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Extract and verify book titles from bookshelf photos using GPT-4o and Google Books

Ready for 3.0

by Arlene Martin · 595 views · created 2025-08-14 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 8 nodes and runs when an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL. Along the way it connects OpenAI. It also calls googleapis.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL.

  1. Input normalized (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: image
  2. Analyze image (OpenAI): analyze (image)
  3. Item list split (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Title validation (HTTP Request): calls googleapis.com
  5. Data normalized (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: author
  6. Reaggregates list (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Respond to Webhook: sends the response back to the webhook caller

Services it uses

OpenAI

HTTP calls to: googleapis.com

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (6)

From the author

Use Case: Analyze images with multiple subjects. In this use case I have a bookshelf and am extracting and verifying book titles/authors from a bookshelf photo. How it works: 1) Webhook receives an image url from a front end in which a user can upload a…

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