Hi, I found couple of threads in the community explaining ways to backup workflows to google drive and/or airtables. But looks like these mechanisms use Rest APIs that are probably not public yet (please correct me if I am wrong). Therefore, I am not sure what’s the best way to backup my workflows…

Hi, I’m trying to implement this in my self-hosted version of n8n, but in the “N8N Workflows” node, I’m getting the following error message: “Error: connect ECONNREFUSED” I simply updated the URL to my n8n URL. Is there anything else that I need to do (e.g. set authentication)? Thanks!

Confirmed, I’m getting the same error message. Some guidance would be great!

You have to change the workflow according to your need. So would you for example have to change the URL on the node “N8N Workflows”. In the example it is set to http://localhost:8443/rest/workflows as the user who created the workflow is apparently running n8n on port 8443. In your case, it is more…

I know this might sound like a simple question. Do I need to provide Authorization to access the workflows on my own server? (sounds a bit odd lol) [image] Note: port 8443 - provided me with error message: “Error: connect ECONNREFUSED” port “5678” - says: ERROR: UNKNOWN ERROR - check the det…

Hey @David_Go , You do indeed, So you will need to set Basic Auth and use the username / password you use to access your install. Image below shows how I have mine set up. [image]

Works like magic :slight_smile: Thank you @Jon

i’m doing the same as above, but getting unauthorised, using the same email and pwd that i use to login, any thoughts?

is this because of the new user management working differently?

Hey @RedPacketSec , Yeah the new user management feature doesn’t use Basic auth, There is a version of the github backup solution that uses the CLI to export instead which you could use.

how does it work so we can utilise the API?

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pb84 September 21, 2022, 6:58am 21

Awesome thanks Jon

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