Anakin

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v1.4.0

Last updated Aug 5, 2026

n8n node for Anakin API - web scraping, AI search, and intelligent data extraction

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Description

n8n-nodes-anakin-org

This is an n8n community node that lets you use the Anakin API in your n8n workflows.

Anakin provides powerful web scraping, AI-powered search, and intelligent data extraction capabilities. This node handles all the complexity of job submission and polling automatically.

Features

🔐 Simple authentication with API key
🌐 Web Scraping: Scrape any website and extract structured data
🔍 AI Search: Perform intelligent searches powered by Perplexity AI
🤖 Agentic Search: Advanced multi-stage pipeline that searches, scrapes, and extracts structured data automatically
🗺️ Map & Crawl: Discover a site’s URLs, or bulk-fetch markdown across many pages
🔌 Wire: Run pre-built automation actions across hundreds of sites (discover, browse the catalog, run read/write actions, manage identities, sign in, or request a new action)
👀 Website Monitoring: Create scheduled monitors that watch a page, site, or Wire action for changes and alert via webhook/email
🧠 AI Visibility: Compare how multiple AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview) respond to the same query
🗂️ Browser Sessions: List and delete saved, authenticated browser sessions
🖱️ Browser Task: Run a natural-language task in a real AI-driven cloud browser
⏳ Automatic polling for async operations
🎯 Configurable polling intervals and timeouts
🌍 Support for country-specific proxy routing
♻️ Cache control with force fresh option

Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes in your n8n instance
2. Select Install
3. Enter n8n-nodes-anakin-org in the Package name field
4. Click Install

Manual Installation

Navigate to your n8n installation folder and run:

npm install n8n-nodes-anakin-org

Then restart n8n.

Setup

1. Configure Credentials

Before using the Anakin node, you need to set up your API credentials:

1. In n8n, go to Credentials > New
2. Search for Anakin Scraper API
3. Fill in:
– API Key: Your Anakin Scraper API authentication token
– Base URL: The API endpoint (default: https://api.anakin.io)
4. Click Save

2. Use in Workflow

1. Add the Anakin node to your workflow
2. Connect it to your trigger or previous node
3. Select your credentials
4. Choose an operation (see the full list below)
5. Fill in the required fields and configure any additional options

Usage

The Anakin node supports 21 operations covering the entire Anakin API: web scraping and AI search, site discovery (Map/Crawl), Wire automation actions, website monitoring, AI visibility comparison, browser session management, and AI-driven browser tasks.

1. Scrape URL

Extract content and structured data from any website.

Trigger → Anakin (Scrape URL) → Process Data

Configuration:

URL: https://example.com/product-page
Country Code: us (optional)
Force Fresh: false (optional)
Max Wait Time: 300 seconds (optional)
Poll Interval: 3 seconds (optional)

Output:

{
  "success": true,
  "operation": "scrapeUrl",
  "requestid": "req123456",
  "url": "https://example.com/product-page",
  "status": "completed",
  "html": "...",
  "markdown": "...",
  "generatedJson": {
    // Structured data extracted from the page
  }
}

2. Search

Perform AI-powered searches using Perplexity AI. Get instant answers with citations.

Trigger → Anakin (Search) → Process Results

Configuration:

Search Query: What are the latest trends in AI?
Max Results: 5 (optional, default: 5)

Output:

{
  "success": true,
  "operation": "search",
  "query": "What are the latest trends in AI?",
  "answer": "Based on recent developments...",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "AI Trends 2026",
      "url": "https://example.com/ai-trends",
      "content": "Summary of the article...",
      "score": 0.95
    }
  ],
  "count": 5
}

Use Cases:

Research and fact-checking
Competitive intelligence
Content research
Real-time information gathering

3. Agentic Search

Advanced multi-stage AI pipeline that automatically:
1. Searches for relevant information
2. Identifies and scrapes citation sources
3. Extracts structured data using AI
4. Generates a comprehensive summary

Trigger → Anakin (Agentic Search) → Process Structured Data

Configuration:

Search Prompt: Find the pricing plans for top 5 CRM software
Use Browser: true (optional, more reliable)
Max Wait Time: 600 seconds (optional)
Poll Interval: 5 seconds (optional)

Output:

{
  "success": true,
  "operation": "agenticSearch",
  "jobid": "job789",
  "status": "completed",
  "query": "Find the pricing plans for top 5 CRM software",
  "perplexity_answer": "Here are the top CRM solutions...",
  "citations": [
    {"url": "https://salesforce.com/pricing", "title": "Salesforce Pricing", "source_index": 0}
  ],
  "scraped_data": [
    {
      "source_url": "https://salesforce.com/pricing",
      "source_index": 0,
      "data": {
        "plans": [...],
        "features": [...]
      }
    }
  ],
  "chatgpt_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {...}
  },
  "chatgptstructureddata": {
    "crm_platforms": [...]
  },
  "chatgpt_summary": "Comprehensive analysis of CRM pricing..."
}

Use Cases:

Market research with structured data
Competitive analysis
Lead generation with enriched data
Automated data collection for reports

More Operations

Beyond Scrape URL, Search, and Agentic Search, the node exposes the rest of the Anakin API as Operations. Full field-by-field defaults are in Configuration Options by Operation below; endpoints are listed in API Endpoints Used.

#### Site Discovery

Map — Discover all reachable URLs under a site (structure discovery before crawling). Async; polls to completion.
Crawl — Bulk-fetch markdown across many pages of a site, scoped with include/exclude patterns. Async; polls to completion.

#### Wire (pre-built automation actions across hundreds of sites)

Wire: Discover Actions — Find candidate Wire actions from a natural-language intent (e.g. “top phones on walmart”). Synchronous.
Wire: Browse Catalog — List every supported site, or one site’s full action list and parameter schemas. Synchronous.
Wire: Run Read Action — Run a Wire action that extracts data (read-only). Same endpoint and body shape as Run Write Action; split into a separate Operation purely for read/write safety labeling. Async; polls to completion.
Wire: Run Write Action — Run a Wire action that changes state on the target site (submit a form, add to cart, etc.). Async; polls to completion.
Wire: List Identities — List your saved Wire identities and credentials. Synchronous.
Wire: Sign In — Sign in to a credentials-mode Wire site and get a credential_id usable with the two action operations above. Synchronous.
Wire: Request New Action — Request a brand-new Wire action for a site not yet in the catalog. Fire-and-forget; returns a pending build status without polling.

#### Website Monitoring

Create Monitor — Create a scheduled monitor that checks a URL (or a whole site, or a Wire action) on an interval (minimum 15 minutes) and records changes, optionally alerting a webhook or email. The richest operation — supports page/site/wire scope, full-page or AI-extracted specific-data watching, and per-scope options (site crawl depth/patterns, Wire action/params). Synchronous — the monitor itself runs on Anakin’s schedule.
List Monitors — List your monitors, or fetch one by ID. Synchronous.
Get Monitor Changes — Get the detected changes recorded for a monitor. Synchronous.
Control Monitor — Pause, resume, run now, or permanently delete a monitor. Synchronous.

#### AI Visibility

AI Visibility Search — Ask multiple AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview) the same question and compare their answers, with an AI-generated synthesis of where they agree/diverge. Async; polls to completion. A failed per-source result is still returned as data, not thrown as an error.
AI Visibility Sources — List the AI answer engines available to AI Visibility Search. Synchronous.

#### Browser Sessions

List Sessions — List your saved, authenticated browser sessions (created via the Anakin dashboard), optionally filtered by domain. Synchronous.
Delete Session — Permanently delete a saved browser session. Synchronous, irreversible.

#### Browser Task

Browser Task — Run a natural-language task in a real AI-driven cloud browser (navigate, click, type, extract) for multi-step flows that Scrape/Crawl can’t handle and no Wire action covers. For authenticated tasks, pass a Session ID from List Sessions — never put credentials in the prompt. Async; polls to completion (server hard-caps a run at ~5.5 minutes).

Configuration Options by Operation

#### Wire: Run Read Action / Wire: Run Write Action Options
Both operations share the same fields — they hit the identical POST /wire/task endpoint and are split only for read/write safety labeling.

#### Wire: Sign In Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|——–|————-|———|
| Catalog Slug | The catalog to sign in to (e.g. “neb”) | Required |
| Login Params (JSON) | Login fields defined by the catalog (e.g. email/password) | None |
| Identity Name | Optional name for the identity | None |
| Source ID | Optional 1Password identity-source ID (alternative to Login Params) | None |
| Source Ref (JSON) | Optional 1Password item locator { vaultid, itemid, fields } | None |

#### AI Visibility Sources Options
No configurable fields.

How It Works

Async Operations (Submit → Poll → Return)

Scrape URL, Agentic Search, Map, Crawl, Wire: Run Read/Write Action (when the action isn’t synchronous), and AI Visibility Search follow the same pattern:
1. Submit: The node submits your request to the Anakin API
2. Poll: Automatically checks the job status every few seconds (honoring the server’s suggested pacing where provided)
3. Return: Once complete, returns the data to your workflow

Synchronous Operations

Search, Wire: Discover Actions, Wire: Browse Catalog, Wire: List Identities, Wire: Sign In, Wire: Request New Action, Create Monitor, List Monitors, Get Monitor Changes, Control Monitor, AI Visibility Sources, List Sessions, and Delete Session return immediately — no polling required.
1. Submit: The node sends your request to the Anakin API
2. Return: Immediately returns the response

The node handles all the complexity of:

Job submission and request management
Automatic polling for async operations
Intelligent error handling
Timeout management
Response parsing and formatting

Error Handling

The node will throw an error if:

The scraping job fails
The job doesn’t complete within the max wait time
The API returns an error

You can enable Continue on Fail in the node settings to handle errors gracefully.

API Endpoints Used

Scrape URL

POST /v1/request – Submit scraping job
GET /v1/request/{id} – Check job status

Search

POST /v1/search – Perform AI search (synchronous)

Agentic Search

POST /v1/agentic-search – Submit agentic search job
GET /v1/agentic-search/{jobId} – Check agentic search status

Map

POST /v1/map – Submit mapping job
GET /v1/map/{jobId} – Check job status

Crawl

POST /v1/crawl – Submit crawl job
GET /v1/crawl/{jobId} – Check job status

Wire

GET /v1/wire/resolve – Discover candidate actions from a natural-language intent
GET /v1/wire/catalog / GET /v1/wire/catalog/{slug} – Browse the Wire catalog
POST /v1/wire/task – Run a Wire action (used by both Run Read Action and Run Write Action)
GET /v1/wire/jobs/{jobId} – Check an async Wire action’s job status
GET /v1/wire/identities – List saved identities/credentials
POST /v1/wire/login – Sign in to a credentials-mode site
POST /v1/wire/build-request – Request a new action for an unsupported site

Website Monitoring

POST /v1/monitors – Create a monitor
GET /v1/monitors / GET /v1/monitors/{id} – List monitors / fetch one
GET /v1/monitors/{id}/changes – Get a monitor’s detected changes
POST /v1/monitors/{id}/pause / /resume / /run – Control a monitor
DELETE /v1/monitors/{id} – Delete a monitor

AI Visibility

GET /v1/ai-visibility/sources – List available AI answer engines
POST /v1/ai-visibility/search – Submit a search
GET /v1/ai-visibility/search/{search_id} – Check search status

Browser Sessions

GET /v1/sessions – List saved sessions
DELETE /v1/sessions/{id} – Delete a saved session

Browser Task

POST /v1/ai/evaluate – Submit an AI browser task (async)
GET /v1/ai/jobs/{workflow_id} – Check task status

Development

Prerequisites

Node.js >= 16
n8n installed locally

Setup

Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Anakin-Inc/anakin-n8n.git
cd anakin-n8n
Install dependencies
npm install
Build the node
npm run build
Link for local development
npm link
cd ~/.n8n/custom
npm link n8n-nodes-anakin-org

Project Structure

n8n-nodes-anakin-org/
├── credentials/
│   └── AnakinScraperApi.credentials.ts
├── nodes/
│   └── AnakinScraper/
│       └── AnakinScraper.node.ts
├── package.json
└── README.md

Support

For issues, questions, or contributions:

🐛 Report a bug
💡 Request a feature
📖 API Documentation

License

MIT

Changelog

1.4.0

Added 18 new Operations covering the full Anakin API surface: Map, Crawl, Wire: Discover Actions, Wire: Browse Catalog, Wire: Run Read Action, Wire: Run Write Action, Wire: List Identities, Wire: Sign In, Wire: Request New Action, Create Monitor, List Monitors, Get Monitor Changes, Control Monitor, AI Visibility Search, AI Visibility Sources, List Sessions, Delete Session, and Browser Task
The node now exposes 21 of Anakin’s 21 REST API capabilities (previously 3)

1.3.0

Added Data Schema (JSON) option to Agentic Search, matching the schema parameter already supported by the underlying API

1.2.0

Removed all verbose logger lines per n8n community node review feedback
Cleaner execution without unnecessary console output

1.1.9

Fixed critical security issue: replaced Function() constructor with sleep from n8n-workflow
Fixed duplicate jobId extraction bug in Scrape URL operation

1.1.0

Added AI-powered Search operation (Perplexity integration)
Added Agentic Search operation (multi-stage AI pipeline)
Improved error handling and logging
Updated node display name to “Anakin”

1.0.0

Initial release
URL scraping with automatic polling
Configurable polling intervals and timeouts
Country-specific proxy support
Cache control options

Included Nodes

Description

n8n-nodes-anakin-org

Features

Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

Manual Installation

Setup

1. Configure Credentials

2. Use in Workflow

Usage

1. Scrape URL

2. Search

3. Agentic Search

More Operations

Configuration Options by Operation

How It Works

Async Operations (Submit → Poll → Return)

Synchronous Operations

Error Handling

API Endpoints Used

Scrape URL

Search

Agentic Search

Map

Crawl

Wire

Website Monitoring

AI Visibility

Browser Sessions

Browser Task

Development

Prerequisites

Setup

Clone the repository

Install dependencies

Build the node

Link for local development

Project Structure

Support

License

Changelog

1.4.0

1.3.0

1.2.0

1.1.9

1.1.0

1.0.0

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