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Interact with the Lectful Central API for admin operations

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Overview

This node integrates with the Lectful Central API to perform administrative operations related to product family management, among many other resources. Specifically, for the List Product Families operation, it retrieves a paginated list of all product families from the Lectful Central system.

This node is useful in scenarios where you want to automate or integrate your workflow with Lectful Central's product family data, such as syncing product family information into another system, generating reports, or managing product catalogs programmatically.

Example use case:
You want to fetch all product families to display them in a custom dashboard or to update an external inventory system regularly.

Properties

Name Meaning
Authentication Mode Choose how to authenticate with the Lectful Central API:
- Use Stored Credentials
- Manual Configuration (provide base URL and API key manually)
Credentials Note Notice shown when using Manual Configuration mode explaining credential usage
Base URL Override Optional base URL to override the credential setting (without /api/v1)
API Key Override Optional API key to override the credential setting

These properties control how the node authenticates with the Lectful Central API.

For the List Product Families operation specifically, the following input parameters are used:

Name Meaning
Page Page number for pagination (default: 1)
Per Page Number of items per page (default: 15)
Search Optional search string to filter product families by name

These parameters allow you to paginate through the product families and optionally filter them by a search term.

Output

The output is a JSON array where each item corresponds to the API response for one execution item.

For the List Product Families operation, the json field contains the paginated list of product families returned by the Lectful Central API. The structure typically includes metadata about pagination and an array of product family objects, each containing details like ID, name, description, sort order, and active status.

No binary data output is produced by this operation.

Dependencies

  • Requires access to the Lectful Central API.
  • Requires either stored credentials configured in n8n or manual entry of the base URL and API key.
  • The node uses HTTP Bearer token authentication with the provided API key.
  • No additional external dependencies beyond standard HTTP requests.

Troubleshooting

  • Missing or invalid credentials:
    If neither stored credentials nor manual configuration is properly set, the node will throw an error indicating that valid credentials are required. Ensure you have configured the API key and base URL correctly.

  • Base URL or API key missing in manual mode:
    When using Manual Configuration mode, both Base URL Override and API Key Override must be provided; otherwise, the node throws an error.

  • API request failures:
    Network issues, incorrect API keys, or insufficient permissions can cause API calls to fail. Check the API key validity and network connectivity.

  • Invalid pagination parameters:
    Providing non-numeric or out-of-range values for page or perPage may result in unexpected API responses or errors.

  • Search parameter encoding:
    The search string is URL-encoded before sending. Avoid including characters that might break URL encoding.

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