Decrypt crypto news scraper in n8n
Search Decrypt's crypto, Web3, and AI news by keyword or category, or look up specific articles, for full article text, authors, tags, mentioned coins, and featured images.
What this workflow does
Import it and n8n runs the Decrypt Crypto News Finder by Category & Keyword Actor on Apify every day at 08:00 with the starter input below. Each row comes back with title, authors, category, published at and 3 more. A Google Sheets append is included and stays off until you add your sheet. The only credential it needs is your Apify API token.
Read from the workflow file, built for Decrypt Crypto News Finder by Category & Keyword version 1.1.1. Updated 2026-11-14.How the rows travel
6 nodes, in the order n8n runs them. The yellow stop is the call to the Apify Actor; the dashed stop is optional.
- Daily trigger Schedule trigger
- Configure input Code
- Run Apify Actor HTTP Request
- Normalize + dedupe Code
- Rows ready No operation
- Google Sheets (optional) Google Sheets, off until you switch it on
From the Short
This workflow is the one the video points to: the number in each video opens this page.
Input
The Configure input node holds the starter input. Change it there; every setting the Actor accepts is listed below.
{
"searchQuery": "bitcoin",
"category": "news",
"articleIds": [
"375656"
],
"locale": "en",
"maxItems": 25,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
},
"mode": "search"
}| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Yes | search | What to fetch. Search matches titles, excerpts and article bodies. The latest mode returns the newest stories. 7 choices. |
| searchQuery | string | No | – | Keyword or phrase matched against article titles, excerpts and bodies (mode=search). E.g. bitcoin, ethereum, NFT. |
| category | string | No | – | One Decrypt category slug (mode=browseByCategory and as a filter in other modes). Leave empty for any category. 47 choices. |
| categories | array | No | – | Filter by several category slugs at once. Applies to search, latest, tag, coin and author modes. 47 choices. |
| tagSlugs | array | No | – | Filter by Decrypt tag slugs, e.g. bitcoin, ethereum, regulation. Tag names are not accepted; use the slugs returned in each record. |
| coinSlugs | array | No | – | Filter by coin slugs, e.g. bitcoin, ethereum, solana. Names and ticker symbols are also accepted and mapped to slugs. 121 choices. |
| authorSlugs | array | No | – | Filter by author slugs, e.g. jose, stephengraves. Author names are not accepted; use the slugs returned in each record. |
| articleIds | array | No | – | Article IDs or decrypt.co URLs (mode=byId). Accepts bare IDs, /id/slug, localized /es/id/slug, ?p=id and /resources/slug URLs. |
| locale | string | No | – | Article language. Leave empty to include every locale. One of: en, es, fr, ar, zh-hans. |
| dateRangeFrom | string | No | – | Only articles published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). The date range is applied by the source. |
| dateRangeTo | string | No | – | Only articles published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). The date range is applied by the source. |
| sortBy | string | No | newest | Newest first, oldest first, or best match. Best match needs a search query; otherwise newest is used. One of: newest, oldest, relevance. |
| includeContent | boolean | No | true | Include full HTML and plain-text article bodies, TL;DR content and word count. Turn off for a lighter dataset. |
| onlyNew | boolean | No | false | Skip article IDs returned by earlier runs of this actor. Useful for scheduled monitoring. State is kept automatically. |
| maxItems | integer | No | 10 | Maximum number of articles to return (1-10,000). |
| proxyConfiguration | object | No | – | Optional. Leave off for a direct connection; the actor does not require a proxy. |
What each row holds
Every field the Actor returns stays in the row (7 in its dataset schema). Normalize + dedupe trims text, drops empty fields and adds _source and _scrapedAt. The main fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| title | Title |
| authors | Authors |
| category | Category |
| publishedAt | Published At |
| readingTimeMinutes | Reading Time Minutes |
| wordCount | Word Count |
What the first run costs
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage.
The Actor lists $0.99 per 1,000 results; its catalogue page breaks the price down by Apify plan. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
The Actor behind it
Decrypt Crypto News Finder by Category & Keyword: Search Decrypt's crypto, Web3, and AI news by keyword or category, or look up specific articles, for full article text, authors, tags, mentioned coins, and featured images.
The same job from an AI agent
The matching agent skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents the same Actor, input and fields. Install it in one line:
npx skills add https://scraperfinder.com --skill decrypt-crypto-news-finder-by-category-and-keyword The decrypt crypto news scraper skill, with manual install and run steps
Questions people ask
How do I import this workflow into n8n?
Copy https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/decrypt-crypto-news-finder-by-category-and-keyword.json. In n8n, open a new workflow, click the three-dot menu, choose Import from URL and paste it. Or download the JSON file and use Import from File; both give the same 6 nodes.
Do I need an Apify account?
Yes. The workflow calls the Decrypt Crypto News Finder by Category & Keyword Actor through the Apify API with your own token, and each run is billed to your Apify account. The Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
What does a run cost?
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage. The Actor's Store page shows the current price.
Can I change what it collects?
Yes: edit the input object in the Configure input node. The Actor takes 16 settings; the table on this page lists each one with its default. Raise maxItems once the first rows look right.
Does it work without Google Sheets?
Yes. The rows wait in the Rows ready node, so you can connect any other node there: a database, Airtable, a webhook or an email. The Google Sheets node is only one option.
Workflow updated 2026-11-14