This workflow follows the Airtable → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"name": "On clicking 'execute'",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
240,
300
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Function",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
570,
300
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "//console.log(items[0].json.data);\nlet data = items[0].json.data;\nitems = data.map(i => {\n// console.log({json:i});\n return {json:i};\n});\n//console.log(items);\nreturn items;"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "SplitInBatches",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
760,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"batchSize": 1
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "IF",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
2090,
570
],
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"boolean": [
{
"value1": "={{$node[\"SplitInBatches\"].context[\"noItemsLeft\"]}}",
"value2": true
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "NoOp",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
2270,
550
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Airtable",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
1100,
200
],
"parameters": {
"table": "Workflows",
"operation": "list",
"application": "<YOUR_APP_ID>",
"additionalOptions": {
"fields": [],
"filterByFormula": "=workflowId={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"id\"]}}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"airtableApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"name": "Airtable1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
1750,
130
],
"parameters": {
"id": "={{$node[\"Airtable\"].json[\"id\"]}}",
"table": "Workflows",
"options": {
"typecast": true
},
"operation": "update",
"application": "<YOUR_APP_ID>"
},
"credentials": {
"airtableApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Airtable2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
1750,
320
],
"parameters": {
"table": "Workflows",
"options": {
"typecast": true
},
"operation": "append",
"application": "<YOUR_APP_ID>"
},
"credentials": {
"airtableApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Set",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1590,
130
],
"parameters": {
"values": {
"string": [
{
"name": "workflowId",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"id\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "name",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"name\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "errorWorkflowId",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"settings\"][\"errorWorkflow\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "createdAt",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"createdAt\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "updatedAt",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"updatedAt\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "nodes",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data\"].json[\"fields\"][\"nodes\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "timezone",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"settings\"][\"timezone\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "CRON_details",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data\"].json[\"fields\"][\"CRON_details\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "rawData",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data\"].json[\"fields\"][\"rawData\"]}}"
}
],
"boolean": [
{
"name": "isActive",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"active\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "isCRON",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data\"].json[\"fields\"][\"isCRON\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "saveManualExecutions",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"settings\"][\"saveManualExecutions\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "isTrigger",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data\"].json[\"fields\"][\"isTrigger\"]}}"
}
]
},
"options": {},
"keepOnlySet": true
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Set1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1590,
320
],
"parameters": {
"values": {
"string": [
{
"name": "workflowId",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"id\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "name",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"name\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "errorWorkflowId",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"settings\"][\"errorWorkflow\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "createdAt",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"createdAt\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "updatedAt",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"updatedAt\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "nodes",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data1\"].json[\"fields\"][\"nodes\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "timezone",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"settings\"][\"timezone\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "CRON_details",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data1\"].json[\"fields\"][\"CRON_details\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "rawData",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data1\"].json[\"fields\"][\"rawData\"]}}"
}
],
"boolean": [
{
"name": "isActive",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"active\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "isCRON",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data1\"].json[\"fields\"][\"isCRON\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "saveManualExecutions",
"value": "={{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"settings\"][\"saveManualExecutions\"]}}"
},
{
"name": "isTrigger",
"value": "={{$node[\"Prepare data1\"].json[\"fields\"][\"isTrigger\"]}}"
}
]
},
"options": {},
"keepOnlySet": true
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Get All Workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
410,
300
],
"parameters": {
"url": "http://localhost:5678/rest/workflows",
"options": {
"fullResponse": false
},
"headerParametersUi": {
"parameter": [
{
"name": "Authorization",
"value": "<TOKEN>"
}
]
},
"allowUnauthorizedCerts": true
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Prepare data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
1430,
130
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "let data = $node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"];\nlet file = $node[\"Get file link\"].json[\"link\"];\nlet nodes = new Set(data[\"nodes\"].map(i => i.type));\nlet nodes2 = [...nodes];\n//console.log(...nodes);\nlet data2 = data[\"nodes\"].map(i => i.name);\nif(nodes2.includes('n8n-nodes-base.cron')){\n console.log('Cron found!');\n// console.log(data);\n let cron_node = data[\"nodes\"].filter(i => i.type == 'n8n-nodes-base.cron');\n //console.log(cron_node[0].parameters.triggerTimes.item);\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"isCRON\"]=true;\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"nodes\"]=[...nodes];\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"CRON_details\"]=cron_node[0].parameters.triggerTimes.item;\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"rawData\"]=[{url:file ,filename: 'workflow_'+data[\"id\"]+'__'+data[\"updatedAt\"]+'.json'}];\n} else { \n //console.log('Cron not found!');\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"isCRON\"]=false;\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"nodes\"]=[...nodes];\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"rawData\"]=[{url:file ,filename: 'workflow_'+data[\"id\"]+'__'+data[\"updatedAt\"]+'.json'}];\n}\nif(nodes2.some(i => {\n let regExp = new RegExp(/n8n-nodes-base\\.[\\w]+Trigger/);\n if(i=='n8n-nodes-base.webhook'){\n return true;\n }\n if(regExp.test(i)){\n return true;\n }\n return false;\n})){\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"isTrigger\"]=true; \n} else {\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"isTrigger\"]=false;\n}\n \n//console.log(items);\nreturn items;\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Prepare data1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
1430,
320
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "let data = $node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"];\nlet file = $node[\"Get file link\"].json[\"link\"];\nlet nodes = new Set(data[\"nodes\"].map(i => i.type));\nlet nodes2 = [...nodes];\n//console.log(data);\nlet data2 = data[\"nodes\"].map(i => i.name);\nif(nodes2.includes('n8n-nodes-base.cron')){\n //console.log('Cron found!');\n let cron_node = data[\"nodes\"].filter(i => i.type == 'n8n-nodes-base.cron');\n items[0].json={\n fields:{\n isCRON:true,\n nodes:[...nodes],\n CRON_details:cron_node[0].parameters.triggerTimes.item,\n rawData:[{url:file ,filename: 'workflow_'+data[\"id\"]+'__'+data[\"updatedAt\"]+'.json'}]\n }\n };\n} else { \n //console.log('Cron not found!');\n items[0].json={\n fields:{\n isCRON:false,\n nodes:[...nodes],\n rawData:[{url:file ,filename: 'workflow_'+data[\"id\"]+'__'+data[\"updatedAt\"]+'.json'}]\n }\n };\n}\nif(nodes2.some(i => {\n let regExp = new RegExp(/n8n-nodes-base\\.[\\w]+Trigger/);\n if(i=='n8n-nodes-base.webhook'){\n return true;\n }\n if(regExp.test(i)){\n return true;\n }\n return false;\n})){\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"isTrigger\"]=true; \n} else {\n items[0].json[\"fields\"][\"isTrigger\"]=false;\n}\n//console.log(items);\nreturn items;\n\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Cron",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
"position": [
250,
510
],
"parameters": {
"triggerTimes": {
"item": [
{
"mode": "everyHour",
"minute": 15
},
{
"mode": "everyHour",
"minute": 45
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Move Binary Data",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.moveBinaryData",
"position": [
1000,
-10
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "jsonToBinary",
"options": {
"keepSource": true
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Dropbox",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.dropbox",
"position": [
1140,
-10
],
"parameters": {
"path": "=/workflows/workflow_{{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"id\"]}}/workflow_{{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"id\"]}}__{{$node[\"Get Workflow Details\"].json[\"data\"][\"updatedAt\"]}}.json",
"binaryData": true
},
"credentials": {
"dropboxApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Get Workflow Details",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
840,
-10
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=http://localhost:5678/rest/workflows/{{$node[\"SplitInBatches\"].json[\"id\"]}}",
"options": {},
"headerParametersUi": {
"parameter": [
{
"name": "Authorization",
"value": "<TOKEN>"
}
]
},
"allowUnauthorizedCerts": true
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Get file link",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1290,
-10
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/get_temporary_link",
"options": {},
"requestMethod": "POST",
"bodyParametersUi": {
"parameter": [
{
"name": "path",
"value": "={{$node[\"Dropbox\"].json[\"path_lower\"]}}"
}
]
},
"headerParametersUi": {
"parameter": [
{
"name": "Authorization",
"value": "<TOKEN>"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"continueOnFail": true,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"name": "IF Airtable record exists?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1270,
200
],
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"boolean": [
{
"value1": "={{$node[\"Airtable\"].json[\"id\"] != \"\" && $node[\"Airtable\"].json[\"id\"] != null && $node[\"Airtable\"].json[\"id\"] != undefined}}",
"value2": true
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"IF": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "NoOp",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "SplitInBatches",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Airtable1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Cron": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get All Workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Airtable2",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Dropbox": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get file link",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Airtable": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IF Airtable record exists?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Function": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "SplitInBatches",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Airtable1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IF",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Airtable2": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IF",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Prepare data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get file link": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Airtable",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Prepare data1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"SplitInBatches": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get Workflow Details",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Move Binary Data": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Dropbox",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get All Workflows": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Function",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get Workflow Details": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Move Binary Data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"On clicking 'execute'": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get All Workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IF Airtable record exists?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Prepare data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Prepare data1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
Each integration node will prompt for credentials when you import. We strip credential IDs before publishing — you'll add your own.
airtableApidropboxApi
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How this works
This workflow automates the backup of your n8n workflows to Dropbox for secure storage and Airtable for organised tracking, ensuring you never lose critical automation setups during updates or migrations. It's ideal for n8n users managing multiple workflows who need reliable version control without manual effort. The key step involves splitting workflow data into batches, then sequentially uploading files to Dropbox and logging metadata in Airtable for easy retrieval and auditing.
Use this workflow when you regularly modify n8n automations and want automated backups triggered by events like workflow exports, saving hours on manual archiving. Avoid it for one-off backups or if you prefer cloud-native n8n storage without external integrations. Common variations include adding email notifications after uploads or integrating with Google Drive instead of Dropbox for team-shared folders.
About this workflow
N8N Workflow Backup Management With Dropbox And Airtable. Uses manualTrigger, splitInBatches, noOp, airtable. Event-driven trigger; 19 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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