# N8n api - creating workflow under specific project

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-api-creating-workflow-under-specific-project/89556>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** core\
**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-api-creating-workflow-under-specific-project/89556 "2025-03-18T06:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jack\_C](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jack_c/32/47601_2.png) [@Jack\_C](https://community.n8n.io/u/Jack_C)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-api-creating-workflow-under-specific-project/89556/1 "2025-03-18T06:18:00Z")

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I am able to use n8n api to create a workflow in another n8n account using that account’s API key and base URL, but how do i specify the project in which i want this workflow created? When i use “get workflow” API to get the json of a certain workflow it doesnt even tell me which project it belongs to…

output of “Get workflow API”

```auto
{
  "createdAt": "2025-03-18T05:46:58.647Z",
  "updatedAt": "2025-03-18T05:46:58.647Z",
  "id": "W1WpmMHUT8NLi2TX",
  "name": "lala",
  "active": false,
  "nodes": [],
  "connections": {},
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "staticData": null,
  "meta": null,
  "pinData": {},
  "versionId": "314e7d34-ad41-4960-88bc-d08e07551060",
  "triggerCount": 0
}
`
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**Author:** ![hrishikesh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/hrishikesh/32/59763_2.png) [@hrishikesh](https://community.n8n.io/u/hrishikesh)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-api-creating-workflow-under-specific-project/89556/2 "2025-03-18T09:46:46Z")

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> [@Jack\_C](#):
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> but how do i specify the project in which i want this workflow created

You cannot. You’ll have to create the workflow first and then transfer it: [API reference | n8n Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/api/api-reference/#tag/Workflow/paths/~1workflows~1%7Bid%7D~1transfer/put)

Unfortunately, I don’t have access to projects to be able to test further, so that’s just based on the API docs.

Looking at the API UI and inspecting the schema, I don’t see any way to check what project a workflow belongs to.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-api-creating-workflow-under-specific-project/89556/3 "2025-03-25T09:46:59Z")

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