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Daily Podcast Summary

Generate daily podcast summaries and deliver them directly to your inbox with this automated workflow. This n8n automation connects Gmail, OpenAI, and a series of HTTP requests to TaddyTopDaily, Whisper, and custom audio cropping services, orchestrating the entire process from podcast discovery to summarized content delivery. It's ideal for busy professionals, researchers, or anyone wanting to stay informed on specific topics without listening to full episodes, solving the problem of information overload by providing concise, AI-generated summaries. By automating the fetching, transcribing, and summarizing of podcasts, this workflow significantly saves time and effort, ensuring you receive key insights efficiently without manual intervention.
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Workflow JSON

{"meta": {"instanceId": "7858a8e25b8fc4dae485c1ef345e6fe74effb1f5060433ef500b4c186c965c18"}, "nodes": [{"id": "49ab7596-665e-4a0f-bb8b-9dc04525ce88", "name": "Gmail", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "position": [2340, 1440], "parameters": {"message": "={{ $json.html }}", "options": {}, "subject": "Podcast Review"}, "credentials": {"gmailOAuth2": {"id": "", "name": "[Your gmailOAuth2]"}}, "typeVersion": 2.1}, {"id": "40aa23f4-69d6-46e5-84a2-b46a64a3f0af", "name": "TaddyTopDaily", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [1620, 820], "parameters": {"url": "https://api.taddy.org/", "method": "POST", "options": {}, "sendBody": true, "sendHeaders": true, "bodyParameters": {"parameters": [{"name": "query", "value": "=query { getTopChartsByGenres( limitPerPage:10, filterByCountry:UNITED_STATES_OF_AMERICA, taddyType:PODCASTEPISODE, genres:PODCASTSERIES_{{ $json.genre }}){ topChartsId podcastEpisodes{ uuid name audioUrl podcastSeries{ uuid name } } } }"}]}, "headerParameters": {"parameters": [{"name": "X-USER-ID"}, {"name": "X-API-KEY"}]}}, "typeVersion": 4.2}, {"id": "42eea23b-b09c-49ee-af5b-12abb3960390", "name": "Genre", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [1420, 820], "parameters": {"options": {}, "assignments": {"assignments": [{"id": "e995cd5b-b91c-4a9d-8215-44d7dfe3f52f", "name": "genre", "type": "string", "value": "TECHNOLOGY"}]}}, "typeVersion": 3.4}, {"id": "da256fbf-ed7b-4a26-9fa8-33d1c2b717a5", "name": "Split Out", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut", "position": [1840, 820], "parameters": {"options": {}, "fieldToSplitOut": "data.getTopChartsByGenres.podcastEpisodes"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "069ab68c-dcd6-406f-8e7f-2597f62a04f5", "name": "Whisper Transcribe Audio", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [1880, 1120], "parameters": {"url": "https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions", "method": "POST", "options": {}, "sendBody": true, "contentType": "multipart-form-data", "authentication": "predefinedCredentialType", "bodyParameters": {"parameters": [{"name": "model", "value": "whisper-1"}, {"name": "file", "parameterType": "formBinaryData", "inputDataFieldName": "data"}]}, "nodeCredentialType": "openAiApi"}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 3}, {"id": "ffa67b8d-8601-4e1d-8f72-b6266e6b3327", "name": "Final Data", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [2320, 1120], "parameters": {"mode": "raw", "options": {}, "jsonOutput": "={\n\"podcast\": \"{{ $('TaddyTopDaily').item.json.data.getTopChartsByGenres.podcastEpisodes[$itemIndex].podcastSeries.name }}\",\n\"name\": \"{{ $('TaddyTopDaily').item.json.data.getTopChartsByGenres.podcastEpisodes[$itemIndex].name.replace(/\\\"/g,'\\\"') }}\",\n \"url\":\"{{ $('TaddyTopDaily').item.json.data.getTopChartsByGenres.podcastEpisodes[$itemIndex].audioUrl.replace(/\"/g,'') }}\",\n\"summary\":\"{{ $json.message.content.replace(/\\\\/g, '\\\\\\\\').replace(/\"/g, '\\\\\"').replace(/\\n/g, '<br/>').replace(/\\r/g, '\\\\r').replace(/\\t/g, '\\\\t') }}\"\n \n}\n"}, "typeVersion": 3.4}, {"id": "88cd1fa5-07ae-4dcd-b4f8-85cbf7c98d73", "name": "Merge Results", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "position": [1900, 1440], "parameters": {"jsCode": "return [{fields:$input.all().map(x=>x.json)}]"}, "typeVersion": 2}, {"id": "4c2c80d1-750f-42f1-a0f1-343dec325b0f", "name": "HTML", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.html", "position": [2120, 1440], "parameters": {"html": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n <meta charset=\"UTF-8\" />\n</head>\n<body>\n <table>\n <tr> \n {{ ['Podcast', 'Episode', 'Summary'].map(propname=>'<td><h4>'+propname+'</h4></td>').join('') }}\n </tr>\n {{ $json.fields.map(ep=>{ return `<tr><td>${ep.podcast}</td><td><a href=\"${ep.url}\">${ep.name}</a></td><td>${ep.summary}</td><td></td></tr>`} ) }}\n </table>\n</body>\n</html>\n\n<style>\ntr { \n border: 1px solid #000; \n padding: 8px; \n }\n.container {\n background-color: #ffffff;\n text-align: center;\n padding: 16px;\n border-radius: 8px;\n}\n\nh1 {\n color: #ff6d5a;\n font-size: 24px;\n font-weight: bold;\n padding: 8px;\n}\n\nh2 {\n color: #909399;\n font-size: 18px;\n font-weight: bold;\n padding: 8px;\n}\n</style>\n"}, "executeOnce": true, "typeVersion": 1.2}, {"id": "f1d13556-2c3a-48e5-84a1-5b82f338c6ba", "name": "Sticky Note", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [340, 760], "parameters": {"color": 4, "width": 547.952991050529, "height": 683.5200847858991, "content": "## Daily Podcast Summary\n### This workflow will summarize the content in the day's top podcasts for a certain genre, then send you the podcasts with summaries by email\n\n## Setup:\n 1. Create a free API key on Taddy here: https://taddy.org/signup/developers\n 2. Input your user number and API key into the `TaddyTopDaily` node in the header parameters X-USER-ID and X-API-KEY respectively.\n 3. Create access credentials for your Gmail as described here: https://developers.google.com/workspace/guides/create-credentials. Use the credentials from your *client_secret.json* in the `Gmail` node.\n 4. In the `Genre` node, set the genre of podcasts you want a summary for. Valid values are: TECHNOLOGY, NEWS, ARTS, COMEDY, SPORTS, FICTION, etc. Look at api.taddy.org for the full list (they will be displayed in the help docs as PODCASTSERIES_TECHNOLOGY, PODCASTSERIES_NEWS, etc.)\n 5. Enter your email address in the `Gmail` node.\n 6. Change the schedule time for sending email from `Schedule` to whichever time you want to receive the email.\n \n\n## Test:\n- Link a `Test Workflow` node in place of the `Schedule` node.\n- Hit Test Workflow.\n- Check your email for the results."}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "5aee7279-349e-47cd-99dc-7a32677b5a20", "name": "Sticky Note1", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1820, 1060], "parameters": {"width": 651.4454343326669, "height": 252.64899257060446, "content": "### Whisper transcribes and Open AI summarizes the podcast"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "f8b4a203-b27f-4a11-90ef-a7e1561219f5", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1100, 760], "parameters": {"width": 1189.7320416038633, "height": 249.2202456997519, "content": "### Get daily list of top podcasts (according to Apple charts) and download audio, then crop for OpenAI"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "7045c9c8-5509-4dc0-b167-ddd4d6c90c22", "name": "Sticky Note3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1825, 1384], "parameters": {"width": 645.0210885124873, "height": 227.94126205257731, "content": "### Finally, send the email!"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "8dc9583b-cec3-4ac0-a74a-329f6c3b4801", "name": "Summarize Podcast", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.openAi", "position": [2140, 1120], "parameters": {"model": "gpt-4o-mini", "prompt": {"messages": [{"content": "=Summarize the major points of the following podcast: {{ $json.text }}. Start your answer by saying 'This episode focuses on', 'This episode is about', etc. Contain your answer to 3-4 paragraphs max, and focus on only key information. "}]}, "options": {"maxTokens": 500}, "resource": "chat", "requestOptions": {}}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "e8d122f1-29f9-41ca-9c6b-b72269686fd6", "name": "Schedule", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger", "position": [1220, 820], "parameters": {"rule": {"interval": [{"triggerAtHour": 8}]}}, "typeVersion": 1.2}, {"id": "67bc7a5b-8d0a-4de4-918d-410551dad4d7", "name": "Request Audio Crop", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [1000, 1220], "parameters": {"url": "https://api.products.aspose.app/audio/cutter/api/cutter", "method": "POST", "options": {}, "sendBody": true, "contentType": "multipart-form-data", "sendHeaders": true, "bodyParameters": {"parameters": [{"name": "1", "parameterType": "formBinaryData", "inputDataFieldName": "data"}, {"name": "convertOption", "value": "{\"startTime\":\"00:08:00\",\"endTime\":\"00:24:00\",\"audioFormat\":\"mp3\"}"}]}, "headerParameters": {"parameters": [{"name": "Accept", "value": "*/*("}, {"name": "Connection", "value": "keep-alive"}, {"name": "Origin", "value": "https://products.aspose.app"}, {"name": "Referer", "value": "https://products.aspose.app"}, {"name": "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "value": "empty"}, {"name": "Sec-Fetch-Mode", "value": "cors"}, {"name": "Sec-Fetch-Site", "value": "same-site"}]}}, "typeVersion": 4.2}, {"id": "0dc62507-3fea-45d7-a0dc-e92fb8e2600f", "name": "Get Download Link", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [1200, 1220], "parameters": {"url": "=https://api.products.aspose.app/audio/cutter/api/cutter/HandleStatus?fileRequestId={{ $('Request Audio Crop').item.json.Data.FileRequestId }}", "options": {}, "sendHeaders": true, "headerParameters": {"parameters": [{"name": "Accept", "value": "application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01"}, {"name": "Connection", "value": "keep-alive"}, {"name": "Origin", "value": "https://products.aspose.app"}, {"name": "Referer", "value": "https://products.aspose.app"}, {"name": "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "value": "empty"}, {"name": "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "value": "cors"}, {"name": "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "value": "same-site"}]}}, "typeVersion": 4.2}, {"id": "8aa65189-2a4b-4ac4-9915-45ccd679a5da", "name": "Download Cut MP3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [1660, 1140], "parameters": {"url": "={{ $json.Data.DownloadLink }}", "options": {}}, "typeVersion": 4.2}, {"id": "4e7318df-dbaa-4d9f-858d-4455ead763c1", "name": "Download Podcast", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [2060, 820], "parameters": {"url": "={{ $json.audioUrl }}", "options": {}}, "typeVersion": 4.2}, {"id": "ab4601c6-7387-4f2f-a2f3-4256f88c0b3e", "name": "Wait", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait", "position": [1600, 1360], "webhookId": "bc28bc57-d9ea-430e-88db-78d088a058cb", "parameters": {}, "typeVersion": 1.1}, {"id": "a0b300b9-aaad-48f1-8319-a03700e0d298", "name": "Sticky Note4", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [920, 1100], "parameters": {"width": 898.7483569555845, "height": 387.3779915472271, "content": "### Crop the podcast down before analysis"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "34ca89fe-4ed1-491f-b3b9-32e97040959b", "name": "If Downloads Ready", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if", "position": [1380, 1180], "parameters": {"options": {}, "conditions": {"options": {"leftValue": "", "caseSensitive": true, "typeValidation": "loose"}, "combinator": "and", "conditions": [{"id": "49440938-0cb3-41c8-bcab-b7ad96973f77", "operator": {"type": "boolean", "operation": "true", "singleValue": true}, "leftValue": "={{ $input.all().map(x=>x.json.Data.DownloadLink).reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => accumulator && currentValue, true)\n}}", "rightValue": ""}]}, "looseTypeValidation": true}, "typeVersion": 2.1}], "pinData": {}, "connections": {"HTML": {"main": [[{"node": "Gmail", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Wait": {"main": [[{"node": "Get Download Link", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Genre": {"main": [[{"node": "TaddyTopDaily", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Schedule": {"main": [[{"node": "Genre", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Split Out": {"main": [[{"node": "Download Podcast", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Final Data": {"main": [[{"node": "Merge Results", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Merge Results": {"main": [[{"node": "HTML", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "TaddyTopDaily": {"main": [[{"node": "Split Out", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Download Cut MP3": {"main": [[{"node": "Whisper Transcribe Audio", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Download Podcast": {"main": [[{"node": "Request Audio Crop", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Get Download Link": {"main": [[{"node": "If Downloads Ready", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Summarize Podcast": {"main": [[{"node": "Final Data", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "If Downloads Ready": {"main": [[{"node": "Download Cut MP3", "type": "main", "index": 0}], [{"node": "Wait", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Request Audio Crop": {"main": [[{"node": "Get Download Link", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Whisper Transcribe Audio": {"main": [[{"node": "Summarize Podcast", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}

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