Rapid Product Development with n8n: Practical guide to creating digital products on the web using workflow automation and n8n

Cover\nTitle Page\nCopyright and Credits\nForeword\nContributors\nTable of Contents\nPreface\nSection 1 – An Introduction to Your Toolkit\nChapter 1: Introduction to No Code, n8n, and Bubble\n	Technical requirements\n	What is no code?\n	Why does no code matter?\n	An introduction to n8n\n		Installing n8n\n	How do people use n8n to solve problems?\n		CRM call recording access\n		Goomer pivots during COVID-19\n		n8n sails the seven seas\n	An introduction to Bubble\n	Summary\nChapter 2: Using the Editor UI to Create Workflows\n	Technical requirements\n	Introduction to the Editor UI\n	Exploring the regular and trigger nodes\n	Expressions – using dynamic data\n	Workflows – putting it all together\n	Creating your first workflow – Hello World\n	Summary\nChapter 3: Diving into Core Nodes and Data in n8n\n	Technical requirements\n	Introduction to the data structure in n8n\n		JSON syntax\n		n8n JSON structure\n	Function node – Custom JavaScript in workflows\n	The items array\n		Dot notation\n		Outputting data\n		Data from other nodes (the $items method)\n		Manipulating data\n	HTTP Request node – Talk to any API\n		Web API 101\n		Anatomy of an API URL\n		Other parameters\n		HTTP methods\n		Response codes\n		Basic API call\n		Using basic authentication\n	Webhook node – Handling real-time events\n		Creating a basic test Webhook\n		Sending information to n8n\n		Responding to the client\n	Working with arrays and JSON objects\n		Separating the cats from the dogs\n		Combining two arrays\n		Adding the same value to all JSON objects\n	Summary\nChapter 4: Learn by Doing: Building Two n8n Apps\n	Technical requirements\n	Building products with n8n\n	Building a Telegram bot\n	Building a metrics dashboard\n	Sharing and discovering workflows\n	Summary\nSection 2 – Building an API to Power Your Application\nChapter 5: Building Your First API Endpoints\n	Technical requirements\n	Planning your project\'s API\n		Easy to understand\n		Output data in JSON\n		Using the GET, HEAD, and POST HTTP methods\n		Knowing what your API will do\n		Having meaningful and consistent response codes\n		Consistent noun/verb design\n		Submitting data\n		Versioning your API\n		Documenting your API\n	Configuring the Webhook node to handle requests\n		Parameters\n		Response Code\n		Response Mode\n	Building the API in n8n\n		API project specifications\n		Creating credentials\n		Creating Webhooks\n		The rest of the workflow\n	Securing your API endpoints\n		Using SSL/TLS security\n		Limiting where users come from\n		Proxying your API\n		Rotating security tokens\n		Tracking and limiting the number of requests\n		Providing metadata in your API responses\n	Testing your API\n		Use a testing platform\n		Follow the documentation\n		Try to break it\n		Confirm the data\n		Ongoing testing\n	Summary\nChapter 6: Powering Your API with a No Code Database\n	Technical requirements\n	Learning about no code databases\n	Selecting a database for your project\n	Using Airtable for reading and writing data\n	Best practices for working with databases\n		Minimizing bandwidth\n		Compressing data\n		Minimizing API calls\n		Minimizing database queries\n		Minimizing database writes\n		Enabling data caching\n		Backing up the database\n		Recording transactions\n		Using record references and table views\n		Securing your database\n		Performing calculations on the database\n		Load testing the database\n	Optimizing your API for production\n		Reducing database calls\n		Caching data before the API\n		Minimizing API calls\n		Requiring authentication\n		Encrypting API data on the wire\n		Tracking API requests\n		Tying API users to IP addresses\n		Limiting the number of API calls per user per second\n		Properly documenting the API\n	Summary\nChapter 7: Transforming Your Data inside a Workflow\n	Technical requirements\n	Sharing data between workflows\n	Merging datasets\n	Performing calculations and analytics\n	Summary\nChapter 8: Utilizing the Bubble API in n8n\n	Technical requirements\n	Introducing the Bubble API\n		Bubble API endpoints\n		Bubble API settings\n	Understanding Bubble\'s data structure\n		Data types\n		Data security (privacy)\n	Understanding Bubble\'s workflow engine\n	Using Bubble\'s Data API\n		Authentication\n		Data manipulation\n		Searching for data\n	Using Bubble\'s Workflow API\n		Activating a workflow\n		Sending data to a workflow\n	Receiving events and data from Bubble\n		Configuring n8n\n		Configuring Bubble\n	Summary\nSection 3 – Building the User Interface and Connecting the API\nChapter 9: Building the User Interface of the Application\n	Implementing responsive design for your web app\n		Responsive design factors\n		Using the Responsive Viewer\n		Learning more\n	Working with events in Bubble\n		Event types\n		Setting up events\n		Going deeper\n	Validating data in Bubble\n		Field types\n		Custom data types\n		Using the fields\n		More data validation\n	Designing the application structure\n		Reviewing the design\n	Dealing with errors in Bubble\n		Planning for user error\n		Locking down the application\n		Detailed logging\n		Debugging tools\n	Summary\nChapter 10: We’ve Only Just Begun\n	We’ve come a long way\n		Introducing no-code tools\n		APIs and data\n		Building the user interface\n	Where to next?\n		Look for a problem to solve\n		Dream big and start small\n		Start an automation journal\n		Get ideas from others\n	Starting your next project\n		Break it down\n		Write it down\n		Review n8n nodes\n		Steal others’ code\n	Conclusion\nIndex