Crowd.dev Node

Overview

The Crowd.dev Node for n8n allows you to interact with the Crowd.dev platform, an open-source suite of community and data tools. Specifically, when using the Note resource with the Find operation, this node retrieves a note by its ID from your Crowd.dev workspace.

Common scenarios:

• Fetching details of a specific note for further automation or reporting.
• Integrating note data into other workflows, such as sending notifications or updating records in other systems.

Practical example:
You might use this node to look up a note's content and metadata by its unique ID, then send that information via email or store it in another database.

Properties

Output

• The output is a JSON object containing the details of the found note.
• If the API returns an array of notes (unlikely for "find" by ID), each note will be output as a separate item.
• If no data is returned, the output will be { "result": "success" }.

Example output:

{
  "id": "12345",
  "content": "This is a sample note.",
  "createdAt": "2024-06-01T12:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-06-02T08:30:00Z",
  // ...other note fields
}

Dependencies

• External Service: Requires access to the Crowd.dev API.
• Credentials: You must configure the crowdApi credential in n8n for authentication.

Troubleshooting

• Missing or Invalid ID: If the provided ID does not exist, the node may return an empty result or an error from the API.
• Authentication Errors: If credentials are missing or invalid, you may see errors related to authentication failure.
• API Connectivity Issues: Network problems or incorrect API endpoints can cause connection errors.
• Error Handling: If an error occurs and "Continue On Fail" is enabled, the error will be included in the output under an error field; otherwise, the workflow will stop and display the error message.

Links and References

• Crowd.dev Documentation
• n8n Documentation: Custom Nodes