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credentials/ExampleCredentials.credentials.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,56 @@
-import { ICredentialType, INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import {
+	IAuthenticateGeneric,
+	ICredentialTestRequest,
+	ICredentialType,
+	INodeProperties,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export class ExampleCredentials implements ICredentialType {
 	name = 'exampleCredentials';
 	displayName = 'Example Credentials';
 	properties: INodeProperties[] = [
-		// Credential data to request from the user, saved in encrypted format.
+		// The credentials to get from user and save encrypted.
-		// Credential properties are defined exactly like node properties.
+		// Properties can be defined exactly in the same way
+		// as node properties.
 		{
-			displayName: 'Base URL',
+			displayName: 'User Name',
-			name: 'url',
+			name: 'username',
 			type: 'string',
 			default: '',
-			placeholder: 'https://example.com',
 		},
 		{
-			displayName: 'Access Token',
+			displayName: 'Password',
-			name: 'accessToken',
+			name: 'password',
 			type: 'string',
+			typeOptions: {
+				password: true,
+			},
 			default: '',
 		},
 	];
+
+	// This credential is currently not used by any node directly
+	// but the HTTP Request node can use it to make requests.
+	// The credential is also testable due to the `test` property below
+	authenticate: IAuthenticateGeneric = {
+		type: 'generic',
+		properties: {
+			auth: {
+				username: '={{ $credentials.username }}',
+				password: '={{ $credentials.password }}',
+			},
+			qs: {
+				// Send this as part of the query string
+				n8n: 'rocks',
+			},
+		},
+	};
+
+	// The block below tells how this credential can be tested
+	test: ICredentialTestRequest = {
+		request: {
+			baseURL: 'https://example.com/',
+			url: '',
+		},
+	};
 }

credentials/HttpBinApi.credentials.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import {
-	ICredentialDataDecryptedObject,
+	IAuthenticateGeneric,
 	ICredentialTestRequest,
 	ICredentialType,
-	IHttpRequestOptions,
 	INodeProperties,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
@@ -17,12 +16,6 @@ export class HttpBinApi implements ICredentialType {
 			type: 'string',
 			default: '',
 		},
-		// {
-		// 	displayName: "API Key",
-		// 	name: "apiKey",
-		// 	type: "string",
-		// 	default: "",
-		// },
 		{
 			displayName: 'Domain',
 			name: 'domain',
@@ -31,26 +24,20 @@ export class HttpBinApi implements ICredentialType {
 		},
 	];
 
-	// authenticate = {
+	// This allows the credential to be used by other parts of n8n
-	// 	type: "headerAuth",
+	// stating how this credential is injected as part of the request
-	// 	properties: {
+	// An example is the Http Request node that can make generic calls
-	// 		name: "api-key",
+	// reusing this credential
-	// 		value: "={{$credentials.apiKey}}",
+	authenticate = {
-	// 	},
+		type: 'generic',
-	// } as IAuthenticateHeaderAuth;
+		properties: {
-
+			headers: {
-	authenticate = async (
+				Authorization: '={{"Bearer " + $credentials.token}}',
-		credentials: ICredentialDataDecryptedObject,
+			},
-		requestOptions: IHttpRequestOptions,
+		},
-	): Promise<IHttpRequestOptions> => {
+	} as IAuthenticateGeneric;
-		const headers = requestOptions.headers || {};
-		const authentication = { Authorization: `Bearer ${credentials.token}` };
-		Object.assign(requestOptions, {
-			headers: { ...authentication, ...headers },
-		});
-		return requestOptions;
-	};
 
+	// The block below tells how this credential can be tested
 	test: ICredentialTestRequest = {
 		request: {
 			baseURL: '={{$credentials?.domain}}',

nodes/ExampleNode/ExampleNode.node.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
-import { INodeExecutionData, INodeType, INodeTypeDescription } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import {
+	INodeExecutionData,
+	INodeType,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+	NodeOperationError,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export class ExampleNode implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -14,29 +19,56 @@ export class ExampleNode implements INodeType {
 		inputs: ['main'],
 		outputs: ['main'],
 		properties: [
-			// Node properties that the user can see and change on the node.
+			// Node properties which the user gets displayed and
+			// can change on the node.
 			{
 				displayName: 'My String',
 				name: 'myString',
 				type: 'string',
 				default: '',
 				placeholder: 'Placeholder value',
-				description: 'This is a description',
+				description: 'The description text',
 			},
 		],
 	};
 
+	// The function below is responsible for actually doing whatever this node
+	// is supposed to do. In this case, we're just appending the `myString` property
+	// with whatever the user has entered.
+	// You can make async calls and use `await`.
 	async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData[][]> {
 		const items = this.getInputData();
 
-		// The node iterates over all input items and adds the key "myString" with the
+		let item: INodeExecutionData;
-		// value the parameter "myString" resolves to. (This could be a different value
+		let myString: string;
-		// for each item in case it contains an expression.)
+
+		// Iterates over all input items and add the key "myString" with the
+		// value the parameter "myString" resolves to.
+		// (This could be a different value for each item in case it contains an expression)
 		for (let itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < items.length; itemIndex++) {
-			const myString = this.getNodeParameter('myString', itemIndex, '') as string;
+			try {
-			const item = items[itemIndex];
+				myString = this.getNodeParameter('myString', itemIndex, '') as string;
+				item = items[itemIndex];
 
 				item.json['myString'] = myString;
+			} catch (error) {
+				// This node should never fail but we want to showcase how
+				// to handle errors.
+				if (this.continueOnFail()) {
+					items.push({ json: this.getInputData(itemIndex)[0].json, error });
+				} else {
+					// Adding `itemIndex` allows other workflows to handle this error
+					if (error.context) {
+						// If the error thrown already contains the context property,
+						// only append the itemIndex
+						error.context.itemIndex = itemIndex;
+						throw error;
+					}
+					throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), error, {
+						itemIndex,
+					});
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		return this.prepareOutputData(items);

package.json

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.29.0",
     "eslint-plugin-n8n-nodes-base": "^1.2.0",
     "gulp": "^4.0.2",
-    "n8n-core": "~0.123.0",
+    "n8n-core": "^0.124.0",
-    "n8n-workflow": "~0.105.0",
+    "n8n-workflow": "^0.106.0",
     "prettier": "^2.7.1",
     "tslint": "^6.1.2",
     "typescript": "~4.6.0"