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The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "05ee377d-5402-46ee-81b4-c56e6115ecd4",
"name": "Get All Workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.n8n",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"filters": {},
"requestOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f107d96b-26cf-47ad-97fc-83f64c7b621e",
"name": "Discard Archived Workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
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"operator": {
"type": "boolean",
"operation": "false",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.isArchived }}",
"rightValue": "true"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "67333676-710a-4721-82a4-f9288366c6d0",
"name": "Convert to File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"mode": "each",
"options": {
"format": true
},
"operation": "toJson"
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "2d508a48-be41-40cd-be68-2aad83038cce",
"name": "If File Exists",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
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112
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "9798deb6-300a-48ff-9f5c-a581b2d941a7",
"operator": {
"type": "array",
"operation": "contains",
"rightType": "any"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('List of Names').item.json.name }}",
"rightValue": "={{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.2
},
{
"id": "b816f0b9-26b1-438d-877a-d1d4ad86fe89",
"name": "Configuration",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "558377f5-54a6-4dd2-872a-dd1fa8f1fc9f",
"name": "project_owner",
"type": "string",
"value": "PROJECT_OWNER e.g. mookielian"
},
{
"id": "063bbfbf-697e-4825-8c68-af5cc7b6aa2d",
"name": "project_name",
"type": "string",
"value": "PROJECT_NAME e.g. n8n"
},
{
"id": "7938d2e2-b203-45fc-8432-f9f3ac241946",
"name": "branch",
"type": "string",
"value": "main"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "517ef436-5323-4ffc-8ead-5c303930987e",
"name": "List of Names",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldsToAggregate": {
"fieldToAggregate": [
{
"fieldToAggregate": "name"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "5befe173-4171-4107-be94-4c5ad235ca76",
"name": "Create New File - GitLab",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gitlab",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
560,
192
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.project_owner }}",
"branch": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.branch }}",
"filePath": "={{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}",
"resource": "file",
"binaryData": true,
"repository": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.project_name }}",
"commitMessage": "=File created! {{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}"
},
"credentials": {
"gitlabApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "20270a8c-ac47-4449-a506-618fe2362e17",
"name": "Update File - GitLab",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gitlab",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
560,
0
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.project_owner }}",
"branch": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.branch }}",
"filePath": "={{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "edit",
"binaryData": true,
"repository": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.project_name }}",
"commitMessage": "=File was updated! {{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}"
},
"credentials": {
"gitlabApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "62bc4120-f641-456d-ae3c-2d450941ebe6",
"name": "List All Files - GitLab",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gitlab",
"position": [
-832,
16
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.project_owner }}",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "list",
"returnAll": true,
"repository": "={{ $('Configuration').item.json.project_name }}",
"additionalParameters": {}
},
"credentials": {
"gitlabApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2e8a6259-5530-4e15-babf-febbad2095ac",
"name": "Daily Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"triggerAtHour": 12
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "de6637b3-1a90-4683-b785-ee168de26cbe",
"name": "Process Each File",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
-144,
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "17b4693e-d52c-4f1a-97fa-2c42da170df3",
"name": "Remove Unwanted Fields",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
64,
112
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "return $input.all().map(item => {\n const { createdAt, updatedAt, id, name, active, isArchived, ...rest } = item.json;\n return { json: rest };\n});"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "d96386b2-75df-49c1-9645-f50a96c92d23",
"name": "Send Message to Channel",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
64,
-80
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=*Successful Backup!*\n\n- Execution ID: {{ $execution.id }}\n- Mode: {{ $execution.mode }}\n- Timestamp(Workflow Region): {{$now.toFormat('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}}",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "C09KF70UXL3",
"cachedResultName": "backup-notifications"
},
"otherOptions": {
"includeLinkToWorkflow": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"slackApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"executeOnce": true,
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "25cc4169-c68e-4ed8-a85c-43e432cf5dbf",
"name": "New File - Failed",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
752,
208
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=*Failed creating a new file - GitLab.*\n\n- File Name: {{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}\n- Error: {{ $json.error }}\n- Workflow State: _active={{ $('Process Each File').item.json.active }}_\n- Execution ID: {{ $execution.id }}\n- Mode: {{ $execution.mode }}\n- Timestamp(Workflow Region): {{$now.toFormat('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}}",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "C09KF70UXL3",
"cachedResultName": "backup-notifications"
},
"otherOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"slackApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "2a2bad0d-af10-494b-aa21-48c2b1f277c3",
"name": "Update File - Failed",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"position": [
752,
16
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=*Failed updating specified file - GitLab.*\n\n- File Name: {{ $('Process Each File').item.json.name }}\n- Error: {{ $json.error }}\n- Workflow State: _active={{ $('Process Each File').item.json.active }}_\n- Execution ID: {{ $execution.id }}\n- Mode: {{ $execution.mode }}\n- Timestamp(Workflow Region): {{$now.toFormat('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')}}",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "C09KF70UXL3",
"cachedResultName": "backup-notifications"
},
"otherOptions": {}
},
"credentials": {
"slackApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "48ea9738-ef97-452b-b6ce-10db70d0920c",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1856,
-240
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 400,
"height": 704,
"content": "# Welcome\n\n## Summary of Nodes\n\n- Daily Trigger (Customizable)\n- Conf. (GitLab)\n- List All Files (Necessary for comparison)\n- List of Names (Turns all names into an array of single field)\n- Get All Workflows (JSON of all workflows, base code)\n- Discard Archived Workflows (Toggle of if you want to backup archived too)\n- Process Each File (Loop to execute nodes for each workflow)\n - Remove Unwanted Fields (Returns clean node code of the workflow)\n - Convert to File (Turns JSON code into a formatted file ready for upload)\n - If File Exists (Route into two path, Update or Create in GitLab)\n - Update File - GitLab (Updates existing file, no update if the file is the same)\n - Update File - Failed (Informs you on Slack about the file that failed)\n - Create New File - GitLab (Push new file to repo.)\n - New File - Failed (Informs you about failed file creation)\n- Send Message to Channel (Done branch of loop, success message)\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "bbaad52a-b34c-4b43-aad2-cf187bf7c6be",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1440,
-240
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 2608,
"height": 704,
"content": ""
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "a5eabdaa-c744-4272-868a-7a60740278b9",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1856,
480
],
"parameters": {
"color": 6,
"width": 3024,
"height": 336,
"content": "# CREDENTIALS"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "cdcf207f-0efd-4124-95b3-3d6a329e14c2",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1840,
576
],
"parameters": {
"width": 496,
"height": 176,
"content": "## Configuration Node\n\n- Create a project in GitLab.\n- Type the owner of the project as 'project_owner'.\n- Type the name of the project as 'project_name'.\n- Type the branch name. Will create a branch if main doesn't exist."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "45f50d44-40c7-4e04-9e7f-36ee2cc075d4",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1328,
576
],
"parameters": {
"width": 480,
"height": 176,
"content": "## GitLab - [Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.gitlab/)\n\n- Enter your project settings on GitLab Dashboard.\n- Go to access tokens page and create a new token.\n- Paste in your token in n8n credential and save.\n- No need to change the GitLab server parameter."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "819a6463-8222-47e9-aca2-36e4f20e0489",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-832,
576
],
"parameters": {
"width": 496,
"height": 176,
"content": "## n8n Internal - [Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/core-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.n8n/)\n\n- From left menu and bottom go to your user settings.\n- Go to API Keys page and create a new key.\n- Paste in the API Key in the credential page.\n- As base URL, enter your domain with '/api/v1' at the end and save."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "ef82a762-7d0c-4928-a404-5a1f691aed71",
"name": "Sticky Note6",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-320,
576
],
"parameters": {
"width": 1440,
"height": 176,
"content": "## Slack - [Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.slack/)\n\n- Go to 'api.slack.com/apps' and create an account if you haven't already.\n- Create a new app in your workspace and go to OAuth screen from left menu.\n- Add a redirect URL which is your domain with this at the end: '/rest/oauth2-credential/callback'. In scopes section add these scopes as Bot Token Scopes: chat:write, channels:join, channels:read, groups:read... \n- From OAuth Tokens section copy bot token and paste as access token in n8n credential. From basic information page copy signature secret, paste in n8n credential and save."
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"Configuration": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "List All Files - GitLab",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Daily Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Configuration",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"List of Names": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get All Workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"If File Exists": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Update File - GitLab",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Create New File - GitLab",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Convert to File": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If File Exists",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get All Workflows": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Discard Archived Workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"New File - Failed": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Process Each File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Process Each File": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send Message to Channel",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Remove Unwanted Fields",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Update File - Failed": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Process Each File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Update File - GitLab": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Process Each File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Update File - Failed",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Remove Unwanted Fields": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Convert to File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"List All Files - GitLab": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "List of Names",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create New File - GitLab": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Process Each File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "New File - Failed",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Discard Archived Workflows": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Process Each File",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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About this workflow
This workflow creates automated daily backups of your n8n workflows to a GitLab repository: Scheduled Trigger - Runs automatically at noon each day to initiate the backup process Fetch Workflows - Retrieves all active workflows from your n8n instance, filtering out archived ones…
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