Instable webhook url that sucks

Questions
1

Describe the problem/error/question

I use the api on localhost for automated tests. I consider that as good practice. My workflow responds to a Webhook node. A Webhook has a url. I can set the url using its Path. All right. Now when my automated test updates the workflow the url changes by addin the id of the workflow as follows: http://localhost:5678/webhook/extraIdThatSucks/webhookSucksAlso/selectworkflow

My issue: I do not want the parts in the url that sucks.

Please share your workflow

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Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.64.3
  • Database default: SQLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via desktop app on localhost
  • Operating system: Windows 10
2

Can’t you just erase the extra parts by changing the path?

3

Thanks for your suggestion. No that won’t work. I can only set Path. Resetting it does not make a difference to the url scheme.

4

Then I don’t understand what is happening.

Can you show more screenshots of the steps that make the problem happen, please?

5

The issue occurs / triggers when I use the api:
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6

Before the PUT I remove the id’s as follows: ```python
# Clean nodes to avoid n8n API errors
if “nodes” in workflow_for_update:
for node in workflow_for_update[“nodes”]:
if “id” in node:
node.pop(“id”, None)
if node.get(“type”) == “n8n-nodes-base.webhook” and “webhookId” in node:
node.pop(“webhookId”, None)

7

I gave up. Apparently I cannot control that url scheme. I simply had to workaround. Not happy.