Everyone I wanted to know if this is doable

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Hey, quick question:
Is it possible in n8n to build a node/workflow that takes a topic (say Shukaku from Naruto) and automatically fetches 20–50 images/gifs/videos from the web, then saves them to a folder (Google Drive, local, whatever)?
Has anyone tried something like this, maybe with an API or scraping?
Thanks!

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I’d say it is very possible

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Thank you, do you know a way to implement this? i have little to no experience with n8n

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I’m fresh at it, but I use apify with my n8n workflow to find some good apis that scrape what you need.

I recently created a workflow that uses Serpapi to google things, then another api that then scrapes the data I need from that google search. Sounds like a similar problem set. I used chat gpt a lot too

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Thanks a lot, I didnt know about Serpapi it’s very helpful, I did use chatgpt too lol, it’s amazing! I can see a good scraper on Apify it can be useful, thanks and good luck :folded_hands:

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Hey @Rehare Download My workflow 16.json | LimeWire - this will get you started - you will need a google custom search api key and a cse ID. For your reference I generated the complete workflow with 2 prompts. If it works, just switch out the api’s for whatever service you want, I think bing has a free image search api too

:key: 1. Get a Google Custom Search API key

  1. ⁠Go to the Google Cloud Console.
  2. ⁠Make sure you’re logged into your Google account.
  3. ⁠Create a new Project (or pick an existing one).
  4. ⁠Click Enable API for Custom Search API.
  5. ⁠In the left menu, go to APIs & Services → Credentials.
  6. ⁠Click Create Credentials → API Key.
    ⁠• ⁠Copy this key → this is your GOOGLE_API_KEY.

:package: 2. Create a Custom Search Engine (CSE ID)

  1. ⁠Go to Google Programmable Search Engine.
  2. ⁠Click Add.
  3. ⁠For “Sites to search” enter: www.google.com (don’t worry, we’ll enable image search separately).
  4. ⁠Once created, go to Control Panel of your new search engine.
  5. ⁠Find your Search engine ID → this is your CSE_ID.
  6. ⁠In the Control Panel, enable:
    ⁠• ⁠Search the entire web (not just specific sites).
    ⁠• ⁠Image search → toggle ON.

If you found this helpful kindly mark as solution to help others

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Wow how generous of you, thank you so much for that !! I will definetely try this out later today and let you know how it went !!

I have no words, thanks again ! so generous :folded_hands:

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No problem, happy to help. If you need assistance just ping me.

And @Rehare just to clarify, if you copy the code from the link and just paste into your workflow it will import it, no need to download the file