Email Search Automation (Icypeas Bulk Search)
This workflow implements email search automation based on the Icypeas platform. Users only need to prepare a Google Sheet containing last names, first names, and company names, and the workflow can automatically read and batch query email addresses. By utilizing automated authentication and secure HTTP requests, it reduces the error rate and labor costs associated with traditional manual queries. This solution is suitable for sales, recruitment, and data analysis, enhancing work efficiency and data accuracy.
Workflow Name
Email Search Automation (Icypeas Bulk Search)
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow automates bulk email searches based on the Icypeas platform. Users simply prepare a Google Sheet containing last name, first name, and company name columns. The workflow reads the data and performs batch email address queries via the Icypeas API, significantly improving data collection efficiency. Core highlights include automatic authentication of the Icypeas account, seamless reading of Google Sheets data, and secure invocation of Icypeas’s bulk search API through signed HTTP requests.
Core Problems Addressed
Traditional email searches require manual input and individual queries, resulting in low efficiency and high error rates. This workflow automates bulk processing to greatly reduce manual effort while ensuring secure and accurate data transmission, effectively solving the challenges of bulk email data acquisition.
Use Cases
- Sales and marketing teams collecting potential customer email addresses
- Recruiters bulk retrieving candidate email contacts
- Data analysts needing to validate and complete email datasets in bulk
- Any business processes requiring automated email search and data organization
Main Process Steps
- Manually trigger the workflow execution
- Read data containing “lastname,” “firstname,” and “company” columns from the specified Google Sheets file
- Authenticate using the user-configured Icypeas API Key, Secret, and User ID, and generate a request signature
- Send a signed HTTP POST request to invoke the Icypeas bulk email search API
- Users can view and download search results on the Icypeas platform or receive notifications via email
Involved Systems or Services
- Google Sheets: stores personnel information data to be searched
- Icypeas API: provides email search services
- HTTP Request node: enables secure interaction with Icypeas services
- n8n manual trigger and code nodes: implement workflow control and authentication logic
Target Users and Value
This workflow is ideal for sales, marketing, recruitment, and data processing professionals, helping them automate bulk email search tasks to save time and labor costs while boosting work efficiency. It is especially suitable for business scenarios requiring accurate contact information, supporting rapid expansion of customer or candidate databases and enhancing business development capabilities.