Learn how to automate your Facebook news feed using Pabbly Connect and Perplexity AI for seamless updates. Follow this step-by-step tutorial to integrate RSS feeds effortlessly.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Integration

To begin automating your Facebook news feed, first access Pabbly Connect. This platform allows you to connect various applications seamlessly. Start by visiting the Pabbly Connect website and either sign in or create a new account.

Once logged in, you will be directed to the dashboard. Here, you can see all available applications. The primary objective is to create a workflow that integrates RSS feeds with Perplexity AI and Facebook. This setup will enable automatic posting of news summaries to your Facebook page.

2. Creating a Workflow in Pabbly Connect

To create an automated news feed, you need to set up a new workflow in Pabbly Connect. Click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button located at the top right corner of the dashboard. Name your workflow appropriately, such as ‘Automated News Feed on Facebook using Perplexity AI’.

  • Click on the ‘Create’ button to initiate your workflow.
  • Select the trigger application as ‘RSS by Pabbly’.
  • Choose the trigger event as ‘New Item in Feed’.

After selecting the trigger, you will need to connect your RSS feed URL. This will allow Pabbly Connect to fetch the latest news items automatically whenever they are published.

3. Connecting RSS Feed to Pabbly Connect

In this step, you will connect your RSS feed to Pabbly Connect. After selecting your trigger event, click on the ‘Connect’ button. You will be prompted to enter the feed URL, which you can obtain from your preferred news site, such as The Hindu.

  • Enter the feed URL for the sports news section.
  • Select the filter type (default is recommended).
  • Click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to verify the connection.

Upon successful connection, Pabbly Connect will fetch the latest news items from the RSS feed, allowing you to automate the subsequent steps of generating summaries and posting them on Facebook.

4. Generating Summaries with Perplexity AI

After successfully connecting your RSS feed, the next step is to generate summaries of the news articles using Perplexity AI through Pabbly Connect. Select Perplexity AI as the action application and choose the action event as ‘Create Chat Completion’.

To connect Perplexity AI, click on the ‘Connect’ button and enter your API key. You can find this key in your Perplexity account settings under the API section. After entering the key, select the model and set the role to ‘user’. In the content user field, provide a prompt for generating a summary.

Prompt: ‘Generate a short summary for the news link provided.’ Map the news link dynamically using data mapping from the RSS feed response.

Once you’ve configured the summary generation, click ‘Save and Send Test Request’. Upon success, you will receive a summary that can be posted on Facebook.

5. Posting Summaries on Facebook

The final step is to post the generated summary on your Facebook page using Pabbly Connect. Select Facebook Pages as the action application and choose the action event as ‘Create Page Photo Post’ if you have a media URL; otherwise, select ‘Create Page Post’.

Connect your Facebook account to Pabbly Connect and select the page where you want to post the summary. Map the media content URL and the summary generated from the previous step into the appropriate fields.

Map the photo URL from the RSS feed response. Map the summary generated from Perplexity AI.

After filling in all necessary fields, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’. You will receive a confirmation that the post has been created successfully on your Facebook page, completing the automation process.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explored how to automate your Facebook news feed using Pabbly Connect and Perplexity AI. By integrating these applications, you can effortlessly keep your followers updated with the latest sports news without manual posting. This automation not only saves time but also enhances engagement on your Facebook page.

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