Automation library · Data collection

Validate API requests with Bearer Token Authentication

Started by another system calling it, and works across Airtable. 20 steps, 5 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

20 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
5Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 10Logic 7Service 3

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

  1. 1Other methodsWebhookStarts it
  2. 2GET jobsWebhookStarts it
  3. 3When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  4. 4405 ErrorRespond To WebhookStarts it
  5. 5ValidatorCodeLogic
  6. 6Make a requestHttp RequestService
  7. 7ValidIfLogic
  8. 8Get tokenAirtableService
  9. 9UnauthorizedRespond To WebhookStarts it
  10. 10Token ExistsIfLogic
  11. 11ActiveIfLogic
  12. 12invalid tokenRespond To WebhookStarts it
  13. 13Find jobAirtableService
  14. 14expiredRespond To WebhookStarts it
  15. 15Job found?IfLogic
  16. 16Owner?IfLogic
  17. 17job not foundRespond To WebhookStarts it
  18. 18format jobCodeLogic
  19. 19unauthorizedRespond To WebhookStarts it
  20. 20Return dataRespond To WebhookStarts it

How it's built

Starts on
Another system calling it
Steps
20, with 5 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable 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. 20 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 20 steps before you point it at anything that matters.