🚀 n8n Custom NocoDB Node

A custom n8n node for working with NocoDB — built to be actually pleasant to use.

• No manual query strings.
• No guessing field names.
• No unreadable relation payloads.

Just a proper UI-driven experience, the way it should’ve been from the start.

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🤖 AI Tool node is supported

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✨ Supported Operations

• Create row

• Delete row

• Update row

• Get row

• List rows

• Count rows

• Link records

• Unlink records

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🤔 Why Another NocoDB Node?

The official NocoDB node works, but once you go beyond the basics, things get painful fast.

This custom node focuses on:

• Developer Experience

• Readable data

• UI-first configuration

• Scalability for real workflows

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🔍 Filtering: Official Node vs This Node

❌ Official n8n NocoDB Node

Filtering for Get row / Get rows is done by manually typing query parameters:

where=(field1,eq,value1)~and(field2,eq,value2)

• Error-prone

• Hard to read

• Hard to automate

• Hard to maintain

• No visual structure

Honestly… not great.

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✅ This Custom Node

Filtering for Get row, List rows, and Count rows is done entirely through the UI.

You can:

• Add multiple filter groups

• Choose AND / OR logic per group

• Combine conditions visually

• Actually understand what you’re building

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🔗 Handling Relation (Link) Fields

❌ Official Node Output (Link fields)

The official node returns deeply nested, noisy structures:

{
  "Id": 1,
  "CreatedAt": "2026-01-30 15:29:56+00:00",
  "UpdatedAt": "2026-01-30 15:38:02+00:00",
  "Title": "Not test",
  "Some field": 1,
  "_nc_m2m_Collections_Products": [
    {
      "Products_id": 11,
      "Collections_id": 1,
      "Products": {
        "Collections": 1,
        "Id": 11,
        "CreatedAt": "2026-01-30 15:37:33+00:00",
        "UpdatedAt": "2026-01-30 15:37:33+00:00",
        "Title": "Test"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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✅ This Custom Node Output

For Get row and Get all, there’s an additional option:

Expand Relations (default: false)

• If disabled → relation fields return only linked IDs

• If enabled → relations are expanded in a clean, predictable structure

{
  "id": 1,
  "fields": {
    "CreatedAt": "2026-01-30 15:29:56+00:00",
    "UpdatedAt": "2026-01-30 15:38:02+00:00",
    "Title": "Not test",
    "Some field": [
      {
        "id": 11,
        "fields": {
          "Title": "Test"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

⚠️ Note: Relation handling will be improved further in future versions.

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🎯 Selecting Returned Fields

❌ Official Node

You must manually type field names, separated by commas.

• Typos happen

• No autocomplete

• No validation

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✅ This Custom Node

• Field selection via UI dropdown

• All available fields are loaded dynamically

• No guessing, no mistakes

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📄 Pagination Support

❌ Official Node

• ❌ No pagination support for Get all

✅ This Custom Node

• ✅ Pagination supported via Page option

• Available for List rows

Perfect for large datasets and production workflows.

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👁️ View Selection

For List rows and Count rows, you can now select a specific NocoDB view instead of always working with the whole table.

This lets you:

• Reuse existing view filters

• Reuse view sorting/order

• Keep workflows aligned with how users already work inside NocoDB

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🧠 Summary

Feature	Official Node	This Node
UI-based filtering	❌	✅
Filter groups (AND / OR)	❌	✅
Clean relation output	❌	✅
Expand relations toggle	❌	✅
Dynamic field selection	❌	✅
Pagination	❌	✅

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🔥 Who Is This For?

• n8n users working seriously with NocoDB

• Anyone tired of writing query strings by hand

• Teams that value clean, maintainable workflows

• Developers who want their automations to scale

• Prepare a GitHub release description

• Or make a README badge set 😏

🤝 Need Custom Automation or Integration?

If this node doesn’t fully cover your use case — or you need something tailored specifically to your workflow, I’m open for custom work.

I can help with:

• Custom n8n nodes for your service

• Complex n8n automations

• NocoDB integrations (advanced relations, custom logic, performance tuning)

• API integrations (internal or external services)

• Workflow optimization & architecture consulting

Whether it’s a small tweak or a full-blown custom integration, feel free to reach out.

Email: seo.orchid.kid@gmail.com
Telegram: https://t.me/xcharlesbronsonx