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Peekalink#

Peekalink is an API that allows developers to preview links on the web.

Credentials

You can find authentication information for this node here.

Basic Operations#

  • Check whether preview for a given link is available
  • Return the preview for a link

Example Usage#

This workflow allows you to check if preview for a link is available and return the link preview. You can also find the workflow on n8n.io. This example usage workflow uses the following nodes. - Start - Peekalink - IF - No Operation, do nothing

The final workflow should look like the following image.

A workflow with the Peekalink node

1. Start node#

The Start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

This node will check whether a preview for the specified link is available.

  1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Peekalink node. You can find out how to do that here.
  2. Select 'Is available' from the Operation dropdown list.
  3. Enter a URL in the URL field.
  4. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node returns information about whether a preview for the specified link is available.

Using the Peekalink node to check whether preview for a given link is available

3. IF node#

This node will check the response from the previous node. If the previous node returned true, the IF node will also return true, otherwise the IF node will return false.

  1. Click on Add Condition and select 'Boolean'.
  2. Click on the gears icon next to the Value 1 field and click on Add Expression.
  3. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Current Node > Input Data > JSON > isAvailable. You can also add the following expression: {{$json["isAvailable"]}}.
  4. Toggle Value 2 to true.
  5. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node returns the data from the previous node for the true branch.

Using the IF node to check the response from the previous node

This node will return the preview of the URL that you specified in the Peekalink node.

  1. Connect the node to the 'true' output of the IF node
  2. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous Peekalink node.
  3. Click on the gears icon next to the URL field and click on Add Expression.
  4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Peekalink > Parameters > url. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Peekalink"].parameter["url"]}}.
  5. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node returns the preview of the URL that you specified in the Peekalink node.

Using the Peekalink node to get the preview of a URL

5. NoOp node#

Adding this node here is optional, as the absence of this node won't make a difference to the functioning of the workflow. We've added this as it can sometimes help others with a better understanding of the workflow, visually.

  1. Create a NoOp node connected to the 'false' output of the IF node.
  2. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

Using the NoOp node