n8n-nodes-newapi

This is an n8n community node for NewAPI - an OpenAI compatible API service.

Features

• Chat Completions: Send messages to AI models and get responses
• Model List: Query available models
• OpenAI Compatible: Works with GPT-4, Claude, and other models

Installation

For Docker deployments

Add the following to your docker-compose.yml:

environment:
  - N8N_CUSTOM_EXTENSIONS=/home/node/.n8n/custom
volumes:
  - ./custom:/home/node/.n8n/custom

Then copy the built package to the custom folder:

cp -r dist /path/to/custom/n8n-nodes-newapi

For npm installations

# In your n8n installation directory
cd ~/.n8n
npm install /path/to/n8n-nodes-newapi

For local development

# Build the package
cd ~/Documents/n8n-development/n8n-nodes-newapi
npm run build

# Link the package
npm link

# In n8n custom directory
cd ~/.n8n
npm link n8n-nodes-newapi

# Start n8n
n8n start

Configuration

1. In n8n, go to Credentials and create a new NewAPI Credentials
2. Enter your API Key (starts with sk-)
3. Optionally modify the Base URL (default: https://newapi.lvis.lol)

Usage

Chat Completion

1. Add a NewAPI node to your workflow
2. Select Chat as the resource
3. Select Complete as the operation
4. Enter the model name (e.g., gpt-4o-mini, claude-3-5-sonnet)
5. Enter your message
6. Optionally add a system message and adjust parameters

List Models

1. Add a NewAPI node to your workflow
2. Select Model as the resource
3. Select List as the operation

Parameters

Output

The node returns the API response with an additional message field containing the extracted response text for easy access.

{
  "id": "chatcmpl-xxx",
  "choices": [...],
  "message": "The extracted response text"
}

Project Location

This project is located at:

~/Documents/n8n-development/n8n-nodes-newapi

License

MIT

Author

qiyu