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n8n-nodes-timy-tools

Collection of useful utility nodes for n8n workflows.

Installation

npm install n8n-nodes-timy-tools

Nodes

Display Note

Display contextual information from workflow data as a visual note. Perfect for documenting your workflows and showing important values at different stages.

Features:

  • Display title and message with expressions support
  • Different note types (Info, Success, Warning, Error)
  • Passthrough input data
  • Optional note data in output

Data Inspector

Inspect and analyze workflow data structure. Helpful for debugging and understanding your data.

Operations:

  • Analyze Structure: Get detailed information about data structure and types
  • Count Items: Count total items and properties
  • Extract Keys: Get all unique keys from your data
  • Type Summary: Summarize data types across items

Timer & Delay

Add delays or measure execution time in workflows.

Operations:

  • Delay: Add a configurable delay (milliseconds, seconds, or minutes)
  • Measure Time: Add timestamps to track execution time

Random Generator

Generate random data for testing and development.

Data Types:

  • Number: Random numbers with min/max and decimal control
  • String: Random strings with customizable length and character sets
  • Boolean: Random true/false values
  • UUID: Generate UUIDs
  • Date: Random dates within a specified range

Console Logger

Log workflow data and messages to the n8n console for debugging.

Features:

  • Multiple log levels (Debug, Info, Warning, Error, Log)
  • Log custom messages, full data, specific fields, or both
  • Formatting options (prefix, pretty print, timestamps, item index)
  • Pass-through data with log metadata

Send to Logs

Send logs to Appwrite database for persistent storage and web viewing.

Features:

  • Multiple log levels (Debug, Info, Warning, Error, Success)
  • Log custom messages, full data, specific fields, or both
  • Automatic metadata capture (workflow, node, execution details)
  • Optional console logging
  • Persistent storage in Appwrite database
  • Pass-through data with log metadata

Setup:

  1. Create an Appwrite database and collection for logs
  2. Configure the Send to Logs node with your Appwrite credentials
  3. Send logs from your workflows
  4. View logs using the HTML viewer (see below)

Web Viewer:
A standalone HTML logs viewer is included in the viewer/logs-viewer.html file.

To use it:

  1. Open viewer/logs-viewer.html in your browser (or host it on a web server)
  2. Configure your Appwrite connection (saved in browser localStorage)
  3. View, filter, and search your logs with a beautiful interface

Viewer Features:

  • Real-time log viewing from Appwrite
  • Filter by log level (Debug, Info, Warning, Error, Success)
  • Full-text search across all logs
  • JSON data viewer with syntax highlighting
  • Workflow and node metadata display
  • Auto-refresh every 10 seconds
  • Dark theme interface
  • Persistent configuration

License

MIT

Author

Timothy Iliris

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