Rate-Limited Customer Data Sync to External API
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Effortlessly sync your customer data to any external API with this n8n workflow. It intelligently retrieves customer records, processes them individually, and sends them via HTTP POST requests, incorporating a built-in delay to respect API rate limits and ensure smooth data delivery.
About This Workflow
This powerful n8n workflow provides a robust solution for integrating your customer information with external services that require careful handling of API requests. Starting with a manual trigger, it retrieves all records from your designated Customer Datastore. Each customer record is then processed sequentially, allowing for precise control. The workflow dynamically constructs HTTP POST requests, mapping customer id and name to the external API's payload. Crucially, a configurable 'Wait' node introduces a delay between each request, effectively preventing your integrations from hitting rate limits and ensuring stable communication with third-party platforms. It's perfect for maintaining data hygiene across systems without overwhelming target servers.
Key Features
- Manual On-Demand Execution: Trigger the entire data synchronization process whenever you need it with a single click.
- Sequential Data Processing: Efficiently handles large datasets by processing each customer record individually, ensuring thoroughness.
- Configurable HTTP POST Requests: Easily adapt the workflow to any external API by customizing URLs, methods, and dynamic body parameters.
- Built-in API Rate Limiting: Prevent service interruptions and maintain compliance with third-party API usage policies through a customizable delay between requests.
- Dynamic Data Mapping: Seamlessly transform and send relevant customer data fields (like
idandname) directly into your API payloads.
How To Use
- Initiate Workflow: Click 'Execute Workflow' (or 'Test Workflow' during setup) on the 'On clicking 'execute'' node to manually start the process.
- Configure Data Source: Replace the 'Customer Datastore' node with your actual data source (e.g., database, CRM, spreadsheet) and configure it to retrieve the customer records you wish to sync. Ensure the output contains
idandnamefields or modify subsequent nodes to match your data structure. - Adjust Batching (Optional): The 'SplitInBatches' node is set to
batchSize: 1for individual processing. Adjust this if you need different batching logic or if your target API can handle multiple items per request. - Set Up HTTP Request:
- Update the 'HTTP Request' node's
URLto your target API endpoint (e.g.,https://api.yourcrm.com/customers). - Verify the
Request MethodisPOST(or adjust as needed). - Modify the
Body Parameters(idandname) to match the expected fields of your target API. Use expressions like={{$json["id"]}}to dynamically pull data from the previous node.
- Update the 'HTTP Request' node's
- Configure Rate Limiting: In the 'Wait' node, adjust the
Amount(currently 4 seconds) andUnitto set the desired delay between each API request, ensuring compliance with your target API's rate limits. - Replace Placeholder (Optional): The 'Replace Me' node is a
noOpplaceholder. You can remove it or replace it with additional processing steps, error handling, or logging nodes as needed, to act on the API response.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "83d944bd-5f9d-4ee0-bd61-47747ba24d98",
"name": "Rate-Limited Customer Data Sync to External API",
"nodes": 20,
"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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