HTTP Request Data Formatting

[MutedJam]

Hey all, the cookies are usually exchanged through the headers. @pemontto shared an example showing this for n8n’s own UI recently:

Credential unauthorized

I had to workaround this for my backup workflow. Some /rest endpoints now need a JWT in addition to basic auth. You’ll need to do a single auth request before this, then add a Cookie header in subsequent requests. The JWT expiry seems to be a week, so you should only have to do it once per workflow rather than before each request.

Relevant here is the full response option of the first HTTP Request node (to see the cookie header coming back after logging in):

And the cookie header configured on the second HTTP Request node.
Have a look at the above thread to see if this can also apply to you and give me shout if you run into any trouble here.