n8n Blog Post Node

A custom n8n node for posting blog content to the kepha14.dev API.

Features

• Post blog content with all required fields
• Support for optional fields (excerpt, cover image, tags, category, SEO metadata)
• Bearer token authentication
• Error handling with continue on fail option

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Build the node:

npm run build

3. Link the package to n8n:

npm link

4. In your n8n installation directory, link the package:

npm link n8n-nodes-blog-post

5. Restart n8n to load the custom node.

Usage

Setting Up Credentials

Before using the Blog Post node, you need to create credentials:

1. In n8n, go to Credentials → Add Credential
2. Search for Blog API and select it
3. Fill in the following fields:
   • API URL: The endpoint URL
   • Secret: Your Bearer token for API authentication
4. Save the credentials

Using the Node

The Blog Post node allows you to:

• Set blog post title and slug (required)
• Add full content (required)
• Optionally add excerpt, cover image, tags, category
• Set SEO metadata (meta title, meta description)
• Specify author email
• Configure published status

Node Parameters

Required Fields

• Title: The title of the blog post
• Slug: URL-friendly slug for the blog post
• Content: Full blog post content
• Credentials: Blog API credentials (configured separately)

Optional Fields

• Excerpt: Short excerpt or summary
• Cover Image URL: URL of the cover image
• Published: Whether the blog post should be published (default: true)
• Tags: Array of tags for the blog post
• Category: Category of the blog post
• Meta Title: SEO meta title
• Meta Description: SEO meta description
• Author Email: Email of the author

Credentials

The node requires Blog API credentials with:

• API URL: The API endpoint URL (e.g., `)
• Secret: Bearer token for authentication

Development

# Watch mode for development
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Lint code
npm run lint

# Format code
npm run format

License

MIT