Send Location Updates of the ISS to a Topic in MQ
This workflow allows you to send position updates of the ISS every minute to a topic in MQ using the MQ node.  **Cron node:** The Cron node will trigger the workflow every minute. **HTTP Request node:** This node will make a GET request to the API `https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544/positions` to fetch the position of the ISS. This information gets passed on to the next node in the workflow. **Set node:** We will use the Set node to ensure that only the data that we set in this node gets passed on to the next nodes in the workflow. **AWS SQS:** This node will send the data from the previous node to the `iss-position` topic. If you have created a topic with a different name, you can use that topic instead.
This workflow allows you to send position updates of the ISS every minute to a topic in MQ using the MQ node.
Cron node: The Cron node will trigger the workflow every minute.
HTTP Request node: This node will make a GET request to the API https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544/positions to fetch the position of the ISS. This information gets passed on to the next node in the workflow.
Set node: We will use the Set node to ensure that only the data that we set in this node gets passed on to the next nodes in the workflow.
AWS SQS: This node will send the data from the previous node to the iss-position topic. If you have created a topic with a different name, you can use that topic instead.
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- 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
- 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
- 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
- 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.
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