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Build a Reddit no-API weekly digest with ScrapeOps and Google Sheets

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by Ian Kerins ✓ · 49 views · created 2026-03-11 · Market Research

Unknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 17 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Scrapeops (community).

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every day).

  1. Configure Subreddits & Week Range (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  2. Split Subreddits Into Batches (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  3. Read Existing Posts from Sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  4. Scrape Ops: uses Scrape Ops
  5. Build Weekly Digest (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
  7. Polite Delay (1–3s) (Wait): pauses before continuing
  8. Append Weekly Digest to Sheet (Google Sheets): append
  9. Deduplicate New Posts (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Parse Listing HTML → Post Metadata (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 6 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsScrapeops (community)

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).

  • Check that @scrapeops/n8n-nodes-scrapeops is verified or supports 3.0 (used in ScrapeOps: Fetch Subreddit Listing, ScrapeOps: Fetch Post Details (JSON)).

Nodes used (8)

From the author

Overview This n8n template automates a weekly Reddit industry digest without the Reddit API. It scrapes top posts from selected subreddits via ScrapeOps Proxy, enriches them with full post text, deduplicates against Google Sheets, and generates a weekly…

Excerpt from Ian Kerins's description on n8n.io.

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