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Google Sheets and OpenThesaurus integration

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Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Google Sheets and OpenThesaurus integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Enrich German vocabulary in Google Sheets with OpenThesaurus and OpenAI

Quick Overview This workflow watches a Google Sheets vocabulary list for new German words, looks up synonyms via OpenThesaurus, and uses an OpenAI chat model to generate a JSON-formatted example sentence with metadata, then writes the results (or a “not found” note) back to the same sheet. How it works Triggers every minute when a new row is added to the selected Google Sheets worksheet. Sends the new row’s vocabulary value to OpenThesaurus to retrieve the headword and available synonyms. Checks whether OpenThesaurus returned any terms and, if none are found, updates the row in Google Sheets with a “類義語が見つかりませんでした。” message. If terms are found, prompts an OpenAI chat model (via an AI Agent) to output strict JSON containing a natural German example sentence using a synonym, the part of speech, a Japanese translation, and a CEFR level estimate. Extracts the JSON fields and updates the matching Google Sheets row with the generated sentence, part of speech, translation, and level. Setup Connect your Google Sheets OAuth credentials and select the target spreadsheet and worksheet for both the trigger and update steps. Ensure your sheet has columns named vocabulary, Similar Examples sentence, part_of_speech, translation_ja, and level, and that vocabulary can be used to match/update rows. Add OpenAI credentials (or an OpenAI-compatible connection) for the OpenAI Chat Model used by the AI Agent, and confirm the model name is available in your account. Enter new German words in the vocabulary column to test, and verify the OpenThesaurus lookup returns terms for your input words.

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Enrich German vocabulary in Google Sheets with OpenThesaurus and OpenAI

Build your own Google Sheets and OpenThesaurus integration

Create custom Google Sheets and OpenThesaurus workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Google Sheets supported actions

OpenThesaurus supported actions

Get Synonyms

Get synonyms for a German word in German

Google Sheets and OpenThesaurus integration details

Google Sheets

Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a web-based spreadsheet program offered by Google for free. It similar to Microsoft Excel, and can be accessed anywhere on any device, you only need a Google account.

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OpenThesaurus

OpenThesaurus

OpenThesaurus is a free German multilingual synonyms dictionary built through the collaboration of volunteers. It is known for its usage in applications like OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, KWord, Lyx, and Apple Dictionary.

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