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Fetch and send a joke or quote
Send yourself a daily quote on weekdays and a joke on weekends via email.
Description:
This workflow fetches an inspirational quote on weekdays, and a joke on the weekends and then sends it to the email address you specify.
Key Features:
- Daily schedule trigger at 08:00 London time
- Weekend detection using the dateHelper component
- Condition-based branching: joke on weekends, quote on weekdays
- HTTP GET requests to two separate public APIs
- Gmail email delivery with dynamic subject and body from API response
Prerequisites:
- Google Mail (Gmail) connection
- Internet access to reach the public joke and quote APIs
Ideal For:
Anyone who wants a fun daily email — an inspirational quote to start the work week and a joke to kick off the weekend.
STEPS
- Trigger: the workflow fires every day at 08:00 Europe/London.
- Check if it's the weekend using the dateHelper isWeekend component.
- Condition branches on the result: TRUE path for weekends, FALSE path for weekdays.
- Weekend (TRUE): fetch a random joke from the Official Joke API, then send it as an email with the setup as subject and punchline as body.
- Weekday (FALSE): fetch a random quote from dummyjson.com, then send it as an email with the author as subject and the quote as body.
COMPONENTS
Schedule
Date Helper
Http Client
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