and clean data. Cron node triggers the workflow at regular intervals (default is 15 minutes), depending on how often you want to crawl URLs of your watchers. Function Item node (Change me) adds the URL watchers. You can put as many URLs (watchers) as you want by changing the JavaScript code in the node. There are four properties for each watcher: |Property|Meaning| |-|-| |slug|Unique identifier for the watcher.| |link|URL of the website where you want to track changes.| |selector|CSS selector of the HTML tag, where your price is placed. You can use browser web tools to get a specific selector.| |currency|Currency code in which your price is set.| Function Item node (Init item) saves all required data from each watcher to the kopacky.json file. HTTP Request node fetches data from the website. HTML Extract node extracts the required information from the webpage. Send Email nodes (NotifyBetterPrice) send you an email when there is an issue with getting the price, and when a better price is available (this could happen if the website is down, your tracking product is not available anymore, or the owner of the website changed the selector or HTML). IF nodes filter the incoming data and route the workflow. Move Binary Data nodes convert the JSON file to binary data. Write Binary File nodes write the product prices in the file. NOTE: This is the first (beta) version of this workflow, so it could have some issues. For example, there is an issue with getting content of those websites, where the owner of the website blocks any calls from unknown foreign services - it's typical protection against crawlers.
stehos
sthosstudio
HTTP Request node

Store data received from Webhook in JSON

Store the data received from the CocktailDB API in JSON
harshil1712
ghagrawal17
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Execute multiple Command Lines based on Text File Inputs

This workflow takes a text file as input. It pulls the information from the text file and used it as a parameter to execute a command for each text line. This workflow references a file /home/n8n/filelist.txt in the Read Binary File node which will need to be changed to work properly. You can also edit the Execute Command node to modify what happens for each of these lines of text. Note: This workflow requires the Execute Command node which is only available on the on-premise version of n8n.
tephlon
jason
HTTP Request node
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Manage newsletter signups in Baserow

This is the workflow that I presented at the April 9, 2021 n8n Meetup. This workflow uses Baserow.io to store registration information collected using n8n as both the web server and the data processor. To get this workflow working properly, you will either need to run it on n8n.cloud or using the on premise version with people having the ability to connect to n8n externally. You will need an account on Baserow.io to store your subscriptions with a table with the following fields: GUID First Name Last Name Email Confirmed
tephlon
jason
Airtable node
Dropbox node
HTTP Request node
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n8n workflow backup management with Dropbox and Airtable

This workflow can be used to save all of your workflows in: a raw state (as a json file in Dropbox) an Airtable base, in a pre-designed format. It runs periodically (currently, every 30 minutes) and either updates (if already existing in Airtable) or creates a new record in Airtable for each workflow. Here's the Airtable base to give you an idea: View Airtable base Note: This workflows uses the "http://localhost:5678/rest" API which the UI editor uses but is still not officially supported. Hence, it may suffer breaking changes at some point in the future and the workflow might become dysfunctional then.
shrey-42
Shrey
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Monitor a file for changes and send an alert

This flow monitors a file for changes of its content. If changed, an alert is sent out and you receive it as push, SMS or voice call on SIGNL4. User cases: Log-file monitoring Monitoring of production data Integration with third-party systems via file interface Etc. Sample file "alert-data.json": { "Body": "Alert in building A2.", "Done": false, "eventId": "2518088743722201372_4ee5617b-2731-4d38-8e16-e4148b8fb8a0" } Body: The alert text to be sent. Done: If false this is a new alert. If true this indicated the alert has been closed. eventId: Last SIGNL4 event ID written by SIGNL4. This flow can be easily adapted for database monitoring as well.
rons4
Ron

Supported modes

Binary to JSON
Move data from Binary to JSON
JSON to Binary
Move data from JSON to Binary

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