# Restore n8n workflows from GitHub JSON backups: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across GitHub and n8n data table. 17 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/restore-n8n-workflows-from-github-json-backups (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Restore n8n workflows from GitHub JSON backups

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across GitHub and n8n data table. 17 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 10 Service 6

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

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **config** Set *Logic*
- 3 **list_repo_files** Github *Service*
- 4 **get_only_workflows** Filter *Logic*
- 5 **github_repo_error** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 6 **get_restored_workflows** Data Table *Service*
- 7 **get_not_restored** Code *Logic*
- 8 **error_geting_restored_worflows** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 9 **loop_over_items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 10 **truncate_control_table** Data Table *Service*
- 11 **get_workflow_file** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **workflows_restored** No Op *Logic*
- 13 **error_truncating_control_table** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 14 **get_workflow_content** Code *Logic*
- 15 **restore_workflow** N8n *Service*
- 16 **save_restored_workflow_data** Data Table *Service*
- 17 **error_saving_restored_workflow** Stop And Error *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 17, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** GitHub, n8n data table
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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?

Plan an afternoon. 17 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

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 17 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%2Frestore-n8n-workflows-from-github-json-backups)
- **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.

[GitHub](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=GitHub#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

## Workflows like it

Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Aggregate & update documentation from Slack, Teams & GitHub** 17 steps · calls a model · GitHub, Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/aggregate-and-update-documentation-from-slack-teams-and-gith)
- [**Document and backup n8n workflows with OpenAI and GitHub** 17 steps · calls a model · GitHub, Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/document-and-backup-n8n-workflows-with-openai-and-github)
- [**n8n workflow backup to GitHub** 16 steps · GitHub](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/n8n-workflow-backup-to-github)
- [**Backup your workflows to GitHub** 19 steps · GitHub](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-your-workflows-to-github)
- [**Chase missing onboarding documents daily with Google Drive** 15 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chase-missing-onboarding-documents-daily-with-google-drive)
- [**Assess blockchain smart contract and tokenomics risk** 15 steps · calls a model · Gmail, n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/assess-blockchain-smart-contract-and-tokenomics-risk)