flypenguin/n8n-nodes-okta

My try of an n8n Okta node

Okta API nodes for n8n

status

• calling okta api reliably
• "do what i want" magic in api consumer
• polling log trigger
• waiting for HTTP 429 in case of timeouts
• retrieving all results by using multiple calls (like for example here)
• do a couple of blog posts about n8n code internals ("how to do X") which would have saved me ... a couple of hours

How to develop nodes in n8n ...

useful links

• node development workflow
• VS code debugging of nodes
• n8n data structures
• nice source code references for ...
  • trigger nodes: pushcut (pushcut trigger node, see also this community post
  • polling nodes: toggl, clockify
  • somewhat more complex transform nodes including rather complex options dependencies: sendgrid

getting started

• Set up dev environment (one-time action)
  • change into your source code folder ;)
  • mkdir n8n-dev ; cd n8n-dev ; npm install n8n ; cd ..
  • (NOTE: different directory now!)
  • git clone git@github.com:n8n-io/n8n-nodes-starter.git n8n-nodes-MYNODE
  • cd n8n-nodes-MYNODE
  • update n8n dependencies by editing package.json (after doing npm outdated), then npm install (again)
  • set all the package.json metadata and update the LICENSE.md file
• start developing: repeat ...
  • in n8n-nodes-MYNODE:
    • npm run build ; npm link
  • in n8n-dev:
    • npm link n8n-nodes-MYNODE
    • node_modules/n8n/bin/n8n
  • NOTES
    • (see here)
    • Important: For each written node you have to add it to the package.json file under n8n.nodes.

Hints and details

upgrading the "getting started" repo

git clone the starter repository. Unfortunately it is horrendously outdated and you have to update the dependencies. The easiest way is:

• npm install
• npm outdated - and note the current versions of n8n core and workflow
  • set the dependencies of n8n-core and n8n-workflow to the "current" version shown by npm outdated
  • re-preform npm install