n8n-nodes-toon-formatter

A single community node for n8n that converts JSON payloads into the compact TOON format. The node emits the formatted text under the toon key on each output item.

Installation

1. Clone this repository (or install the package once it is published to npm).
2. Enable community nodes in your n8n instance.
3. Follow the official community node guide to build and load the package into n8n.

Operation

• Format – accepts any JSON value (object, array, primitive) and encodes it into TOON text.

Usage

The node offers two ways to pick the JSON to encode:

• Field Name – read JSON directly from a field on the incoming item (for example data).
• Expression / Manual JSON – provide JSON via an expression or paste raw JSON.

Typical flows:

1. Add a TOON Formatter node to your workflow.
2. Choose Source:
   • Field Name – set Field Name (e.g. data); the node will use item.json.data as input.
   • Expression / Manual JSON – set JSON Value, for example:
     • ={{ $json }} to encode the whole item
     • ={{ $json.data }} to encode a nested property
3. Run the workflow and read the TOON output from the toon property.

Resources

• TOON format documentation
• n8n community nodes guide

Version history

• 2.0.0 – Dual-source input (field name vs expression/manual JSON), improved encoder, updated icons and docs.
• 0.1.0 – Initial release of the TOON formatter node.