Automate Scanner to Nextcloud Sync
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Effortlessly transfer scanned documents from your network scanner directly to your Nextcloud storage. This workflow automates the process, ensuring your important files are securely backed up and accessible.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow streamlines the process of getting your scanned documents into Nextcloud. It leverages an HTTP Request to interact with a local scanner API (likely ScanServJS) to retrieve new scan files. Subsequently, another HTTP Request fetches the specific file data. Finally, the Nextcloud node uploads the binary scan data to a designated folder within your Nextcloud instance, using the filename from the scan. Set up on a schedule, this workflow ensures a continuous and automated flow of your scanned documents, improving organization and accessibility.
Key Features
- Scheduled Scans: Automatically initiate the scanning and transfer process at regular intervals.
- Direct Nextcloud Integration: Seamlessly upload files to your preferred Nextcloud folder.
- API-Driven Scanner Interaction: Works with scanners that expose an API for file retrieval.
- Binary File Support: Handles the upload of raw scan data for maximum fidelity.
How To Use
- Configure Schedule Trigger: Set your desired interval (e.g., every hour) for the workflow to run.
- Set Up HTTP Request (Initial): In the first HTTP Request node, configure the
URLto point to your scanner's API endpoint that lists available files (e.g.,http://192.168.1.100:8080/api/v1/files). - Set Up HTTP Request (File Fetch): In the second HTTP Request node, configure the
URLto fetch a specific file using a dynamic parameter, likely the filename obtained from the first HTTP Request (e.g.,http://192.168.1.100:8080/api/v1/files/{{ $json.name }}). Ensure theacceptheader is set appropriately if needed. - Configure Nextcloud Node: Connect your Nextcloud account credentials. Set the
Pathparameter to your desired Nextcloud directory, utilizing a dynamic value for the filename (e.g.,=/Scans/{{ $json.name }}). EnableBinary Data Upload. - Connect Nodes: Ensure the Schedule Trigger connects to the first HTTP Request, which then connects to the second HTTP Request, and finally, the second HTTP Request connects to the Nextcloud node.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "c7089dc5-b820-4958-bd34-4429522a9252",
"name": "Automate Scanner to Nextcloud Sync",
"nodes": 19,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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