Automated Plagiarism Detection with Email Reports using RapidAPI & Google Sheets

🚀 Automated Plagiarism Checker Using Rapid API & Google Sheet logging

📄 Description

This powerful no-code workflow automates plagiarism detection using Plagiarism Checker AI Powered. Users submit text through Google Sheets. The system checks for duplication using the API, sends a detailed HTML report via email, and logs the results — all without human intervention.

🔧 How the Workflow Works

| Node Name | Purpose | | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Trigger - New Row in Google Sheet | Watches for new rows added to a connected Google Sheet. | | Send Content to Plagiarism API | Sends the user-submitted content to the Plagiarism Checker AI Powered API via POST. | | Check API Response Success | Verifies if the API responded successfully and returned results. | | Extract Plagiarism Results | Extracts matched results (if any) from the API response. | | Generate HTML Plagiarism Report | Creates a styled HTML report with similarity scores, links, and matched content. | | Send Report to User via Email | Sends the plagiarism report to the user using SMTP. | | Mark Status: Success in Google Sheet | Updates the Google Sheet with a "Success" status once the email is sent. | | Send Failure Alert to IT | If the API check fails, sends an alert email to IT for investigation. | | Mark Status: Failed in Google Sheet | Updates the Google Sheet with a "Failed" status if the process doesn’t complete successfully. |

🧾 Google Sheet Configuration

✅ Required Columns:

| Column Name | Description | | ----------- | -------------------------------------- | | Content | The text to be checked for plagiarism | | Status | Workflow result (Success / Failed) |

Make sure these column headers exist in Row 1 of your Google Sheet.

📊 How to Connect Google Sheets to n8n

Create a new Google Sheet. In n8n, use the Google Sheets Trigger node:

Set your document ID (from the sheet’s URL). Specify the sheet name (e.g., Sheet1 or use gid=0). Use Google Sheets (service account) credential type for writing updates.

🔑 How to Get a RapidAPI Key for Plagiarism Checker AI Powered

Go to Plagiarism Checker AI Powered API. Sign up or log in to RapidAPI. Subscribe to the free or paid plan. Copy your x-rapidapi-key and paste it into the Send Content to Plagiarism API node's header.

🧠 Use Cases

Educators verifying student submissions Content marketers validating blog originality Academic institutions enforcing anti-plagiarism policies Editors reviewing freelance work

✅ Benefits

⚙️ 100% Automated: Set once, run forever 📨 Instant Reports: Plagiarism reports delivered via email 📋 Easy Tracking: Status updates in Google Sheet 🛡️ Alerts Built-in: Automatic error notification to IT 🔗 Uses Plagiarism Checker AI Powered API to ensure accuracy and scalability

📘 Bonus Tips

Ensure you handle Google API scopes properly (Editor or Owner access). Always test with small content first before scaling up. Plagiarism Checker AI Powered API supports sentence-level matching and source URLs.