--- title: "Automate Your Newsletter with n8n, Bright Data & OpenAI" slug: n8n-bright-data-openai-newsletter-automation date: 2025-03-27T08:14:49+00:00 modified: 2025-09-16T16:35:41+00:00 permalink: https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/n8n-bright-data-openai-newsletter-automation type: blog --- [ Blog ](https://brightdata.com/blog "Blog") / [Web Data](https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data) [Web Data](https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data) # Automate Your Newsletter with n8n, Bright Data & OpenAI Learn how to automate a smart newsletter using n8n, Bright Data, and OpenAI. Scrape data, generate content, and send personalized emails. 7 min read [ ](https://brightdata.com/blog/authors/jake-nulty) [Jake Nulty Technical Writer ](https://brightdata.com/blog/authors/jake-nulty) ![Forms + Bright Data + GPT-4o-mini integration on n8n blog image](https://media.brightdata.com/2025/03/Forms-Bright-Data-GPT-4o-mini-integration-on-n8n.svg) Imagine if you could launch a completely automated newsletter. With minimal coding and some API credentials, now you can. [n8n](https://n8n.io), [Bright Data](/), and [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) give us the power to do exactly this. Today, we’ll run through this process to show you just how easy it really is! ## Getting Started We’ll start by [accessing the workflow](https://n8n.io/workflows/3304-custom-deal-recommendations-by-email-using-forms-bright-data-and-gpt-4o-mini/) (you can start using it for free). Click on the button titled “Use workflow” near the top of his post. When prompted, make sure to run a self-hosted instance of n8n. ### Self-Hosting n8n ```none sudo snap install docker ``` Start docker, and get n8n up and running. ```none sudo docker volume create n8n_data sudo docker run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n ``` ### Installing Community Nodes Now, it’s time to install a couple community nodes. Go to “Settings” and click on “Community nodes”. In the “npm” entry box, enter the Bright Data node. ```none n8n-nodes-brightdata ``` Next, do the same for Document Generator. ```none n8n-nodes-document-generator ``` Once you’ve installed these nodes, kill your Docker instance with `ctrl+c`. Then, restart it. ```none sudo docker run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n ``` You can view the full docs for installing Community Nodes [here](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/community-nodes/installation/gui-install/#install-a-community-node). ## Getting Your API Keys ### Bright Data If you haven’t already, you need to sign up for [Web Unlocker](/products/web-unlocker). This tool offers all sorts of cool scraping features like [CAPTCHA bypass](/blog/brightdata-in-practice/how-to-bypass-captcha-using-web-unlocker) and proxy integration. In the playground, you can get your API key. Take this key and save it somewhere safe. ### OpenAI From the OpenAI dashboard, you can view and create new keys at the [API Keys Tab](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys). Once again, store your keys somewhere safe. ### SMTP For SMTP, I’m using [Elastic Email](https://elasticemail.com/). On their free plan, you can only send emails to yourself, but that’s good enough for this tutorial. **Note: I ran into an error when creating the SMTP connection. Disabling SSL fixed this for me.** With SMTP, no matter which client you use (Elastic Email or anything else), you need to save your username, password and connection details. With Elastic Email, you can view these [here](https://app.elasticemail.com/api/settings/manage-smtp). ## Adjusting The Workflow ### Getting the Site With Web Unlocker Right-click the Bright Data icon in your workflow and click “Open”. Click the pencil icon to edit your settings. Add your Web Unlocker API Key in the “Token” section. Now, let’s adjust our schema so everything works properly. At the bottom of the settings, make sure the format is set to “JSON”. In the image below, our url is `https://www.mediamarkt.de/`, replace this with whatever url you want to scrape. Replace the zone name with your own web unlocker zone name. ### Extracting the HTML Now, let’s make sure our HTML extraction is configured properly. Make sure your “Source Data” is set to “JSON”. The extraction values should match what you see in the image below: Key: `title`, CSS Selector: `title`, Return Value: `Text`. If you’re working with a different site, you can adjust these fields to fit your needs, but if a page doesn’t have a `body` or `title`, it’s probably not worth scraping anyway. Before closing it out, scroll down and match these other fields as well: Key: `body`, CSS Selector: `body`, Return Value: `Text.` ### Passing the Data To ChatGPT ChatGPT is going to parse our data for us. With the power of LLMs, we don’t even need to write a parser. You can learn more about scraping with AI models [here](/blog/web-data/web-scraping-with-claude). The process here is pretty simple: *we give ChatGPT a webpage, and it spits out a clean list of products.* Now, it’s time to configure your ChatGPT connection. Open up the settings for the node titled, “Generate List of Deals by Category”. Add your OpenAI API key the same way you added your Bright Data API key. Then make sure the following fields are correct: Resource: `Text`, Operation: `Message a Model`. If you wish to use a different model, feel free to change it, but we’re using GPT-4o mini. Scroll down to the bottom and make sure the rest of the fields are correct. ### Extracting The Results From ChatGPT Now, open the settings for the node titled, “Extract items from results”. Make sure “Fields to Split Out” is set to `message.content.results`. ### Generating Your HTML Document Now, it’s time to generate your HTML document. This is the raw HTML that makes up the actual email. If you run a workflow test, you can actually drag and drop input values into the HTML template. Make sure the “Template String” is set to `Expression`. If you want, you can copy and paste my HTML template from below. The HTML below is not a requirement, it’s just there to help get you started. You can style your data however you’d like–just make sure you insert the JSON data correctly. ```none

{{ $json.name }}

{{ $json.description }}

{{ $('Generate List of Deals by Category').item.json.message.content.results[0].link }}

{{ $('Generate List of Deals by Category').item.json.message.content.results[1].name }}

{{ $('Generate List of Deals by Category').item.json.message.content.results[2].name }}

{{ $('Generate List of Deals by Category').item.json.message.content.results[3].name }}

{{ $('Generate List of Deals by Category').item.json.message.content.results[4].name }}

{{ $('Generate List of Deals by Category').item.json.message.content.results[5].name }}

``` ### Notifying The User By Email Now, it’s time to hook up to the SMTP server. If you haven’t already added your API keys, click the “pencil” icon to edit your connection details. Change “From Email” to the email you’ll be sending from. Make the “Subject” whatever you’d like. Make sure to leave “Email Format” as `HTML`. Now, add the credentials to your SMTP account. You need the User, Password, Host, and Port. ### Inform The User of Success Now, let’s create the page that tells our user everything finished. Change the “Completion Message” and “Completion Title” to whatever you’d like. All of these other fields should remain the same–we’re simply informing the user that the process has finished. ## The Resulting Email Now that we’re done setting everything up, let’s try it out. Click on “Test Workflow.” You should get a popup like this. Choose your category and enter an email address to receive your deals. Click on “Get Deals”. Once you’ve submitted your information, your popup should look like this. Finally, check your inbox. If you don’t see the deals email right away, take a look at your spam folder. Most modern email services mark mass mailers like this as spam. Once you find the email, open it up and take a look at your deals! ## Conclusion With n8n, Bright Data, and OpenAI, you now have the tools to fully automate a smart, data-driven newsletter. By leveraging Web Unlocker for data extraction, ChatGPT for content generation, and SMTP for email delivery, you can create personalized deal recommendations with minimal effort. But why stop here? Bright Data offers a suite of data solutions to enhance your automation even further: - Residential Proxies - Scraping Browser - Scraper API - Datasets Take your email marketing automation to the next level. Sign up for a free trial today and start building smarter, more efficient workflows! Contact usStart free trial No credit card required [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-nulty-682803187/) Jake Nulty Technical Writer 6 years experience Jacob Nulty is a Detroit-based software developer and technical writer exploring AI and human philosophy, with experience in Python, Rust, and blockchain. Expertise Data Structures Python Rust [ View all articles ](https://brightdata.com/blog/authors/jake-nulty) Table of Contents Dedicated Scraper APIs & No-Code Scrapers Over 1000 scrapers for all popular domains. Simplify your web scraping. [See pricing](/pricing/web-scraper "See pricing") Just want data? Skip scraping. Hundreds of ready-to-use datasets from all popular domains. [See pricing](/pricing/datasets "See pricing") [ ](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitlink?t=Automate+Your+Newsletter+with+n8n%2C+Bright+Data+%26amp%3B+OpenAI&u=https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/n8n-bright-data-openai-newsletter-automation) [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&title=Automate+Your+Newsletter+with+n8n%2C+Bright+Data+%26amp%3B+OpenAI&url=https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/n8n-bright-data-openai-newsletter-automation) [ ](http://www.reddit.com/submit?title=Automate+Your+Newsletter+with+n8n%2C+Bright+Data+%26amp%3B+OpenAI&url=https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/n8n-bright-data-openai-newsletter-automation) ## You might also be interested in [ ](https://brightdata.com/blog/ai/openhuman-with-bright-data "Production-Ready Web Access in OpenHuman Through the Bright Data CLI") [AI Antonello Zanini Technical Writer ### Production-Ready Web Access in OpenHuman Through the Bright Data CLI Integrate Bright Data CLI with OpenHuman to enable production-ready web access and data collection for AI agents. 09-Sep-2026 12 min read ](https://brightdata.com/blog/ai/openhuman-with-bright-data) [ ](https://brightdata.com/blog/ai/minimax-m3-with-bright-data "Giving self-hosted MiniMax M3 agents live web access with Bright Data") [AI Satyam Tripathi Technical Writer ### Giving self-hosted MiniMax M3 agents live web access with Bright Data Self-hosted MiniMax M3 agents get live web access using Bright Data’s search and scraping tools. Bypass blocks and CAPTCHAs. 09-Sep-2026 54 min read ](https://brightdata.com/blog/ai/minimax-m3-with-bright-data) [ ](https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/multimodal-web-scraping-with-minimax "Multimodal Web Scraping with MiniMax") [Web Data Antonello Zanini Technical Writer ### Multimodal Web Scraping with MiniMax Pair Bright Data Web Unlocker with MiniMax M3 vision to extract structured data from images and web page screenshots. 09-Sep-2026 4 min read ](https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/multimodal-web-scraping-with-minimax)