How to Automate Airtop X Post Publishing?
Description
Publish posts to x.com from a simple web form or by calling it from another n8n flow. Marketing teams can hand off posting to teammates without sharing passwords. Use it for quick updates, campaign drops, or event alerts.
A form collects the Airtop profile name and the text to publish. The values are mapped and sent to Airtop, which opens a browser session with that profile, visits x.com, types the message in the What’s happening box, and clicks Post. The session then closes and saves the profile. You can also trigger the same steps from another workflow by passing airtop_profile and post_text.
Set up an Airtop Profile that is already signed into x.com. Expect publishing time to drop from minutes to seconds and reduce copy paste errors. It is helpful for teams that want a safe form based handoff or need to trigger posts from approval or scheduling flows.
Tools Required
What this workflow does?
- Form trigger collects Airtop profile name and post text with a clear success message.
- Option to start from another workflow by passing airtop_profile and post_text.
- Set node unifies inputs from form or external trigger into consistent fields.
- Airtop session creation uses a named profile, timeouts, and saves the profile on exit.
- Browser window opens x.com and focuses on the posting area.
- Types the message into the What's happening box and presses Enter.
- Clicks the Post button using viewport scope to avoid off screen issues.
- Clean session termination to free resources and keep profiles up to date.
What are the benefits?
- Reduce posting time from about 5 minutes to under 30 seconds
- Accept post requests through a simple form without sharing passwords
- Improve accuracy by removing copy and paste steps
- Handle more posts per hour with the same team
- Re use a saved browser profile so logins persist across runs
How to set this up?
- Import the template into n8n: Create a new workflow in n8n > Click the three dots menu > Select 'Import from File' > Choose the downloaded JSON file.
- You'll need accounts with Airtop. See the Tools Required section above for links to create accounts with these services.
- In n8n Cloud, open the Credentials page. Double click any Airtop node, then in the 'Credential to connect with' dropdown, click 'Create new credential' and follow the on screen steps to connect Airtop.
- In your Airtop account, create an Airtop Profile that is already signed into x.com. Keep it saved so the workflow can reuse the session.
- Open the Create session node in n8n and select your Airtop credential. Leave the profileName expression so it reads the form or payload value.
- Open the Form Trigger node. Review the form title and fields. Copy the public form URL so teammates can submit posts.
- Review the Parameters node. Confirm that 'Airtop profile name' maps to airtop_profile and 'Text to post' maps to post_text.
- Click Execute workflow, open the form URL, submit a test profile name and a short message, and wait for the success message.
- Check the x.com account tied to the Airtop Profile and confirm the post is live. Verify the End session node ran successfully.
- Optional: From another n8n workflow, use the Execute Workflow node to call this one and pass airtop_profile and post_text as inputs.
- Troubleshoot: If posting fails, make sure the Airtop Profile is signed into x.com, increase the timeout in Create session, or adjust the element descriptions in Type text and Click on Post if the UI changed.
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