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N8n Workflow API

Operations about workflows

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Operations 13

POST /workflows Create a workflow #

GET /workflows Retrieve all workflows #

GET /workflows/{id} Retrieves a workflow #

DELETE /workflows/{id} Delete a workflow #

PUT /workflows/{id} Update a workflow #

GET /workflows/{id}/{versionId} Retrieves a specific version of a workflow #

POST /workflows/{id}/activate Activate a workflow #

POST /workflows/{id}/deactivate Deactivate a workflow #

POST /workflows/{id}/archive Archive a workflow #

POST /workflows/{id}/unarchive Unarchive a workflow #

PUT /workflows/{id}/transfer Transfer a workflow to another project #

GET /workflows/{id}/tags Get workflow tags #

PUT /workflows/{id}/tags Update tags of a workflow #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: n8n Public Audit Workflow API
  description: The n8n public REST API provides programmatic access to n8n instance resources including workflows, executions, credentials, users, tags, variables, projects, source control, audit, data tables, community packages, folders, and insights.
  termsOfService: https://n8n.io/legal/#terms
  contact:
    name: n8n
    url: https://n8n.io/
    email: hello@n8n.io
  license:
    name: Sustainable Use License
    url: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE.md
  version: 1.1.1
servers:
- url: https://app.n8n.cloud/api/v1
  description: n8n Cloud
- url: '{baseUrl}/api/v1'
  description: Self-hosted n8n
  variables:
    baseUrl:
      default: http://localhost:5678
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Workflow
  description: Operations about workflows
paths:
  /workflows:
    post:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Create a workflow
      operationId: createWorkflow
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
    get:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Retrieve all workflows
      operationId: getWorkflows
      parameters:
      - name: active
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: tags
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: projectId
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: excludePinnedData
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
          default: 100
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Retrieves a workflow
      operationId: getWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: excludePinnedData
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
    delete:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Delete a workflow
      operationId: deleteWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
    put:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Update a workflow
      operationId: updateWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/{versionId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Retrieves a specific version of a workflow
      operationId: getWorkflowVersion
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: versionId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/activate:
    post:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Activate a workflow
      operationId: activateWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/deactivate:
    post:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Deactivate a workflow
      operationId: deactivateWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/archive:
    post:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Archive a workflow
      operationId: archiveWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/unarchive:
    post:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Unarchive a workflow
      operationId: unarchiveWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/transfer:
    put:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Transfer a workflow to another project
      operationId: transferWorkflow
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
  /workflows/{id}/tags:
    get:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Get workflow tags
      operationId: getWorkflowTags
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
    put:
      tags:
      - Workflow
      summary: Update tags of a workflow
      operationId: updateWorkflowTags
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation successful.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-N8N-API-KEY
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
  description: n8n API documentation
  url: https://docs.n8n.io/api/