Prepare CSV files with GPT-4

Ready-to-use n8n workflow template for data. This automation connects OpenAI with 11 nodes. Import directly into your n8n instance and customize for your needs.

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Workflow JSON

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Here's an example: [{\"user_name\": \"Jack Jones\", \"user_email\":\"jackjo@yahoo.com\",\"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-10-01\" },{\"user_name\": \"Martin Moor\", \"user_email\":\"mmoor@gmail.com\",\"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\" }]"}]}, "options": {"n": 3, "maxTokens": 2500, "temperature": 1}, "resource": "chat"}, "credentials": {"openAiApi": {"id": "", "name": "[Your openAiApi]"}}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "edd5bed7-a8a1-4298-b026-3b0061c5064a", "name": "Split In Batches", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches", "position": [1340, 240], "parameters": {"options": {}, "batchSize": 1}, "typeVersion": 2}, {"id": "f0e414e6-741a-42db-86eb-ba95e220f9ef", "name": "Sticky Note", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [940, 80], "parameters": {"width": 600, "height": 126, "content": "## This is a helper workflow to create 3 CSV files\n### Feel free to adapt as needed\n### Some mock data from GPT is pinned for convenience"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "f1c2891f-5110-423c-9fb4-37e0a0d0f750", "name": "Parse JSON", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [1520, 240], "parameters": {"fields": {"values": [{"name": "content", "type": "arrayValue", "arrayValue": "={{JSON.parse($json.message.content)}}"}]}, "include": "none", "options": {}}, "typeVersion": 3}, {"id": "ce59d3e1-3916-48ad-a811-fa19ad66284a", "name": "Make JSON Table", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.itemLists", "position": [1700, 240], "parameters": {"options": {}, "fieldToSplitOut": "content"}, "typeVersion": 3}, {"id": "8b1fda14-6593-4cc2-ab74-483b7aa4d84a", "name": "Convert to CSV", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.spreadsheetFile", "position": [1880, 240], "parameters": {"options": {"fileName": "=funny_names_{{ $('Split In Batches').item.json.index+1 }}.{{ $parameter[\"fileFormat\"] }}", "headerRow": true}, "operation": "toFile", "fileFormat": "csv"}, "typeVersion": 2}, {"id": "d2a621e0-88df-4642-91ab-772f062c8682", "name": "Save to Disk", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.writeBinaryFile", "position": [2420, 240], "parameters": {"options": {}, "fileName": "=./.n8n/{{ $binary.data.fileName }}"}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "20f60bb0-0527-44c4-85d5-a95c20670893", "name": "Strip UTF BOM bytes", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.moveBinaryData", "position": [2060, 240], "parameters": {"options": {"encoding": "utf8", "stripBOM": true, "jsonParse": false, "keepSource": false}, "setAllData": false}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "bda91493-df5d-4b8c-b739-abca6045faf9", "name": "Create valid binary", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.moveBinaryData", "position": [2240, 240], "parameters": {"mode": "jsonToBinary", "options": {"addBOM": false, "encoding": "utf8", "fileName": "=funny_names_{{ $('Split In Batches').item.json.index+1 }}.{{ $('Convert to CSV').first().binary.data.fileExtension }}", "mimeType": "text/csv", "keepSource": false, "useRawData": true}, "convertAllData": false}, "typeVersion": 1}, {"id": "e1b54e0d-56a5-43e7-82b4-aaead2875a9d", "name": "Sticky Note1", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [2007, 140], "parameters": {"width": 394, "height": 254, "content": "### These 2 nodes fix an issue with BOM bytes in the beginning of the file.\nWithout them reading the CSV file back becomes tricky"}, "typeVersion": 1}], "active": false, "pinData": {"OpenAI": [{"json": {"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "[{\"user_name\": \"Harry Holmes\", \"user_email\": \"harryholmes@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\": \"2022-08-15\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Frodo Fawkes\", \"user_email\": \"frodo.fawks01@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\": \"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Luke Longbottom\", \"user_email\": \"lukeLongbottom@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\": \"2023-09-25\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Perry Potter\", \"user_email\": \"perry_potter@yahoo.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\": \"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"James Joyce\", \"user_email\": \"jjoyce@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\": \"2023-06-12\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Bilbo Baggins\", \"user_email\": \"bilbobaggins@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\": \"2023-03-12\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Tom Tompkins\", \"user_email\": \"tompkins.tom@outlook.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\": \"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Ronald Reagan\", \"user_email\": \"ronald.reagan@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\": \"2023-01-05\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Mary Morstan\", \"user_email\": \"maryMorstan@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\": \"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Arthur Arthur\", \"user_email\": \"arthur.arthur@aol.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\": \"2023-04-17\"}]"}, "finish_reason": "stop"}, "pairedItem": {"item": 0}}, {"json": {"index": 1, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "[{\"user_name\": \"Harry Holmes\", \"user_email\":\"hholmes@email.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2021-12-15\"}, {\"user_name\": \"James Jasper\", \"user_email\":\"jjasper@yahoo.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Frodo Fenton\", \"user_email\":\"frodonot@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2022-07-09\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Katniss Kennedy\", \"user_email\":\"kennedy@hotmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Bilbo Brandy\", \"user_email\":\"bbrandy@gmail.net\",\"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2022-02-20\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Percy Pepper\", \"user_email\":\"percy@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Samwise Sprint\", \"user_email\":\"ssprint@outlook.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2021-06-01\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Gandalf Gatsby\", \"user_email\":\"gandalfg@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-01-22\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Dumbledore Dane\", \"user_email\":\"ddane@gmail.com\",\"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Tommy Torrance\", \"user_email\":\"ttorrance@hotmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-08-15\"}]"}, "finish_reason": "stop"}, "pairedItem": {"item": 0}}, {"json": {"index": 2, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "[{\"user_name\": \"Harry Holmes\", \"user_email\":\"harryholmes@hotmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-01-09\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Sam Spade\", \"user_email\":\"samspade@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Tom Sawyer\", \"user_email\":\"tomsawyer@yahoo.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2022-12-12\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Frodo Fawkes\", \"user_email\":\"frodofawkes@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-09-30\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Bruce Bond\", \"user_email\":\"brucebond@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-08-15\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Peter Pan\", \"user_email\":\"peterpan@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Hermione Holmes\", \"user_email\":\"hermioneholmes@yahoo.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-02-21\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Walter White\", \"user_email\":\"walterwhite@hotmail.com\", \"subscribed\": false, \"date_subscribed\":\"\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Tony Twist\", \"user_email\":\"tonytwist@gmail.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-04-27\"}, {\"user_name\": \"Ron Ranger\", \"user_email\":\"ronranger@yahoo.com\", \"subscribed\": true, \"date_subscribed\":\"2023-07-13\"}]"}, "finish_reason": "stop"}, "pairedItem": {"item": 0}}]}, "settings": {"executionOrder": "v1"}, "versionId": "91f77342-1d0f-4033-b09a-3e3c8791107e", "connections": {"OpenAI": {"main": [[{"node": "Split In Batches", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Parse JSON": {"main": [[{"node": "Make JSON Table", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Save to Disk": {"main": [[{"node": "Split In Batches", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Convert to CSV": {"main": [[{"node": "Strip UTF BOM bytes", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Make JSON Table": {"main": [[{"node": "Convert to CSV", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Split In Batches": {"main": [[{"node": "Parse JSON", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Create valid binary": {"main": [[{"node": "Save to Disk", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "Strip UTF BOM bytes": {"main": [[{"node": "Create valid binary", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}, "When clicking \"Execute Workflow\"": {"main": [[{"node": "OpenAI", "type": "main", "index": 0}]]}}}

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  3. 3Click Import from JSON and paste the copied workflow.

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