n8n-nodes-payloadcms

This package provides a community node to interact with the Payload CMS API from within n8n.

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n documentation.

Operations

• Create collection entries
• Delete collection entries
• Get a collection entry
• Get many collection entries
• Update collection entries

Credentials

Create an API key in Payload CMS and enter your CMS base URL, the API key enabled collection slug, and the key itself in the node credentials. The node sends requests with an Authorization header in the format <api-key-collection> API-Key <token> as required by Payload CMS.

Development

Build the TypeScript sources:

npm run build

The node follows the standard n8n community node structure. It includes:

• credentials/PayloadCmsApi.credentials.ts – credentials for API key authentication
• helpers/GenericFunctions.ts – request helper
• nodes/PayloadCms/PayloadCms.node.ts – the node itself

Use it to create, read, update and delete entries in your Payload CMS collections.