This workflow follows the GitHub → 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": [
0,
150
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "dataArray",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
450,
300
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "const newItems = [];\nfor (item of items[0].json.data) {\n newItems.push({json: item});\n}\nreturn newItems;"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "N8N Workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
300,
300
],
"parameters": {
"url": "http://localhost:8443/rest/workflows",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "GitHub",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"position": [
800,
130
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"owner\"]}}",
"filePath": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"path\"]}}{{$json[\"name\"]}}.json",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "get",
"repository": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"name\"]}}",
"asBinaryProperty": false
},
"credentials": {
"githubApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"continueOnFail": true,
"alwaysOutputData": true
},
{
"name": "Merge",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
"position": [
1000,
300
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "N8N Workflow Detail",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
800,
460
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=http://localhost:8443/rest/workflows/{{$json[\"id\"]}}",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "github_status",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
"position": [
1300,
300
],
"parameters": {
"rules": {
"rules": [
{
"value2": "same"
},
{
"output": 1,
"value2": "different"
},
{
"output": 2,
"value2": "new"
}
]
},
"value1": "={{$json[\"github_status\"]}}",
"dataType": "string"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "same",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1500,
130
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "different",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1500,
300
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "new",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1500,
460
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "GitHub Edit",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"position": [
1700,
180
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"owner\"]}}",
"filePath": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"path\"]}}{{$node[\"N8N Workflow Detail\"].json[\"data\"][\"name\"]}}.json",
"resource": "file",
"operation": "edit",
"repository": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"name\"]}}",
"fileContent": "={{$node[\"isDiffOrNew\"].json[\"n8n_data_stringy\"]}}",
"commitMessage": "=[N8N Backup] {{$node[\"N8N Workflow Detail\"].json[\"data\"][\"name\"]}}.json ({{$json[\"github_status\"]}})"
},
"credentials": {
"githubApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "GitHub Create",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"position": [
1700,
460
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"owner\"]}}",
"filePath": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"path\"]}}{{$node[\"N8N Workflow Detail\"].json[\"data\"][\"name\"]}}.json",
"resource": "file",
"repository": "={{$node[\"Globals\"].json[\"repo\"][\"name\"]}}",
"fileContent": "={{$node[\"isDiffOrNew\"].json[\"n8n_data_stringy\"]}}",
"commitMessage": "=[N8N Backup] {{$node[\"N8N Workflow Detail\"].json[\"data\"][\"name\"]}}.json ({{$json[\"github_status\"]}})"
},
"credentials": {
"githubApi": "<your credential>"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "isDiffOrNew",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
1150,
300
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "// File Returned with Content\nif (Object.keys(items[0].json).includes(\"content\")) {\n // Get JSON Objects\n var origWorkflow = eval(\"(\"+Buffer.from(items[0].json.content, 'base64').toString()+\")\");\n var n8nWorkflow = (items[1].json.data);\n \n // Order JSON Objects\n var orderedOriginal = {}\n var orderedActual = {}\n \n Object.keys(origWorkflow).sort().forEach(function(key) {\n orderedOriginal[key] = origWorkflow[key];\n });\n \n Object.keys(n8nWorkflow).sort().forEach(function(key) {\n orderedActual[key] = n8nWorkflow[key];\n });\n \n // Determine Difference\n if ( JSON.stringify(orderedOriginal) === JSON.stringify(orderedActual) ) {\n items[0].json.github_status = \"same\";\n items[0].json.content_decoded = orderedOriginal;\n } else {\n items[0].json.github_status = \"different\";\n items[0].json.content_decoded = orderedOriginal;\n items[0].json.n8n_data_stringy = JSON.stringify(orderedActual, null, 2);\n }\n// No File Returned / New Workflow\n} else {\n // Order JSON Object\n var n8nWorkflow = (items[1].json.data);\n var orderedActual = {}\n Object.keys(n8nWorkflow).sort().forEach(function(key) {\n orderedActual[key] = n8nWorkflow[key];\n });\n \n // Proper Formatting\n items[0].json.github_status = \"new\";\n items[0].json.n8n_data_stringy = JSON.stringify(orderedActual, null, 2);\n}\n\n// Return Items\nreturn items;"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Daily @ 20:00",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
"position": [
0,
450
],
"parameters": {
"triggerTimes": {
"item": [
{
"hour": 20,
"minute": 11
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "OneAtATime",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
600,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"batchSize": 1
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"name": "Globals",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
150,
300
],
"parameters": {
"values": {
"string": [
{
"name": "repo.owner",
"value": "octocat"
},
{
"name": "repo.name",
"value": "Hello-World"
},
{
"name": "repo.path",
"value": "my-team/n8n/workflows/"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"new": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "GitHub Create",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"same": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OneAtATime",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Merge": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "isDiffOrNew",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"GitHub": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Globals": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "N8N Workflows",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"dataArray": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OneAtATime",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"different": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "GitHub Edit",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OneAtATime": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "GitHub",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "N8N Workflow Detail",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"GitHub Edit": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OneAtATime",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"isDiffOrNew": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "github_status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Daily @ 20:00": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Globals",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"GitHub Create": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OneAtATime",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"N8N Workflows": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "dataArray",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"github_status": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "same",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "different",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "new",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"N8N Workflow Detail": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Merge",
"type": "main",
"index": 1
}
]
]
},
"On clicking 'execute'": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Globals",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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githubApi
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How this works
Effortlessly back up your n8n workflows to a GitHub repository, ensuring version control and easy recovery without manual exports. This suits automation enthusiasts and teams managing multiple workflows who need a reliable way to store configurations securely. The key step involves fetching workflow details via HTTP requests from n8n and committing them directly to GitHub, streamlining what could otherwise be a tedious process.
Use this workflow for periodic or event-driven backups when scaling your automations, especially if you're collaborating on GitHub. Avoid it for one-off exports or when workflows contain sensitive credentials that shouldn't be versioned. Common variations include adding filters to exclude certain workflows or integrating notifications for successful commits.
About this workflow
Save Your Workflows Into A Github Repository. Uses manualTrigger, httpRequest, github, noOp. Event-driven trigger; 16 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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