Crowd.dev Node

Overview

The Crowd.dev Node for n8n enables interaction with the Crowd.dev platform, an open-source suite of community and data tools. Specifically, when using the Task resource with the Find operation, this node retrieves information about a specific task by its ID from Crowd.dev. This is useful in automation scenarios where you need to fetch details of a particular task for further processing, reporting, or integration with other systems.

Example use cases:

• Retrieve task details to display in dashboards.
• Fetch a task's information before updating or deleting it.
• Integrate task data into workflows for notifications or analytics.

Properties

Output

• The output will be a JSON object containing the details of the found task.
• If the API returns an array of results, each result will be output as a separate item.
• If no data is returned, the output will be:

  { "result": "success" }
  

• In case of errors (and if "Continue On Fail" is enabled), the output will include the original input and error information.

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 Credentials:
  Error: Authentication failed or missing credentials.
  Solution: Ensure that the crowdApi credential is correctly set up in n8n.

• Invalid Task ID:
  Error: Task not found or invalid ID provided.
  Solution: Double-check the ID property value; ensure it matches an existing task in Crowd.dev.

• API Errors or Network Issues:
  Error: Various messages depending on the API response.
  Solution: Check network connectivity and Crowd.dev API status.

• Error Handling:

  • If "Continue On Fail" is enabled, errors are included in the output for each failed item.
  • Otherwise, the workflow execution stops, and the error message is shown in n8n.

Links and References

• Crowd.dev Documentation
• n8n Documentation: Custom Nodes
• n8n Credentials Setup