Setup Local

• build nodes/GravityApi/api.json everytime the schema is getting updated.
• run npm install
• run npm run build
• run npm link

link with n8n custom packages:

• Go to ~/.n8n

• check for custom directory.

  • If found run npm link n8n-nodes-gravityapi
  • If not found

    • In ~/.n8n directory run

      mkdir custom 
      cd custom 
      npm init
      npm link n8n-nodes-gravityapi`
      

• For deploying custom node to docker please follow the given documentation.
  https://community.n8n.io/t/building-custom-nodes/58148/5

Docker Setup

following is docker configuration which was used to deploy it on Ec2 server

• build nodes/GravityApi/api.json everytime the schema is getting updated.
• run npm install
• run npm run build
• run npm link

following is the Dockerfile:

USER root

# Install the package
COPY /home/ec2-user/n8n_data/custom/node_modules/n8n-nodes-gravityapi /home/node/.n8n/custom/node_modules/n8n-nodes-gravityapi
RUN npm install -g axios
RUN npm install -g fs-extra
RUN npm install -g form-data

USER node