Templates
When creating a new workflow, you can choose whether to start with an empty workflow, or use an existing template.
Templates provide:
- Help getting started: n8n might already have a template that does what you need.
- Examples of what you can build
- Best practices for creating your own workflows
Access templates
Select 
Templates to view the templates library.
If you use n8n's template library, this takes you to browse Workflows on the n8n website. If you use a custom library provided by your organization, you'll be able to search and browse the templates within the app.
Add your workflow to the n8n library
n8n is working on a creator program, and developing a marketplace of templates. This is an ongoing project, and details are likely to change.
Self-hosted n8n: Use your own library
In your environment variables, set N8N_TEMPLATES_HOST to the base URL of your API.
Endpoints
Your API must provide the same endpoints and data structure as n8n's.
The endpoints are:
| Method | Path | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /templates/workflows/ | Fetch template metadata for preview/browsing |
| GET | /workflows/templates/ | Fetch workflow data to import onto canvas |
| GET | /templates/search | Search for workflow templates |
| GET | /templates/collections/ | Get a specific template collection |
| GET | /templates/collections | List all template collections |
| GET | /templates/categories | List all template categories |
| GET | /health | Health check endpoint |
Critical: Two different response formats required
The two workflow endpoints require different response formats :
/templates/workflows/: Returns the template itself, which includes the workflow in theworkflowkey/workflows/templates/: Returns the workflow the template contains
See Schemas below for details.
Query parameters
The /templates/search endpoint accepts the following query parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
page | integer | The page of results to return |
rows | integer | The maximum number of results to return per page |
category | comma-separated list of strings (categories) | The categories to search within |
search | string | The search query |
The /templates/collections endpoint accepts the following query parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
category | comma-separated list of strings (categories) | The categories to search within |
search | string | The search query |
Schemas
The key difference between the two workflow endpoints:
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// GET /templates/workflows/ returns (wrapped):
}
}
}
// GET /workflows/templates/ returns (flat):
}
}
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Detailed schemas for response objects:
Show workflow item data schema
Used by /templates/workflows/ endpoint (wrapped in a workflow key).
This schema describes the template metadata used for displaying templates in search/browse UI. It includes a nested workflow property that contains the actual importable workflow definition.
Workflow item data schema
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"name": ,
"totalViews": ,
"price": ,
"purchaseUrl": ,
"recentViews": ,
"createdAt": ,
"user": ,
"verified":
},
"required": [
"username",
"verified"
]
},
"nodes": ,
"icon": ,
"name": ,
"codex": ,
"resources": ,
"icon": ,
"label":
},
"required": [
"url",
"label"
]
}
},
"primaryDocumentation":
},
"required": [
"url"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"primaryDocumentation"
]
},
"categories":
},
"nodeVersion": ,
"codexVersion":
},
"required": [
"categories"
]
}
}
},
"group": ,
"defaults": ,
"color":
},
"required": [
"name"
]
},
"iconData": ,
"type": ,
"fileBuffer":
},
"required": [
"type"
]
},
"displayName": ,
"typeVersion": ,
"nodeCategories": ,
"name":
},
"required": [
"id",
"name"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"icon",
"name",
"codex",
"group",
"defaults",
"iconData",
"displayName",
"typeVersion"
]
}
},
"description": ,
"image": ,
"url":
}
}
},
"categories": ,
"name":
}
}
},
"workflowInfo": ,
"nodeTypes":
}
},
"workflow": ,
"connections": ,
"settings": ,
"pinData":
},
"required": [
"nodes",
"connections"
]
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"name",
"totalViews",
"createdAt",
"user",
"nodes",
"workflow"
]
}
Show category item data schema
Category item data schema
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"name":
},
"required": [
"id",
"name"
]
}
Show collection item data schema
Collection item data schema
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,
"rank": ,
"name": ,
"totalViews": ,
"createdAt": ,
"workflows":
},
"required": [
"id"
]
}
},
"nodes":
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"rank",
"name",
"totalViews",
"createdAt",
"workflows",
"nodes"
]
}
You can also interactively explore n8n's API endpoints:
https://api.n8n.io/templates/categories https://api.n8n.io/templates/collections https://api.n8n.io/templates/search https://api.n8n.io/health
You can contact us for more support.