Transparent Tracking Pixel for Email Open Detection β€” n8n Workflow

Low complexityπŸ”— Webhook5 nodesπŸ’Ž OtherπŸ‘ 335 viewsby Julien DEL RIO

Overview

πŸ“Œ Description This workflow serves a 1x1 transparent PNG image via a webhook, which can be embedded in an email to track when the email is opened. When the image is loaded by the recipient's email client, the webhook is triggered, optionally capturing a userId to identify who opened the email.

πŸ“‚ Workflow Steps

Webhook Trigger (Request img) Path: /webhook/change-with-your-id Triggered by an HTTP request (e.g. when the image is loaded in an email). Accepts a query parameter id to identi

Nodes used

Create data pixCreate img binRespond to WebhookRequest imgDo anything to logSticky Note

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πŸ“¬ Workflow: Transparent Tracking Pixel for E
πŸ“Œ Description
This workflow serves a 1x1 transparent PNG image via a
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Create data pix
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Create img bin
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Respond to Webhook
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Request img
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Do anything to log
5 nodes4 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a webhook trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 5 nodes, connecting converttofile, respondtowebhook, set.

  3. 3

    Output

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

Node Details (5)

CR

Create data pix

set

#1
CR

Create img bin

convertToFile

#2
RE

Respond to Webhook

respondToWebhook

#3
RE

Request img

webhook

#4
DO

Do anything to log

noOp

#5
ST

Sticky Note

stickyNote

#6

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 β†’ New β†’ Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded transparent-tracking-pixel-for-email-open-detection 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 β†’ Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Transparent Tracking Pixel for Email Open Detection", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

converttofilerespondtowebhooksetwebhook

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Nodes5
Complexitylow
Triggerwebhook
Views335
CategoryOther

Created by

Julien DEL RIO

Julien DEL RIO

@juliendelrio

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