Turn an article URL into a fact sheet
Pass an article link to Notis when you need it and get its key metadata ready for review.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get Article Data
Tool to extract information from articles, including authors, publication dates, and images. use when you need structured metadata from a web article url.
Why this helps
Article research often starts with a URL but still requires repeated page visits to capture basic publication details.
- Extract article authors, publication dates, and images.
- Trigger extraction from a URL supplied by another system.
- Capture a compact reference for later research.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Diffbot in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then New Automation, and name it.
- 3Ask Notis to extract structured article details from the URL in the incoming request and present them as a fact sheet.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real article URL.
Questions about this workflow
What article information can be extracted?
Diffbot Get Article Data extracts information including authors, publication dates, and images.
Does the fact sheet include a summary?
The action provides structured article metadata. You can ask Notis to organize returned details, but a full text summary depends on available returned content.
Can I use any URL?
Use an accessible web article URL that Diffbot can process as an article.
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