This n8n template showcases a cool feature of n8n Forms where the form itself can be defined dynamically using the form fields schema. It may be debateable how useful this template actually is since both Airtable and Baserow provide form interfaces already but still a great exercise and demonstration if ever the use-case comes around. How it works A form trigger is used to dynamically select a database/table from which to build the n8n form from. the table's schema is imported into the workflow and using the code node, is converted into the n8n form fields schema. This let's us dynamically build the fields in our n8n form when we choose to define the form using the JSON option. Once the n8n form submits, we convert the values back into our table's API schema so that we can create a new row. Note any files/attachments fields are removed as they need to be handled separately. Files are processed separately as they may first need to be stored. Once complete, the reference is saved into the newly created row.
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Extract infromation from a receipt and store it in Airtable
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Build a self-hosted URL shortener with a dashboard
This workflow creates an automatic self-hosted URL shortener. It consists of three sub-workflows: Short URL creation for extracting the provided long URL, generating an ID, and saving the record in the database. It returns a short link as a result. Redirection for extracting the ID value, validating the existence of its correspondent record in the database, and returning a redirection page after updating the visits (click) count. Dashboard for calculating simple statistics about the saved record and displaying them on a dashboard. Read more about this use case and how to set up the workflow in the blog post How to build a low-code, self-hosted URL shortener in 3 steps. Prerequisites A local proxy set up that redirects the n8n.ly domain to your n8n instance An Airtable account and credentials Basic knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Nodes Webhook nodes trigger the sub-workflows on calls to a specified link. IF nodes route the workflows based on specified query parameters. Set nodes set the required values returned by the previous nodes (id, longUrl, and shortUrl). Airtable nodes retrieve records (values) from or append records to the database. Function node calculates statistics
Save Typeform survey results to Airtable
With this workflow, you can collect the data from Typeform with the Typeform Trigger node every time someone submits a response and save it to Airtable with the Airtable node.