🚀 Transform LinkedIn Post Reactions into Content Ideas with Airtable
📝 Description
This workflow helps you to turn your LinkedIn activity into a powerful content ideation engine. It captures your most recent post reactions on LinkedIn automatically, filters them based on recency, and structures the content into Airtable—ready for brainstorming, inspiration, or publication planning.
⚙️ What It Does
- Fetches the latest liked posts from LinkedIn via a public API (rapidapi.com/Real-Time Linkedin Scraper).
- Filters posts to include only those marked as your decided reaction and posted in the last 7 days.
- Extracts the post text, author, links and more.
- Formats the data into a database-friendly structure.
- Saves the output in Airtable for easy tracking, tagging, or team collaboration.
💡 Use Cases
- Build a content idea vault from posts you admire.
- Capture inspiration from thought leaders.
- Identify trends based on what you find insightful.
- Supercharge your personal brand or newsletter by turning likes into learning.
🛠 Prerequisites
Before using this template, make sure you have:
- ✅ A RapidAPI account and access to the
linkedin-api8
endpoint.
- ✅ Your RapidAPI key and the target LinkedIn username.
- ✅ An Airtable account with a base/table set up.
🧰 Setup Instructions
- Clone this template into your n8n instance.
- Open the
Fetch LinkedIn Likes
node and enter:
- Your LinkedIn username.
- Your RapidAPI key in the headers.
- Open the
Save to Airtable
node and:
- Connect your Airtable account.
- Link the correct base (
Content Hub
) and table (Ideas
).
- Set your desired schedule in the
Trigger
node.
- Activate the workflow and you're done!
📋 Airtable Setup
Create a base called Content Hub
and a table named Ideas
with the following columns:
Column Name |
Type |
Required |
Notes |
Title |
Single line text |
✅ |
Generated from author info |
Description |
Long text |
✅ |
Contains post content |
Source |
URL |
✅ |
Link to the original post |
Type |
Single select |
✅ |
Value: Linkedin |