A n8n node that allows you to create workflows using the n8n API.
Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.
Allows you to create credentials.
Required fields:
- Name: name of the credential, eg.
John's GitHub Token - Credential Type Name: Type of the credential, eg.
githubApi - Data: JSON data for the credential, eg.
{
"server": "https://api.github.com",
"user": "octocat",
"accessToken": "octoCat'sTOKEN"
}Allows you to delete existing credentials
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the credential, eg.
17
Allows you to get the credential based on the type.
Required fields:
- Credential Type Name: Type of the credential, eg.
githubApi
Allows you to delete an execution
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the execution, eg.
17
Allows you to get data of an execution
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the execution, eg.
17
Fetches all the executions
Allows you to activate a workflow
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the workflow, eg.
17
Allows you to create a workflow
Required fields:
- Name: Name of the new workflow, eg.
My New Workflow - Nodes: Array of the nodes, eg.
[
{
"parameters": {},
"id": "1cce408f-3b10-407b-bb67-59f9df17e07a",
"name": "Start",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.start",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
240,
300
]
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "get",
"id": 374
},
"id": "85caf357-28d6-4497-bc5d-2b14519e4c6d",
"name": "n8n node",
"type": "n8n-nodes-n8n-api.N8nApi",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
460,
300
],
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"id": "325",
"name": "n8n node account 2"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "create",
"name": "Test Workflow 1",
"nodes": "={{ $json[\"nodes\"] }}",
"connections": "={{ $json[\"connections\"] }}",
"workflowSettingsUi": {
"settings": {
"saveExecutionProgress": true,
"saveManualExecutions": true
}
}
},
"id": "4400dc2f-3a9c-4f8b-a0e0-ce69e126c7e6",
"name": "n8n node1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-n8n-api.N8nApi",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
700,
300
],
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"id": "325",
"name": "n8n node account 2"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"resource": "credential",
"operation": "create",
"name": "Test Credential",
"credentialTypeName": "slackApi",
"data": "{\n\"accessToken\":\"askdjfladjkflka\"\n}"
},
"id": "58410204-c252-42d4-9bc3-cee2e413dbfa",
"name": "n8n node2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-n8n-api.N8nApi",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
460,
480
],
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"id": "325",
"name": "n8n node account 2"
}
}
}
]- Connections: Connection data for the nodes, eg.
{
"Start": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "n8n node",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"n8n node": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "n8n node1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}- Workflow Settings: Settings for the workflow
Allows you to deactivate a workflow
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the workflow, eg.
17
Allows you to delete a workflow
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the workflow, eg.
17
Allows you to fetch data of a workflow
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the workflow, eg.
17
Allows you to fetch all the workflows
Allows you to update a workflow
Required fields:
- ID: ID of the workflow, eg.
17
NOTE: Rest of the fields same as the create operation
For authentication, n8n API Key is required. Follow the instructions mentioned in the documentation to generate the API key.
Open up a new issue to report any bugs or for feature request.
You're encouraged to submit pull requests!