@periodix/n8n-nodes-actions

This is the Periodix Actions community node for n8n. It lets you run safe, rate-limited LinkedIn searches — Classic and Sales Navigator, People / Companies / Posts / Jobs — straight from your workflows by pasting a search URL.

Periodix Actions is a multi-tenant API for sales-automation primitives. It handles LinkedIn account connection, rate limiting, and pacing on your behalf, so your workflows don't have to.

Installation Features Credentials Node Operations Usage Example Workflow Compatibility Resources Version history

Installation

Community Nodes (recommended)

1. In n8n, go to Settings → Community Nodes.
2. Click Install.
3. Enter @periodix/n8n-nodes-actions and click Download.
4. The Periodix LinkedIn Search node will appear in your node palette.

Self-hosted / manual

Run npm install @periodix/n8n-nodes-actions inside your n8n installation, then restart n8n.

See the official community nodes installation guide for full details.

Features

• LinkedIn search by URL — paste any LinkedIn Classic or Sales Navigator search URL; the node returns matching results.
• Multiple result types — People, Companies, Posts, Jobs (Classic); People, Companies (Sales Navigator).
• Managed profile connection — connect LinkedIn accounts in the Periodix Actions dashboard with a hosted auth flow; no cookies or credentials in n8n.
• Built-in rate limiting — Periodix paces calls per profile so you stay within LinkedIn's limits.
• Async-by-design — searches run in the background and resume the workflow via webhook when results are ready.

Credentials

Steps to obtain the API key needed for authentication:

1. Go to actions.periodix.net and sign in (or create an account).
2. Open the Profiles page and connect at least one LinkedIn account using the hosted auth flow.
3. Open the API keys page and click New API key.
4. Copy the generated key.
5. In n8n, create a new Periodix Actions API credential.
6. Paste the API key into the Access Token field and save.

API keys are scoped to a single organization and can be revoked from the dashboard at any time.

Node Operations

Periodix LinkedIn Search

Run a LinkedIn search by URL and return the matched items.

• Profile — the connected LinkedIn profile to run the search from (loaded from your Periodix Actions account).
• Search URL — a fully-qualified LinkedIn search URL. Supported:
  • LinkedIn Classic: People, Companies, Posts, Jobs.
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator: People, Companies.
• Limit — maximum number of results to return.
• Options → Timeout (Minutes) (advanced) — how long to wait for the search to finish before giving up.

The result shape (fields per item) varies with the search type and surface.

Usage

One input item per execution. The node processes a single input item and waits (via webhook) for the search to complete — searches typically take minutes depending on result size and LinkedIn pacing.

Profile connection status. The profile dropdown shows a status indicator next to each connected LinkedIn profile. If the chosen profile is not in a connected state at execution time, the search will fail; reconnect it from the Periodix Actions dashboard.

New to n8n? See the Try it out guide.

Example Workflow

Scrape a Sales Navigator search into a Google Sheet

1. Add a Manual Trigger (or any trigger of your choice).
2. Add the Periodix LinkedIn Search node.
3. Pick a connected Profile.
4. Paste a Sales Navigator search URL into Search URL (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?...).
5. Set Limit to the number of results you want.
6. Connect a Google Sheets → Append Row node downstream, mapping the fields you need.
7. Execute the workflow. The node will wait for Periodix to complete the search, then emit one item per result.

Resources

• Periodix Actions
• n8n community nodes documentation