2. Version Control & CI/CD

Export workflows to Git and automate deployments.

15m Lesson 2 of 5

Treat your workflows like code — version control, code review, and automated deployment pipelines ensure quality and traceability.

Code Examples

Export Workflows via API

bash

#!/bin/bash
# export-workflows.sh

API_KEY="your-n8n-api-key"
BASE_URL="https://n8n.example.com/api/v1"

# Get all workflows
workflows=$(curl -s -H "X-N8N-API-KEY: $API_KEY" "$BASE_URL/workflows")

# Export each workflow to a JSON file
echo "$workflows" | jq -c '.data[]' | while read workflow; do
  wf_id=$(echo "$workflow" | jq -r '.id')
  name=$(echo "$workflow" | jq -r '.name' | tr ' ' '_')
  echo "$workflow" | jq '.' > "workflows/${name}_${wf_id}.json"
  echo "Exported: $name"
done

Pro Tips

💡Use Git branches for workflow changes — develop on feature branches and merge to main for production

Comprehension Quiz

Answer 2 of 2 correctly to unlock lesson completion.

1. How should you treat n8n workflows in a team?

2. What tool exports workflows programmatically?

Pass the quiz above to unlock lesson completion

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