Backup workflows in GDrive

[Vasislav]

How to backup workflows in Drive automatecally?

I tired to solve that and I came up with this workflow:

But something is missing and I’m not sure how to fix it.

[mohamed3nan]

Hello @Vasislav

There are many free templates for backup workflows to Google Drive.

I recommend checking them out for inspiration as you build your own. If you find one that fits your needs exactly, you can import it directly into your instance and customize it as needed.

• Automated Workflow Backup System with Google Drive, Gmail and Discord Alerts' | n8n workflow template
• Backup n8n Workflows to Google Drive | n8n workflow template
• Backup all n8n workflows to Google Drive every 4 hours | n8n workflow template
• Nightly n8n backup to Google Drive | n8n workflow template

[Vasislav]

Hey @mohamed3nan,

Thanks for the reply I managed to back the workflows, but I’m not sure how to load them in n8n automatically.

[Grot]

Hi,

Below is an example. You can add the trigger for your needs which can extract the file back from gdrive and input it into the “create workflow” node.

[Vasislav]

Here is the workflow that I can up with thanks to @Grot

In case someone else needs it

[darrell_tw]

I am not sure if the n8n API is the good way to backup.

But I used n8n command

In this way. All workflows can save into Google Drive

Then you can get the json import back using n8n UI or n8n import command.

Another reason to use command is

** It can backup credentials either **

Git backup of workflows and credentials | n8n workflow template

Take this template as example and replace the node after git

[Grot]

Glad to hear it! If you think I helped resolve the issue, please feel free to mark my reply as the solution. It’s greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

[King_Samuel_David]

Oh nice, I actually only found out there an execution node too, which u can run shell command in, been looking at other method to backup, I use a github workflow atm, just for my workflows, but I think I might try this now too.

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