Back up your n8n workflows to Github

by Jonathan ✓ · 104,318 views · created 2022-03-17 · DevOps

What this workflow does

This workflow has 23 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects GitHub and Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 2 other triggers).

1. Starting Message (Slack): uses Slack
2. Config (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 3 fields: repo_owner, repo_name, repo_path
3. n8n: uses n8n
4. Get file data (GitHub): get (file)
5. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
6. Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
7. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
8. isDiffOrNew (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Completed Notification (Slack): uses Slack
10. Execute Workflow (Execute Sub-workflow): calls another n8n workflow

…plus 7 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

GitHubSlack

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nodes used (15)

• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Execute Workflow Triggern8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger
• n8nn8n-nodes-base.n8n
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Switchn8n-nodes-base.switch
• No Operation, do nothingn8n-nodes-base.noOp
• GitHubn8n-nodes-base.github
• Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches
• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Slackn8n-nodes-base.slack
• Execute Sub-workflown8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflow

From the author

This workflow will backup your workflows to Github. It uses the public api to export all of the workflow data using the n8n node. It then loops over the data checks in Github to see if a file exists that uses the workflow name. Once checked it will then…

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