Unable to connect to google

Rakim · July 28, 2025, 3:07pm

i am new to n8n and am having problem connecting my google consol to n8n , when i try and connet to google concol it gives me this screen,i have alredy put the orath and secret but still not but still get this

{
“nodes”: [
{
“parameters”: {},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger”,
“typeVersion”: 1,
“position”: [
0,
0
],
“id”: “86c492b6-053d-49d1-a613-8f8011c0ce24”,
“name”: “When clicking ‘Execute workflow’”
},
{
“parameters”: {
“documentId”: {
“__rl”: true,
“mode”: “list”,
“value”: “”
},
“sheetName”: {
“__rl”: true,
“mode”: “list”,
“value”: “”
}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets”,
“typeVersion”: 4.6,
“position”: [
220,
0
],
“id”: “da4e0e48-d7fc-47ba-9525-32c121b8c590”,
“name”: “Get row(s) in sheet”,
“credentials”: {
“googleSheetsOAuth2Api”: {
“id”: “iRdonwyCfjNGlknk”,
“name”: “Google Sheets account”
}
}
},
{
“parameters”: {
“resource”: “agent”,
“requestOptions”: {}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-aiscraper.aiScraper”,
“typeVersion”: 1,
“position”: [
440,
0
],
“id”: “b2115cf8-0615-4aff-a478-28238cac6899”,
“name”: “Scrape with agent”
},
{
“parameters”: {
“operation”: “update”,
“documentId”: {
“__rl”: true,
“mode”: “list”,
“value”: “”
},
“sheetName”: {
“__rl”: true,
“mode”: “list”,
“value”: “”
}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets”,
“typeVersion”: 4.6,
“position”: [
660,
0
],
“id”: “a3c2103a-6505-4b5c-a6a5-794b86f66cce”,
“name”: “Update row in sheet”,
“credentials”: {
“googleSheetsOAuth2Api”: {
“id”: “iRdonwyCfjNGlknk”,
“name”: “Google Sheets account”
}
}
}
],
“connections”: {
“When clicking ‘Execute workflow’”: {
“main”: [
[
{
“node”: “Get row(s) in sheet”,
“type”: “main”,
“index”: 0
}
]
]
},
“Get row(s) in sheet”: {
“main”: [
[
{
“node”: “Scrape with agent”,
“type”: “main”,
“index”: 0
}
]
]
},
“Scrape with agent”: {
“main”: [
[
{
“node”: “Update row in sheet”,
“type”: “main”,
“index”: 0
}
]
]
}
},
“pinData”: {},
“meta”: {
“templateCredsSetupCompleted”: true,
“instanceId”: “41e2dd7f3e143fb502db6be631aeb4b14a185126abc6b37324a7747587b33b19”
}
}
``
i am using this workflow to get things conected

Information on your n8n setup

n8n version is 1.99.1
Running n8n via Docker
windows 11

jabbson · July 28, 2025, 3:29pm

Your problem comes likely from using localhost for redirect url. You can’t, google cannot redirect to localhost. Google needs to redirect back to your n8n instance. For this you need to specify WEBHOOK_URL for your n8n instance.

If using docker compose:

Rakim · August 13, 2025, 2:32pm

i am running n8n on a windows laptop and dont understand what a webhook is can you pls explain

jabbson · August 13, 2025, 3:01pm

A webhook url here is URL that Google needs to call to reach your instance during the OAuth process. If you need to get a public IP with HTTPs to provide to Google for the redurect url, you can use NGROK for that:

Rakim · August 16, 2025, 8:04am

i did as the video said and have set up ngrok and made new n8n contaner, but when i add the redirect link in the google consol redirect address it give me an error “Invalid Redirect: must contain a domain.“ here is the redirect link