Discover university programs and faculty sources with Firecrawl and Google Sheets

by Muhammad Bilal ✓ · 19 views · created 2026-09-08 · Market Research, AI RAG

What this workflow does

This workflow has 22 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“University Program & Faculty Discovery”). Along the way it connects Google Sheets. It also calls api.firecrawl.dev over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“University Program & Faculty Discovery”).

1. Normalize & Validate Input (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
2. Verify Official University Website (HTTP Request): calls api.firecrawl.dev (POST)
3. Official Website Valid? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
4. Build Targeted Program Search Queries (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Prepare Verification Failure Result (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
6. Search Official Domain for Program / Department (HTTP Request): calls api.firecrawl.dev (POST)
7. Save Final Result to Google Sheets (Google Sheets): append
8. Normalize Program Search Results (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Rank Program / Department Candidates (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
10. Program Candidate Found? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false

…plus 11 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google Sheets

HTTP calls to: api.firecrawl.dev

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Nodes used (6)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets

From the author

Quick Overview This workflow collects a university homepage URL and a target field, country, and degree level, then uses Firecrawl to verify the official site, find and validate a matching program page and faculty/staff directory URL on the same domain, and…

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