# Collect WhatsApp questionnaire responses in Postgres: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across Postgres and WhatsApp. 22 steps, 4 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/collect-whatsapp-questionnaire-responses-in-postgres (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Collect WhatsApp questionnaire responses in Postgres

Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across Postgres and WhatsApp. 22 steps, 4 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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**22 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 16

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **WhatsApp Trigger** Whats App trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Initialization** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Get Bot Status** Postgres *Service*
- 4 **Define Flow** Switch *Logic*
- 5 **Starts** Whats App *Service*
- 6 **Commands** Switch *Logic*
- 7 **Get prev Answer** Postgres *Service*
- 8 **Upsert Bot Status on START** Postgres *Service*
- 9 **Main Menu** Whats App *Service*
- 10 **Starts Test** Whats App *Service*
- 11 **Is Question found?** If *Logic*
- 12 **Get First Question** Postgres *Service*
- 13 **Get Available Questions** Postgres *Service*
- 14 **Add Answer** Postgres *Service*
- 15 **First Question** Whats App *Service*
- 16 **Is Questions available?** If *Logic*
- 17 **Update Bot Status on ANKETA** Postgres *Service*
- 18 **Question** Whats App *Service*
- 19 **Finish Anketa** Whats App *Service*
- 20 **Add prev Answer** Postgres *Service*
- 21 **Add prev Answer** Postgres *Service*
- 22 **Update Bot Status on START** Postgres *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming WhatsApp message
- **Steps:** 22, with 4 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Postgres, WhatsApp
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Postgres and WhatsApp accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming WhatsApp message.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 22 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 22 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcollect-whatsapp-questionnaire-responses-in-postgres)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Postgres](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Postgres#library)[WhatsApp](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=WhatsApp#library)

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