🚚 CO2 Emissions of Freight Shipments with Carbon Interface API and GPT-4o
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n8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.httpRequestn8n-nodes-base.gmailTriggern8n-nodes-base.googleSheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured
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workflow.json
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"text": "=Extract the structured shipment details from the following email:\n\n{{ $json.text }}\n",
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"systemMessage": "=You are a logistics assistant. When provided with the body of a shipment confirmation email, extract the following structured JSON object:\n\n{\n \"shipment_number\": string,\n \"pickup_location\": string,\n \"pickup_address\": string,\n \"expected_pickup_time\": string (ISO 8601, e.g. \"2024-09-24T09:00:00\"),\n \"temperature_control\": string,\n \"destination_store_name\": string,\n \"destination_address\": string,\n \"expected_delivery_time\": string (ISO 8601, e.g. \"2024-09-24T18:00:00\"),\n \"driving_distance_km\": number,\n \"estimated_transit_min\": number,\n \"cargo_quantity\": number,\n \"cargo_weight_tons\": number\n}\n\n- Extract **only** what’s listed.\n- Normalize dates and times to ISO 8601 format.\n- Remove units from numbers (e.g. 9.61 km → 9.61, 2.79 tons → 2.79).\n- Return only the JSON object. No additional explanation or text."
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"content": "### 1. Workflow Trigger with Gmail Trigger\nThe workflow is triggered by a new email received in your Gmail mailbox dedicated to process **shipment records**.\n\n#### How to setup?\n- **Gmail Trigger Node:** set up your Gmail API credentials\n[Learn more about the Gmail Trigger Node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/trigger-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.gmailtrigger)\n"
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"content": "### 2. AI Agent to trip schedule report\nThis node will analyze the content of an email to extract structured information about a **shipment**, including **pickup/delivery times**, **addresses**, **cargo weight**, and **driving distance**.\n\n#### How to setup?\n- **AI Agent with the Chat Model**:\n 1. Add a **chat model** with the required credentials *(Example: Open AI 4o-mini)*\n 2. Adapt the system prompt to the format of emails you expect to receive *(type of information included)*\n [Learn more about the AI Agent Node](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent)\n"
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"content": "### 3. Record Shipment Request Information and fetch emissions using the Carbon Interface API \nThis starts by recording all the structured shipment information parsed by the AI Agent node. Then, we use the **Carbon Interface API** to estimate **CO₂ emissions** based on cargo weight, distance, and transportation method.\n\n#### How to setup?\n\n- **Setup Carbon Interface API Credentials** \n 1. Get your free API key: [Carbon Interface API Documentation](https://docs.carboninterface.com/#/) \n 2. Fill the API key in the HTTP Request node headers (`Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`)\n\n- **Load records into the Google Sheet Node** \n 1. Add your Google Sheets API credentials to access your sheet \n 2. Select the file using the list, a URL, or its ID \n 3. Select the sheet where you want to log your shipping emissions \n 4. Map the fields: \n **shipment_number**, **pickup_location**, **pickup_address**, **expected_pickup_time**, **temperature_control**, **destination_store_name**, **destination_address**, **expected_delivery_time**, **driving_distance_km**, **estimated_transit_min**, **cargo_quantity**, **cargo_weight_tons**, **weight_value_g**, **co2_kg**, **co2_estimation_time**\n\n> Distance and weight values will be used to calculate carbon emissions via the Carbon Interface API.\n\n"
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