hotjar

Node N8N to interact with Hotjar

Package Information

Released: 11/4/2025
Downloads: 29 weekly / 32 monthly
Latest Version: 1.0.1
Author: elevate_agency

Documentation

n8n-nodes-hotjar

This is an n8n community node. It lets you interact with Hotjar in your n8n workflows.

Hotjar specializes in user experience analytics, providing tools for behavior tracking, heatmaps, and user feedback to help businesses understand their audiences and optimize website performance.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation
Credentials
Operations
Using as a Tool
Compatibility
Resources

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Alternatively, you can manually install it:

git clone https://github.com/elevate-agency-data/n8n-nodes-hotjar.git 
cd n8n-nodes-hotjar 
npm install  

Then, place the node file in the ~/.n8n/custom-nodes directory (or follow instructions specific to your n8n installation).

Credentials

To use this node, you need an Hotjar API key with access to Hotjar.

Operations

This node supports the following operations within Hotjar:

  • Survey Response
    • Gets survey
    • Lists survey responses
    • Lists surveys
  • User Lookup
    • Performs user lookup

Retrieve information from the Hotjar API.

Using as a Tool

This node can be used as a tool in n8n AI Agents. To enable community nodes as tools, you need to set the N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE environment variable to true.

Setting the Environment Variable

If you're using a bash/zsh shell:

export N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true
n8n start

If you're using Docker:
Add to your docker-compose.yml file:

environment:
  - N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true

If you're using the desktop app:
Create a .env file in the n8n directory:

N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true

If you want to set it permanently on Mac/Linux:
Add to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile:

export N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true

Compatibility

  • Tested with: 1.116.2 (Success)

Resources

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