Automated Blog Content Tracking with RSS Feeds and Time-Based Filtering — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger12 nodes💎 Otherby automedia

Overview

Automated Blog Monitoring System with RSS Feeds and Time-Based Filtering

Overview

This workflow provides a powerful yet simple foundation for monitoring blogs using RSS feeds. It automatically fetches articles from a list of your favorite blogs and filters them based on their publication date, separating new content from old. It is the perfect starting point for anyone looking to build a custom content aggregation or notification system without needing any API keys.

This template is designed

Nodes used

Split RSS FeedsRSS → ItemsWhen clicking ‘Execute workflow’rss feed links + blogsFind Date & Time of BlogsFilter Out Old BlogsRss feed linkSplit OutSticky Note6

Workflow Preview

Welcome My Friend - This is how you download
Necessary setup:
1. The node called 'max_content_age_days' is for you to
Choose # of Days
Filter out blogs older than your number of days old
The default is 60, so it won't save blogs posted over 6
Find RSS FEED URLS
Add the rss feed urls of the blogs that you want to tra
Search for something
This loops over the websites one at a time to
Adds a 'published date' in an easy to read fo
Filters out blogs that are older than the dat
Splits all of the websites into their own ite
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Split RSS Feeds
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RSS → Items
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When clicking ‘Execute w…
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Merge3
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Client ID + Max Content …
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Find Date & Time of Blogs
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Filter Out Old Blogs
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max_content_age_days
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Split Out
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blogs to track
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Rss feed link
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rss feed links + blogs
12 nodes15 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 12 nodes, connecting datetime, if, manualtrigger.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (12)

SP

Split RSS Feeds

splitInBatches

#1
RS

RSS → Items

rssFeedRead

#2
WH

When clicking ‘Execute workflow’

manualTrigger

#3
RS

rss feed links + blogs

merge

#4
FI

Find Date & Time of Blogs

dateTime

#5
FI

Filter Out Old Blogs

if

#6
RS

Rss feed link

set

#7
SP

Split Out

splitOut

#8
ST

Sticky Note6

stickyNote

#9

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded automated-blog-content-tracking-with-rss-feeds-and-time-based-filtering file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Automated Blog Content Tracking with RSS Feeds and Time-Based Filtering", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

datetimeifmanualtriggermergerssfeedreadsetsplitinbatchessplitout

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Nodes12
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
CategoryOther

Created by

automedia

automedia

@automate-social-media

Tags

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