
Track Website Traffic Data with SEMrush API and Google Sheets
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🤖 AI & Machine Learning
Nodes Used
n8n-nodes-base.coden8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.stickyNoten8n-nodes-base.formTriggern8n-nodes-base.httpRequestn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
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Last Updated11/28/2025
workflow.json
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"formTitle": "Website Traffic Checker",
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"parameters": {
"jsCode": "return $input.first().json.data.semrushAPI.trafficSummary;"
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"content": "**Automated Website Traffic Checker with Google Sheets Integration**\n\n**Description:** \nEasily check website traffic data using the SEMrush API and automatically log insights like visits, bounce rate, users, and session duration into Google Sheets with this streamlined no-code automation using n8n.\n\n---\n\n## 🧠 Workflow Summary\n\nThis n8n workflow allows users to:\n\n1. Submit a website URL via a web form.\n2. Retrieve website traffic stats using SEMrush API (via RapidAPI).\n3. Reformat the returned data.\n4. Save traffic data into Google Sheets automatically.\n\n---\n\n## ⚙️ Node-by-Node (One-Line Explanation)\n\n| 🧩 Node Name | 💡 Purpose |\n|--------------------------|------------|\n| **On form submission** | Triggers when a user submits a website via the form. |\n| **website traffic checker** | Sends the website to SEMrush API and fetches traffic data. |\n| **Reformat** | Extracts and returns only the `trafficSummary` part of the API response. |\n| **Append Data In Google Sheets** | Appends the formatted data into a Google Sheets document. |"
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"content": " On form submission \nThis node triggers the workflow whenever a user submits the website URL through the form. It collects the input data required for further processing.\n"
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"content": "website traffic checker \nSends a POST request to the SEMrush API endpoint with the submitted website to fetch traffic data. It includes necessary headers like the RapidAPI key for authentication.\n"
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"content": "Reformat \nProcesses the raw API response by extracting the `trafficSummary` object, which contains the relevant website traffic metrics. This simplifies the data for downstream use.\n"
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"content": "Append Data In Google Sheets \nTakes the formatted traffic data and appends it as a new row in a specified Google Sheets document. This enables automatic logging and tracking of website traffic stats."
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"parameters": {
"url": "https://semrush-website-traffic-checker.p.rapidapi.com/webtraffic.php",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"contentType": "multipart-form-data",
"sendHeaders": true,
"bodyParameters": {
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{
"name": "website",
"value": "={{ $json.website }}"
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"headerParameters": {
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"name": "x-rapidapi-host",
"value": "semrush-website-traffic-checker.p.rapidapi.com"
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