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"id": "uoBZx3eMvLMxlHCS",
"meta": {
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},
"name": "[OPS] Restore workflows from GitHub to n8n",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "540d147a-8185-4f3e-b2f4-522a19eb6b10",
"name": "On clicking 'execute'",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
-700,
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7040674c-57b4-453d-acd4-69cbeff64180",
"name": "Globals",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
-500,
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],
"parameters": {
"values": {
"string": [
{
"name": "repo.owner",
"value": "n8n-io"
},
{
"name": "repo.name",
"value": "n8n-backups"
},
{
"name": "repo.path",
"value": "workflows/"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2b3a2856-4024-4fb0-b068-6bace0e6592c",
"name": "Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 389.78906250000017,
"height": 464.79920462713443,
"content": "## Workflow - Restore Backups\nThis workflow will restore backed-up workflows from Github. \nIt is launch by testing the workflow\n\n### Setup\nOpen Globals and update the values below\n**repo.owner:** This is your Github username\n**repo.name:** This is the name of your repository\n**repo.path:** This is the folder where your workflows are saved, within the repository.\n\nIf your username was `n8n-io` and your repository was called `n8n-backups` and you wanted the workflows to go into a `workflows` folder you would set:\n\nrepo.owner - n8n-io\nrepo.name - n8n-backups\nrepo.path - workflows"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "ba2d3355-df53-43e2-a4b2-2e031b71d687",
"name": "Workflow name already exists",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1180,
880
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f012be7a-fb56-4a92-b2e5-e5ec316624e8",
"name": "If workflow already exists",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
860,
760
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "063d51c7-0b7a-48a4-82b3-76b370fc4265",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "exists",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('Merge Github and n8n workflows - Keep only non existing workflows based on the name').item.json.name }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "d1d698f2-0ccf-4865-9ecd-9e10e725d12d",
"name": "Set n8n existing workflows names",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
320,
880
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "6be8c184-8fb7-47a9-ad42-d0dc3db1eea4",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
},
{
"id": "d9c58650-ca2d-47c8-a887-59407fa70e1d",
"name": "GitHub - get all files",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"position": [
-280,
540
],
"parameters": {
"owner": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"owner\"]}}"
},
"filePath": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"path\"]}}",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "list",
"repository": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"name\"]}}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"githubApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7bff36b1-d526-402b-bff8-7ce2af050e2d",
"name": "n8n - get all workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.n8n",
"position": [
-500,
880
],
"parameters": {
"filters": {}
},
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "277f6400-409a-4ba0-8ad7-1241768b669a",
"name": "GitHub - get each file",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"position": [
140,
660
],
"parameters": {
"owner": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $json.repo.owner }}"
},
"filePath": "={{ $json.path }}",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "get",
"repository": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $json.repo.name }}"
},
"asBinaryProperty": false,
"additionalParameters": {}
},
"credentials": {
"githubApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "b59f5e23-729a-41fb-be4b-1aebc573393b",
"name": "Set name and content",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
340,
660
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "714b0cfd-9f06-4e2f-b73d-30ef39dc40e3",
"name": "content",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.content.base64Decode() }}"
},
{
"id": "6f48ed58-d55a-4ee4-8cf2-373941aaa341",
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.name.replace(\".json\", \"\") }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.3
},
{
"id": "6f642a8c-9997-42b2-b9d7-3c1f02e0e26a",
"name": "n8n - create workflow",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.n8n",
"position": [
1180,
660
],
"parameters": {
"operation": "create",
"workflowObject": "={{ $('Set name and content').item.json.content }}"
},
"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "b4ce8bdb-8c76-4c10-bf48-3664ec2f924b",
"name": "Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-360,
340
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 861.4145066375679,
"height": 478.9952882299376,
"content": "## Get all Github files\n1. List all the files from your repository\n2. Get each file as a JSON. \n3. The content, retrieved as base64, is converted in the \"Set Name and Content\" node\n\n\nThe \"Set Name and Content\" node creates a list of workflows with name and content, in order to compare it with the existing n8n workflows in the workspace."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "5ff560b9-8c43-401c-869f-2b4a2e13cacc",
"name": "Merge globals and files",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
"position": [
-60,
660
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "combine",
"options": {},
"combinationMode": "multiplex"
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "008d21d9-007b-44da-8d1a-bd334ba54d61",
"name": "Merge Github and n8n workflows - Keep only non existing workflows based on the name",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
"position": [
640,
760
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "combine",
"options": {},
"joinMode": "keepNonMatches",
"mergeByFields": {
"values": [
{
"field1": "name",
"field2": "name"
}
]
},
"outputDataFrom": "input1"
},
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"id": "c7ffe214-1d7b-4f4f-87c1-36d9cb8e43a9",
"name": "Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
560,
940
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 260.44696745223945,
"height": 196.65095879641083,
"content": "## Merge Github and n8n workflows\n\nHere, we only keep the workflows from Github that doesn't already exist in n8n workspace, based on the name"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3d84fd1c-c49b-4db0-951a-e38d50dae47b",
"name": "Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1360,
720
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 344.0461264465236,
"height": 237.66186698228626,
"content": "## Create n8n workflow\n\nCreate the n8n workflow using:\n- Content saved in Github\n- Name of the file in Github\n\n\nIf the workflow name already exist in n8n, then the workflow is not created - to avoid duplicates."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "144a0b2e-d7b2-443d-91a5-96c09ef16b8e",
"name": "Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-280,
980
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 378.7476641422645,
"height": 182.45487519360773,
"content": "## Get existing n8n workflows\n\n1. Get all workflows\n2. Prepare a list of workflows in order to compare it with the workflows saved in the Github repo."
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "b7a0e558-1c40-4ff8-aaed-b6e3a8ab6b8c",
"connections": {
"Globals": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "GitHub - get all files",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Merge globals and files",
"type": "main",
"index": 1
}
]
]
},
"Set name and content": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge Github and n8n workflows - Keep only non existing workflows based on the name",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"On clicking 'execute'": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Globals",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "n8n - get all workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"GitHub - get all files": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge globals and files",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"GitHub - get each file": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set name and content",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Merge globals and files": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "GitHub - get each file",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"n8n - get all workflows": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set n8n existing workflows names",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"If workflow already exists": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "n8n - create workflow",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Workflow name already exists",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set n8n existing workflows names": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge Github and n8n workflows - Keep only non existing workflows based on the name",
"type": "main",
"index": 1
}
]
]
},
"Merge Github and n8n workflows - Keep only non existing workflows based on the name": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "If workflow already exists",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
[OPS] Restore workflows from GitHub to n8n. Uses manualTrigger, stickyNote, noOp, github. Event-driven trigger; 17 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →