n8n-nodes-n8n-api

A n8n node that allows you to create workflows using the n8n API.

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Operations

Credential

Create

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"
}

Delete

Allows you to delete existing credentials

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the credential, eg. 17

Get

Allows you to get the credential based on the type.

Required fields:

• Credential Type Name: Type of the credential, eg. githubApi

Execution

Delete

Allows you to delete an execution

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the execution, eg. 17

Get

Allows you to get data of an execution

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the execution, eg. 17

Get All

Fetches all the executions

Workflow

Activate

Allows you to activate a workflow

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the workflow, eg. 17

Create

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

Deactivate

Allows you to deactivate a workflow

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the workflow, eg. 17

Delete

Allows you to delete a workflow

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the workflow, eg. 17

Get

Allows you to fetch data of a workflow

Required fields:

• ID: ID of the workflow, eg. 17

Get All

Allows you to fetch all the workflows

Update

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

Credentials

For authentication, n8n API Key is required. Follow the instructions mentioned in the documentation to generate the API key.

Contribute

Open up a new issue to report any bugs or for feature request.

You're encouraged to submit pull requests!

License

MIT