Describe the problem/error/question
I retrieve all files from a GitLab repo using a List Files Node. I have an output containing list of all tree and blob objects. I now want to get each file (to insert into a vector DB). I use a GitLab Get File node using the {{json.path}} expression to the file. For some reason it only gets the first file in the list but none of the others. I checked the node is NOT set to “Execute once”.
Why is it not processing the rest of the files?
What is the error message (if any)?
There’s no error. I can just see that only the first file is actually retrieved. See the Set Field" node.
Please share your workflow
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“leftValue”: “={{ $json.path.startsWith(‘docs/_templates’) }}”,
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“leftValue”: “={{ $json.path.startsWith(‘docs/contributors’) }}”,
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{
“parameters”: {
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“resource”: “file”,
“operation”: “list”,
“owner”: “CloudSuite”,
“repository”: “cs-doc”,
“returnAll”: true,
“filePath”: “docs/features”,
“additionalParameters”: {
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“parameters”: {
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“resource”: “file”,
“operation”: “get”,
“owner”: “CloudSuite”,
“repository”: “cs-doc”,
“filePath”: “={{ $json.path }}”,
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“id”: “t2f5vmdb8aiNqO7l”,
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“parameters”: {
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“id”: “9cafd0b4-c555-4958-b294-7d8984a5b9fa”,
“name”: “has binary data”,
“value”: “={{ $binary.data ? ‘has file’ : ‘no file’ }}”,
“type”: “string”
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{
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},
“Edit Fields”: {
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“pinData”: {},
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“templateCredsSetupCompleted”: true,
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}
}
Share the output returned by the last node
Information on your n8n setup
I’m on 1.100.1 cloud.
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