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Workflow
Save Your Workflows Into A Github Repository
This n8n workflow automates tasks using GitHub. Save Your Workflows Into A Github Repository - ready to import and run in your n8n instance.
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workflow.json
About This Script
This n8n workflow automates tasks using GitHub. Save Your Workflows Into A Github Repository - ready to import and run in your n8n instance.
Features:
- Custom JavaScript function processing
- Makes HTTP requests to external APIs
- Conditional logic and branching
- Scheduled automation with cron triggers
- Integrates with GitHub
Source Code
{
"nodes": [
{
"name": "On clicking 'execute'",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
0,
150
],
"parameters": [],
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "58ce6462-01e9-46ef-9dcd-fbab3c905d63"
},
{
"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,
"id": "3db8a22d-6ee4-4641-a7d9-7e601207f9ab"
},
{
"name": "N8N Workflows",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
300,
300
],
"parameters": {
"url": "http://localhost:8443/rest/workflows",
"options": []
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "074d0d48-6561-4dd9-8c78-fd7bd040157a"
},
{
"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": "GitHub"
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"continueOnFail": true,
"alwaysOutputData": true,
"id": "ce48f500-71e1-4c48-9968-7af33f0ab49f"
},
{
"name": "Merge",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
"position": [
1000,
300
],
"parameters": [],
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "7ff63065-a9c0-4ad0-9c87-08fc50413fd4"
},
{
"name": "N8N Workflow Detail",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
800,
460
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=http://localhost:8443/rest/workflows/{{$json[\"id\"]}}",
"options": []
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "d384ee68-9088-4c17-9621-4f40c90b409a"
},
{
"name": "github_status",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
"position": [
1300,
300
],
"parameters": {
"rules": {
"rules": [
{
"value2": "same"
},
{
"output": 1,
"value2": "different"
},
{
"output": 2,
"value2": "new"
}
]
},
"value1": "={{$json[\"github_status\"]}}",
"dataType": "string"
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "83cc9bd6-fe85-418e-b1f9-4f813adaf331"
},
{
"name": "same",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1500,
130
],
"parameters": [],
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "a6e668f1-37b6-4e19-98a4-3114500baa0b"
},
{
"name": "different",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1500,
300
],
"parameters": [],
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "5039a47f-182b-4469-a686-4e59e85a18c1"
},
{
"name": "new",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
1500,
460
],
"parameters": [],
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "0dddf032-9793-4575-94d4-e0fdaf0b2116"
},
{
"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 ({{$json[\"github_status\"]}})"
},
"credentials": {
"githubApi": "GitHub"
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "a80369c7-527a-4f14-be0e-60633a930c6f"
},
{
"name": "GitHub Create",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.github",
"position": [
1700,
460
],
"parameters": {
"owner": "={{$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": "GitHub"
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "3bd40469-0577-406a-ade1-b56ce4e6f9b7"
},
{
"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,
"id": "0789ec57-80cd-403e-b8f3-8fd6309520e1"
},
{
"name": "Daily @ 20:00",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.cron",
"position": [
0,
450
],
"parameters": {
"triggerTimes": {
"item": [
{
"hour": 20,
"minute": 11
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "51feaa7d-edb8-46ee-8d86-2675bf947cde"
},
{
"name": "OneAtATime",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches",
"position": [
600,
300
],
"parameters": {
"options": [],
"batchSize": 1
},
"typeVersion": 1,
"id": "918bc8c5-6a96-44c7-9d7e-b15972dd8f7e"
},
{
"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,
"id": "295894da-9212-4c4d-a64a-aba3ff79f9c2"
}
],
"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
}
]
]
}
},
"n8n_version": "1.5.0"
}Requirements
n8n instance, Github API credentials
Tags
#n8n
#automation
#workflow