syphoon

n8n community node for Syphoon - One-click web scraping node for n8n. Extract structured data from any webpage including product pages, listings, and dynamic content.

Package Information

Released: 4 mo ago
Downloads: 16 weekly / 82 monthly
Latest Version: 0.1.8
Author: Syphoon

Available Nodes

Syphoon
Universal web scraper. Extracts structured data from any URL — articles, products, recipes, jobs, events, videos, forums, documentation, and more. Returns rich typed output with auto-detected page type.

Documentation

n8n-nodes-syphoon

A community node for n8n that connects to the Syphoon web scraping API. Pass any URL and get back structured, typed data - no CSS selectors, no XPath, no browser setup required.

Operations

Operation Description
Scrape URL Scrapes any URL and returns structured data. Automatically detects the page type and populates the relevant fields.

Output fields (always present)

Field Description
url Canonical URL that was scraped
source Hostname of the scraped page
scraped_at ISO 8601 timestamp
page_type Detected type: product, article, recipe, job, event, video, real_estate, forum, documentation, or generic
title Page title
description Meta description or lead paragraph
body_text Main readable content, stripped of nav/footer noise
author Byline or author name
published_at Publication date (ISO 8601)
images Array of image URLs found on the page
links Array of { url, text } outbound links
schema_types Detected schema.org types (e.g. ["Product", "BreadcrumbList"])
schema_raw Full parsed ld+json blocks

Type-specific fields

When page_type is detected as one of the following, additional structured fields are populated:

  • product - name, brand, sku, price, price_numeric, currency, availability, rating, review_count, category
  • recipe - name, cuisine, cook_time, prep_time, total_time, yield, ingredients, instructions
  • job - title, company, location, employment_type, salary, posted_at, description
  • event - name, start_date, end_date, location, organizer, price
  • video - title, duration, upload_date, channel, view_count

Installation

In n8n (recommended)

  1. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
  2. Click Install
  3. Enter n8n-nodes-syphoon
  4. Click Install

Via npm (self-hosted)

npm install n8n-nodes-syphoon

Then restart your n8n instance.

Authentication

This node uses an API key credential.

  1. Sign up at syphoon.com
  2. Go to Dashboard → API Keys and create a new key
  3. In n8n, go to Credentials → New → Syphoon API
  4. Paste your API key and save

Usage example

Scrape a product page

  1. Add a Syphoon node to your workflow
  2. Select your Syphoon API credential
  3. Set URL to any product page, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9FPHY6
  4. Execute the node

Example output:

{
  "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9FPHY6",
  "page_type": "product",
  "title": "Echo Dot (5th Gen)",
  "product": {
    "name": "Echo Dot (5th Gen)",
    "brand": "Amazon",
    "price": "$49.99",
    "price_numeric": 49.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "availability": "InStock",
    "rating": 4.7,
    "review_count": 28453
  }
}

Use in a workflow

Combine with other n8n nodes to build pipelines like:

  • Price monitoring - Schedule → Syphoon → IF (price changed) → Slack/email alert
  • Content aggregation - RSS Feed → Syphoon → Airtable (store full article body)
  • Job board scraper - HTTP Request (list page) → Split In Batches → Syphoon → Google Sheets

Resources

License

MIT

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