👥 Automated structured data extract & summary via Decodo + Gemini & Google Sheets

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Description

Who this is for

This workflow is designed for:

• Automation engineers building AI-powered data pipelines

• Product managers & analysts needing structured insights from web pages

• Researchers & content teams extracting summaries from documentation or articles

• HR, compliance, and knowledge teams converting unstructured web content into structured records

• n8n self-hosted users leveraging advanced scraping and LLM enrichment

It is ideal for anyone who wants to transform any public URL into structured data + clean summaries automatically.

What problem this workflow solves

Web content is often unstructured, verbose, and inconsistent, making it difficult to:

• Extract structured fields reliably

• Generate consistent summaries

• Reuse data across spreadsheets, dashboards, or databases

• Eliminate manual copy-paste and interpretation

This workflow solves the problem of turning arbitrary web pages into machine-readable JSON and human-readable summaries, without custom scrapers or manual parsing logic.

What this workflow does

The workflow integrates Decodo, Google Gemini, and Google Sheets to perform automated extraction of structured data.

Here’s how it works step-by-step:

1. Input Setup

   • The workflow begins when the user executes it manually or passes a valid URL.
   • The input includes url.

2. Profile Extraction with Decodo

• Accepts any valid URL as input

• Scrapes the page content using Decodo

Uses Google Gemini to:

• Extract structured data in JSON format

• Generate a concise, factual summary

• Cleans and parses AI-generated JSON safely

• Merges structured data and summary output

• Stores the final result in Google Sheets for reporting or downstream automation

4. JSON Parsing & Merging

   • The Code Node cleans and parses the JSON output from the AI for reliable downstream use.
   • The Merge Node combines both structured data and the AI-generated summary.

5. Data Storage in Google Sheets

   • The Google Sheets Node appends or updates the record, storing the structured JSON and summary into a connected spreadsheet.

6. End Output

   • A unified, machine-readable data in JSON + an executive-level summary suitable data analysis or downstream automation.

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

If you are new to Decode, please signup on this link visit.decodo.com

• n8n account with workflow editor access
• Decodo API credentials - You need to register, login and obtain the Basic Authentication Token via Decodo Dashboard

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• Google Gemini (PaLM) API access
• Google Sheets OAuth credentials

Setup Steps

1. Import the workflow into your n8n instance.

2. Configure Credentials

   • Add your Decodo API credentials in the Decodo node.
   • Connect your Google Gemini (PaLM) credentials for both AI nodes.
   • Authenticate your Google Sheets account.

3. Edit Input Node

   • In the Set the Input Fields node, replace the default URL with your desired profile or dynamic data source.

4. Run the Workflow

   • Trigger manually or via webhook integration for automation.
   • Verify that structured profile data and summary are written to the linked Google Sheet.

How to customize this workflow to your needs

You can easily extend or adapt this workflow:

Modify Structured Output

• Change the Gemini extraction prompt to match your own JSON schema
• Add required fields such as authors, dates, entities, or metadata

Improve Summarization

• Adjust summary length or tone (technical, executive, simplified)
• Add multi-language summarization using Gemini

Change Output Destination

• Replace Google Sheets with:

  • Databases (Postgres, MySQL)
  • Notion
  • Slack / Email
  • File storage (JSON, CSV)

Add Validation or Filtering

• Insert IF nodes to:

  • Reject incomplete data
  • Detect errors or hallucinated output
  • Trigger alerts for malformed JSON

Scale the Workflow

• Replace manual trigger with:

  • Webhook
  • Scheduled trigger
  • Batch URL processing

Summary

This workflow provides a powerful, generic solution for converting unstructured web pages into structured, AI-enriched datasets.

By combining Decodo for scraping, Google Gemini for intelligence, and Google Sheets for persistence, it enables repeatable, scalable, and production-ready data extraction without custom scrapers or brittle parsing logic.

🔗 Nodes Used

Google Sheets, Basic LLM Chain, Google Gemini Chat Model

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup