With over 150 nodes, n8n saves countless hours by automating repetitive tasks. But what happens when n8n doesn’t have a node for a tool you love?
Enter the HTTP Request node. This node can send any type of HTTP request, making it useful to talk to any RESTful API. This makes the HTTP Request node one of the most versatile and powerful nodes in the n8n ecosystem.
In this article, we are going to explore three examples to showcase how the HTTP Request node can be used in your workflow to automate tasks:
- Getting a web page and extracting data from it via a GET request
- Creating a cloud VM via a POST request
- Performing speech-to-text by sending an audio file via a POST request
Getting Ready
Setting up n8n
This tutorial assumes that you already have n8n set up and running. In case you don’t, you can install with npm:
npm install n8n -g
After the installation, start n8n by typing:
n8n start --tunnel
Note: This is only meant for local development and testing. For information on how to deploy n8n in a production environment, please refer to the n8n se
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