Using OpenAI to Parse URLs and Automatically Generate Reddit Posts

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Scenario: I’m building an automation scenario in Make.com that involves OpenAI. Here’s the workflow I need help with:

  1. When a user shares a URL (which may include < and > symbols) via Slack or webhook, I want OpenAI to automatically remove these unwanted characters.
  2. After cleaning the URL, OpenAI should visit the URL, analyze the content (including both the title and body), and generate a concise summary.
  3. Based on this summary, OpenAI will then create an insightful Reddit post (300 words max) as if written by a knowledgeable NDZ Performance staff member with extensive experience in the firearms industry. The post should remain conversational, authentic, and informative—not promotional.
  4. Finally, I need the OpenAI module to output this content clearly formatted as a JSON object with keys title and post , enabling seamless submission to Reddit.

How do I:

  • Set up the OpenAI completion module to effectively remove unwanted symbols (< , > ) from URLs?
  • Craft a robust and reliable prompt to ensure OpenAI consistently delivers natural-sounding, industry-specific summaries?
  • Format the output reliably as JSON to simplify submission to Reddit?

Any suggestions on best practices, example prompts, or efficiency improvements would be greatly appreciated!

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Open ai cannot visit URLs to access dada, use perplexity instead

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Welcome to the Make community!

OpenAI’s API currently cannot access the internet to view web pages, however this is changing soon with the Responses endpoint.

Alternatively, if you’d like to proceed, you can try other services that has internet access like DumplingAI, which I’m currently using.

Examples of How to use Dumpling AI

For more information, see these Dumpling AI tutorials below, grouped by category:

YouTube & Videos

Image Generation

AI Agents & RAGs

Searching & Scraping

Other Data Extraction

Business & Social

Dumpling AI Tutorials

In short, Dumpling AI is able to replace several other paid services combined that cost more than itself, making it a noteworthy choice as the “multi-tool” of AI services.

How to Use

For more information on how to set this up, refer to these forum threads:

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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Hey @samliew thank you so much for the wealth of knowledge. I’m new to Make.com so i’m trying to absorb as much knowledge as i can. I thank you for taking the time.

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