We may use n8n for multiple situations and some variables may diff among different situation. However we may change them together. For example:
There are 2 variable endpoint and token which may be used in many nodes. Endpoint may be ‘a’ in dev and ‘b’ in production. Token may be ‘a-token’ while endpoint is ‘a’ and to be ‘b-token’ while endpoint is ‘b’.
There is only credential variable we may specify beyond the workflow and use it in only specific field for now.
We may need more configurable variable beyond workflow and use it in more flexible fields such as any field expression.
There are 2 features needed to achieve it. First we may need more flexible variable usage support. Second env variables need to be managed by group. There should be no need to change nodes in workflow and just change the variables group name and the different values should be applied.
interface Variable {
endpoint: string
token: string
}
env name: dev/prod/…
{
dev: {
endpoint: 'a',
token: 'a-token'
}
prod: {
endpoint: 'b',
token: 'b-token'
}
}
