Extract business email addresses using Serper.dev and ScrapingBee from Google Sheets
Lead Enrichment & Email Discovery from Google Sheets
What this workflow does
This template automates the enrichment of business leads from a Google Sheet by:
- Triggering when a row is activated
- Searching for company information with Serper.dev
- Generating and validating potential contact pages
- Scraping company pages with ScrapingBee
- Extracting emails and updating the sheet
- Marking rows as finished
Prerequisites
- Google Sheet with columns:
business type,city,state,activate - Copy the ready-to-use template: Sheet Template
- Google Sheets API credentials (from Google Cloud)
- Serper.dev API key (free tier available)
- ScrapingBee API key (free tier available)
Inputs
- Google Sheet row:
Must include
business type,city,state,activate - Set Information Node:
country,country_code,language,result_count(can also be provided via columns in the sheet)
Outputs
- Google Sheet update:
Company names, URLs, found email addresses (comma-separated if multiple), and status updates (
Running,Missing information,Finished)
Configuration Required
- Connect Google Sheets node with your Google Cloud credentials
- Add your Serper.dev API key to the HTTP Request node
- Add your ScrapingBee API key to the scraping node
- Adjust search and filtering options as needed
How to customize the workflow
- Send
country,country_code, andresult_countfrom the sheet: Add these as columns in your sheet and update the workflow to read their values dynamically, making your search fully configurable per row. - Add more blacklist terms: Update the code node with additional company names or keywords you want to exclude from the search results.
- Extract more contact details: Modify the email extraction code to find other contact info (like phone numbers or social profiles) if needed.
Extract Business Email Addresses from Google Sheets using SerperDev and ScrapingBee
This n8n workflow automates the process of extracting business email addresses for companies listed in a Google Sheet. It leverages SerperDev for Google Search results and ScrapingBee for web scraping to find and validate email addresses, then updates the Google Sheet with the findings.
What it does
- Monitors Google Sheet: Triggers when new rows are added or updated in a specified Google Sheet.
- Loops over items: Processes each row (company) from the Google Sheet individually.
- Constructs Search Query: Generates a Google search query for each company to find their website and potential email addresses.
- Searches Google (SerperDev): Uses the SerperDev API to perform a Google search for the constructed query.
- Extracts Website URL: Parses the search results to find the most relevant website URL for the company.
- Validates URL: Checks if a valid website URL was found.
- Scrapes Website (ScrapingBee): If a URL is found, it uses ScrapingBee to scrape the website content.
- Extracts Email Addresses: Parses the scraped website content to identify potential email addresses.
- Updates Google Sheet: Writes the extracted website URL and email addresses back to the original Google Sheet for the corresponding company.
Prerequisites/Requirements
- n8n Instance: A running instance of n8n.
- Google Sheets Account: A Google account with access to Google Sheets.
- SerperDev API Key: An API key from SerperDev for Google Search.
- ScrapingBee API Key: An API key from ScrapingBee for web scraping.
- Google Sheets Credential: An n8n credential configured for Google Sheets (OAuth 2.0 recommended).
- HTTP Request Credential: This workflow uses HTTP Request nodes which will require credentials for SerperDev and ScrapingBee. These are typically API keys passed in headers or query parameters.
Setup/Usage
- Import the workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
- Configure Google Sheets Trigger:
- Select your Google Sheets credential.
- Specify the Spreadsheet ID and Sheet Name you want to monitor.
- Choose the Watch new or updated rows trigger mode.
- Configure SerperDev (HTTP Request Node):
- Locate the HTTP Request node responsible for SerperDev.
- Ensure your SerperDev API key is correctly configured, likely as a header or query parameter.
- Verify the URL and request body match SerperDev's API documentation for search queries.
- Configure ScrapingBee (HTTP Request Node):
- Locate the HTTP Request node responsible for ScrapingBee.
- Ensure your ScrapingBee API key is correctly configured, likely as a query parameter or header.
- Verify the URL and request body match ScrapingBee's API documentation for web scraping.
- Configure Google Sheets (Update Node):
- Select your Google Sheets credential.
- Specify the same Spreadsheet ID and Sheet Name as the trigger.
- Map the output from the email extraction to the correct columns in your Google Sheet (e.g., 'Website', 'Email Addresses'). You will likely need to specify a column to match on (e.g., 'Company Name') to update the correct row.
- Activate the workflow: Once all credentials and configurations are set, activate the workflow.
The workflow will now automatically process new or updated company entries in your Google Sheet, find their websites and email addresses, and update the sheet accordingly.
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