Dynamic credentials

[Sebastian1]

I know this question has been asked already but so far only got a workaround and wonder if there might be a better solution these days.

I want to use nodes with dynamic credentials API Token provided from Trigger node. At the moment I can only get it to work when I do put the set node in front of the node which does not make sense to me since I would assume accessing the value from the Trigger node shouldn’t be an issue

As well I tried to connect it to two nodes which also seemed not to work

Is there any better solution out there

current version is 1.25.1

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[barn4k]

hello @Sebastian1

Why you are not able to use the token directly in the HTTP Node? What is the error or issue?

[Sebastian1]

I have the same question. I found in another thread that you need to map it always before the node

0.234.0 - dynamic credential not working

Hey @admdiegolima, I have just given this a quick go and for me it is working in a quick test, I have created a generic Basic auth credential that looks like this… [image] Then in my workflow I have added a Set node before my HTTP Request node that sets a username and sets the password to the workflow execution id so it is something that changes. [image] Now in my test http request node I am just firing the request off to webhook.site to see what the value is and I can see there that they…

[Ludwig]

Hi @Sebastian1,

Thanks for following up! I think it’s worth examining the values passed through by the trigger node. After testing just now on our latest stable I was able to make the HTTP request immediately following the webhook trigger.

[Sebastian1]

Hello Ludwig,

thank you for your reply. In your workflow there is only one http node. Can you try the same 3 HTTP nodes in a row if the credentials from the Webhook still work for those?

[BramKn]

That should just work. Remember to refer to the trigger node and correct item. Normally by doing for example $(nodename).first().json.field with token

[Sebastian1]

with this {{$node[“Token”].json[“API-Token”]}} it seems to work. But is seems also to work with that {{ $(‘Trigger’).item.json[“API-Token”] }}

So I think I did something wrong at the beginning. Sorry for confusion