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"content": "## Skip credential\n- The empty json files\n- The n8n account api\n- ...edit this node at will",
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"url": "=https://api.github.com/repos/{{ $json.repo.owner }}/{{ $json.repo.name }}/contents/{{ $json.repo.path }}",
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About this workflow
Restore Credentials from GitHub. Uses httpRequest, github, n8n. Event-driven trigger; 11 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/LePeanutButter/n8n-workflows-aquasense/blob/main/workflows/0pSmlC05vTR8er3e.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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