N8N

n8n is a source-available workflow automation platform that lets you connect Clearout with hundreds of apps and services through a visual, node-based editor — no coding required. You can self-host it or use n8n Cloud to automate tasks such as email verification and email discovery whenever data flows between your forms, CRMs, spreadsheets, and other tools.

What Clearout Can Do in n8n

Clearout works with n8n to provide you powerful email-related actions that you can use in your workflows. The two main actions you can do are

Verify Email Address

Validate an email address in real-time to determine its deliverability and quality. Clearout checks syntax, domain validity, mailbox existence, and risk factors to help you filter out invalid or unsafe emails before sending.

Find Email Address

Discover a professional email address in real-time using a person’s name and company domain. Clearout identifies the most likely email pattern and returns pre-verified, deliverable results for outreach.

These actions help you keep your data accurate and make outreach easier.

Prerequisites

• Clearout API Token - Log in to your Clearout account and go to Developer → API to create or copy your API token.

• n8n Instance - Ensure you have access to your n8n workspace (Cloud or self-hosted).

Setup Clearout on n8n

1

Add the HTTP Request Node

In your n8n workflow, click the + icon and add an HTTP Request node at the point where you want the email verification or email finding to occur.

2

Configure Authentication

To authenticate your requests, set a header on the HTTP Request node:

• Header Name: Authorization

• Header Value: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>

Follow these steps inside the node:

1. Set Authentication to Generic Credential Type.

1. Set Generic Auth Type to Header Auth.

1. Click Create New Credential to set up credentials.

1. In the credential popup:

• Fill the Name field as Authorization.

• Fill the Value field as Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY> (replace <YOUR_API_KEY> with the token from the prerequisites).

1. Click Save.

3

Set Request Parameters

Configure the node with the following settings:

Parameter

Value

Method

POST

URL (Email Verification)

https://api.clearout.io/v2/email_verify/instant

URL (Email Finder)

https://api.clearout.io/v2/email_finder/instant

Send Body

True

Body Content Type

JSON

4

Define the Payload

Pass the name and domain (or company name) in the body of the request — not as query parameters. Use n8n expressions to dynamically map values from previous nodes.

Email Verification Payload

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{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "timeout": 10000
}

Email finder Payload

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{
  "name": "Steven Morris",
  "domain": "apple.com",
  "timeout": 30000,
  "queue": false
}

5

Handle the Response

Once the node is executed, the results will appear in the Output section. For email finding, the response typically includes the discovered email address along with a confidence score. For email verification, it includes the verification status (Valid, Invalid, Catch-all, etc.) and a confidence score.

From here, you can add more nodes (filters, CRM updates, Google Sheets writes, notifications) to route the data based on your workflow logic and fully automate your process with Clearout and n8n.

Clearout provides webhook support to efficiently handle long-running processes without requiring continuous polling. Instead of waiting for a synchronous response, you can configure a webhook URL where Clearout will send the results once processing is complete.