Bitcoin Price Drop Alerts with Bright Data and Gmail

# 📉💰 Bitcoin Price Drop Alert Workflow This automated workflow checks the current Bitcoin price and sends an email alert if it drops by 5% or more compared to the last recorded value. It’s split into 3 easy-to-understand sections: --- ## 🔎 Section 1: Fetch the Current Bitcoin Price 🧩 Nodes: 1. ⚡ Manual Trigger 2. 🌐 Fetch Bitcoin Price 3. 🧱 Extract Price ### 🧠 What Happens: * ⚡ Manual Trigger This starts the process manually. Think of it like pressing a "Start" button. * 🌐 Fetch Bitcoin Price Uses the Bright Data API to scrape the live Bitcoin price from a specific website using a POST request. * 🧱 Extract Price Extracts the exact price value from the scraped HTML using selectors (like CSS paths). ### 💡 Why It’s Useful: You can track the real-time price of Bitcoin straight from any public site, even those not offering official APIs. It's like building your own live feed. --- ## 📊 Section 2: Calculate and Compare with Historical Price 🧩 Nodes: 4\. 🔄 Convert Type 5\. 📗 Get Last Recorded Price (Google Sheet) 6\. 📉 Find Drop Percentage ### 🧠 What Happens: * 🔄 Convert Type Converts the price from a text format to a number so we can calculate with it. * 📗 Get Last Recorded Price Pulls the previous Bitcoin price from a Google Sheet (a record from last check). Acts like your “memory”. * 📉 Find Drop Percentage Calculates how much the price has dropped: $$ \text{Drop (\%)} = \frac{\text{Previous Price - Current Price}}{\text{Previous Price}} \times 100 $$ ### 💡 Why It’s Useful: You’re comparing real-time data with past values automatically—no spreadsheets or calculators needed! This makes it ideal for traders or enthusiasts watching for price alerts. --- ## 🚨 Section 3: Send Alert if Drop ≥ 5% 🧩 Nodes: 7\. 🔀 If droppercentage >= 5 8\. 📧 Send Alert Email 9\. ➡️ No Alert Needed ### 🧠 What Happens: * 🔀 If Statement Checks: Has the price dropped by 5% or more? * 📧 Send Alert Email (if true) Automatically sends an email to notify you about the drop. This could go to your inbox, or a team. * ➡️ No Alert Needed (if false) The workflow ends quietly without doing anything else. ### 💡 Why It’s Useful: It only alerts you when it matters, saving your attention for big changes. You don’t need to monitor prices all day. --- ## 🎁 Final Benefits: ✅ No coding required ✅ Real-time price check ✅ Smart