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Route API requests

Started by another system calling it. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 14 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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14 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 5Logic 6Service 3

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

  1. 1API Recovery WebhookWebhookStarts it
  2. 2Extract Request ConfigurationSetLogic
  3. 3Execute Primary API RequestHttp RequestService
  4. 4Check Primary API SuccessIfLogic
  5. 5Return Primary API ResponseRespond To WebhookStarts it
  6. 6Wait Before Retry AttemptWaitLogic
  7. 7Retry Primary API RequestHttp RequestService
  8. 8Check Retry API SuccessIfLogic
  9. 9Return Retry API ResponseRespond To WebhookStarts it
  10. 10Execute Backup API RequestHttp RequestService
  11. 11Check Backup API SuccessIfLogic
  12. 12Return Backup API ResponseRespond To WebhookStarts it
  13. 13Prepare Failure PayloadSetLogic
  14. 14Return Final Failure ResponseRespond To WebhookStarts it

How it's built

Starts on
Another system calling it
Steps
14, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

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. 14 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 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.