I’m currently working on creating a workflow to allow me to run Python scripts via n8n. My instance is hosted on DigitalOcean and was set up by following this video.
I added Python to my server using this article for the steps and then used a Bind Mount to make it available in my n8n Docker container. It is possible I set up Python in the incorrect folder, but when I type docker inspect n8n I can see the following
In the event it’s helpful, I’ve also been having issues with the Write to Binary node. I assume, I am missing something obvious regarding how to access local files from n8n. But despite browsing the existing posts the only thing to work for me was writing to /root/.n8n/ which I know is not correct.
Look to me that n8n image does not have access to the python runtime. The container is not aware that you installed pyhon in the host. I think you have to create a custom image that adds python. Check the post below.
With regard to the Write to Binary node I wonder if it’s related to the issue below. That would explain why it works with /root/.n8n. It seems like the base path has to be path of the .n8n folder.
Got Python and the write to binary to work! Thanks @RicardoE105! I’m a little confused about the below post from jan tho. Is it okay to write to the .n8n folder? Since I’m running Docker, I thought I should be able to read and write to /files based on what I added to my volumes in docker-compose? (screenshot in original post)