🎣 Generate Reddit customer leads from a product URL with OpenAI and Firecrawl

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Description

Reddit Lead Generator - Frontend Integrated (Productized Version)

Overview

Production-ready Reddit lead generation system with progressive data loading for optimal UX. This workflow integrates with a web frontend, sending results in real-time as they’re processed instead of waiting for everything to complete.

Key Features

✅ Progressive Loading - Users see results as they come in (website analysis → keywords → conversations)
✅ 5 Response Stages - Data sent in batches for better UX
✅ Webhook Authentication - Secured with API key headers
✅ Frontend Ready - Built to work with the companion web app
✅ Real-Time Updates - No waiting for 2-minute batch processing

What This Workflow Does

1. Receives product URL from frontend via webhook
2. Immediately responds “processing started”
3. Analyzes website with Firecrawl → sends data to frontend
4. Generates 10 keywords with OpenAI → sends to frontend
5. Searches Reddit and filters conversations → sends in 3 batches
6. Frontend displays results progressively as they arrive

Response Flow

Stage 1: website_analysis - Product details, favicon, summary
Stage 2: keywords_generated - All 10 keywords
Stage 3: conversations_partial1 - First keyword results
Stage 4: conversations_partial2 - Second keyword results
Stage 5: conversations_final - Remaining keywords (3-10) in markdown

Quick Setup

1. Set Environment Variables in the “Set Environment Variables” node:

   • BACKEND_API_URL - Your frontend API endpoint
   • WEBHOOK_API_KEY - Your webhook security key

2. Configure Credentials:

   • Firecrawl API
   • Reddit OAuth2
   • OpenAI API

3. Deploy Frontend & Backend:

   • Clone repo: https://github.com/juppfy/leads-gen
   • Deploy frontend on Vercel
   • Deploy backend on Railway
   • Full instructions in the repo README

4. Activate Workflow and update your frontend with the webhook URL

Requirements

• n8n (cloud or self-hosted)
• Firecrawl API key
• Reddit Developer Account
• OpenAI API key
• Frontend + Backend deployed (see GitHub repo)

Resources

📖 Complete Setup Guide: https://bit.ly/mediumarticleredditworkflow
🎥 Video Tutorial: https://bit.ly/youtubetutorialredditworkflow
💻 GitHub Repo: https://github.com/juppfy/leads-gen

Frontend Integration

This workflow requires the companion web app to receive and display results. The frontend handles:

• User input and URL validation
• Real-time result display
• Conversation cards with pagination
• Request tracking by searchId

Deploy instructions and complete code available in the GitHub repo above.

Difference from Batch Version

This Version (Frontend):

• Progressive data loading
• Real-time updates
• Production-ready UX
• Requires frontend deployment

Batch Version:

• Single output at end
• No frontend needed
• Perfect for testing/scheduled runs
• Simpler setup

Support

Questions? Check the Medium article or YouTube tutorial first. Both have detailed setup instructions and troubleshooting tips.

🔗 Nodes Used

HTTP Request, Webhook, Reddit, AI Agent, OpenAI Chat Model, Structured Output Parser

📥 Import

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

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup