Damian Karzon This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2586 — we link there as the canonical source.
The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "396bb28b-e40d-4bea-aa80-4abd04db045a",
"name": "Friday 8pm",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
100,
120
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "weeks",
"triggerAtDay": [
5
],
"triggerAtHour": 20
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "993f0d31-5639-4cea-b2f8-d1a41ecdeb83",
"name": "Create Meal Plan",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1080,
120
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Config').first().json.mealieBaseUrl }}/api/households/mealplans",
"method": "POST",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"responseFormat": "json"
}
}
},
"jsonBody": "={{ $json }}",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "ad53512d-7246-49f4-a86b-f258b7c1c47e",
"name": "When clicking \"Test workflow\"",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
100,
320
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "c0d1d7e0-9411-4e6a-871a-0374b8a9f5db",
"name": "Get Recipes",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
640,
120
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.mealieBaseUrl }}/api/recipes",
"options": {},
"sendQuery": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"queryParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "perPage",
"value": "100"
},
{
"name": "categories",
"value": "={{ $json.mealieCategoryId }}"
}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "2f9757fc-77f5-4bda-ae2e-7088ea5c114d",
"name": "Config",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
380,
120
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "cd2665dd-b505-41e4-936d-cfa2de7bd09b",
"name": "numberOfRecipes",
"type": "number",
"value": 5
},
{
"id": "e09da5c5-3f0d-4cd3-909d-e3df2888abde",
"name": "offsetPlanDays",
"type": "number",
"value": 3
},
{
"id": "80e95139-83df-45ae-99a0-fc50d3e9475f",
"name": "mealieCategoryId",
"type": "string",
"value": "6ec172b7-a87d-4877-8fe3-34cecc20f2c5"
},
{
"id": "f511e874-c373-4648-9e49-120367474d6d",
"name": "mealieBaseUrl",
"type": "string",
"value": "http://0.0.0.0:9925"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "fed805ea-0580-444d-8312-a68b25e91bbd",
"name": "Generate Random Items",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
860,
120
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const numberOfRecipes = $('Config').first().json.numberOfRecipes;\nconst offsetPlanDays = $('Config').first().json.offsetPlanDays;\nconst items = $input.first().json.items;\n\nlet planFirstDate = new Date();\nplanFirstDate.setDate(planFirstDate.getDate() + offsetPlanDays);\n\nconst recipeList = [];\nconst randomNums = [];\nlet currentItem = 0;\n\nwhile (recipeList.length < numberOfRecipes) {\n const randomNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(items.length));\n\n if (!randomNums.includes(randomNum)) {\n const thisRecipe = items[randomNum];\n\n const newDate = new Date(planFirstDate);\n newDate.setDate(planFirstDate.getDate() + currentItem);\n \n const planDate = [\n newDate.getFullYear(),\n ('0' + (newDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2),\n ('0' + newDate.getDate()).slice(-2)\n ].join('-');\n \n const planDay = {\n \"date\": planDate,\n \"entryType\": \"dinner\",\n \"recipeId\": thisRecipe.id,\n \"name\": thisRecipe.name\n };\n\n currentItem++;\n recipeList.push(planDay);\n randomNums.push(randomNum);\n }\n}\n\nreturn recipeList;"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "f440ce9d-cc27-4982-a0bd-b0ce2e5217d9",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
40,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"height": 340,
"content": "## Trigger\nSet the trigger to run when you like"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2bac2f08-2969-4f47-9fce-0e7de416cd09",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
280,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 300,
"height": 340,
"content": "## Update this Config\nSet the base Url of your Mealie instance\nSet number of recipes to generate and number of days to offset the plan (0 will start today).\nGrab a category id from Mealie (or leave blank for all categories)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "a2850e39-c25f-4210-8f9e-a657c0c63bf5",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
40,
-280
],
"parameters": {
"width": 540,
"height": 220,
"content": "## Get started\n* Set up a credential for your Mealie API token\n* Apply the credential to the 2 Http request nodes\n* Set schedule trigger and desired config"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "20d7301c-8946-45c3-8f5f-fbe2fc80cf37",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
580,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 660,
"height": 340,
"content": "## Workflow logic\n* Get all recipes from Mealie (within category if supplied)\n* Randomly pick out the number set in the config\n* Create dinner meal plans for the upcoming days"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"Config": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get Recipes",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Friday 8pm": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Config",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get Recipes": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Generate Random Items",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Generate Random Items": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create Meal Plan",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \"Test workflow\"": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Config",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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httpHeaderAuth
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About this workflow
This workflow randomly select recipes from a Mealie instance (can use a specific category) and then creates a meal plan in Mealie with those recipes. Workflow has a scheduled trigger (set to run weekly on a Friday) node sets a few properties to configure the workflow A call to…
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2586/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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