n8n-nodes-adobe-experience-manager

[Velocity BPA Licensing Notice]

This n8n node is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).

Use of this node by for-profit organizations in production environments requires a commercial license from Velocity BPA.

For licensing information, visit https://velobpa.com/licensing or contact [email protected].

This n8n community node provides comprehensive Adobe Experience Manager integration with 11 resources and 70+ operations. It enables DAM asset management, content fragment authoring, page operations, GraphQL content delivery queries, and workflow automation for AEM instances directly from n8n workflows.

Features

• DAM Management — Upload, retrieve, update, and organize digital assets in the AEM Digital Asset Manager
• Content Fragments — Create, edit, publish, and query structured content fragments and fragment models
• Page Operations — Create, update, move, copy, delete, and publish AEM pages
• GraphQL Queries — Execute persisted and ad-hoc GraphQL queries against AEM's content delivery layer
• Workflow Automation — Trigger and monitor AEM workflow instances for content approval and publication
• Asset Renditions — Generate and retrieve asset renditions and metadata
• Tags — Create and manage the AEM tag taxonomy
• Users and Groups — Manage AEM user accounts and group membership
• Replication — Activate and deactivate content across author and publish tiers
• Search — Full-text and property-based content search via the QueryBuilder API
• Multi-Environment Support — Connect to author, publish, and preview instances with separate credentials

Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

1. Open n8n
2. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
3. Click Install a community node
4. Enter @velocity-bpa/n8n-nodes-adobe-experience-manager
5. Click Install

Manual Installation

cd ~/.n8n
npm install @velocity-bpa/n8n-nodes-adobe-experience-manager

Development Installation

git clone https://github.com/Velocity-BPA/n8n-nodes-adobe-experience-manager.git
cd n8n-nodes-adobe-experience-manager
npm install
npm run build
mkdir -p ~/.n8n/custom
ln -s $(pwd) ~/.n8n/custom/n8n-nodes-adobe-experience-manager
n8n start

Credentials Setup

| Field | Description | Required | |-------|-------------|----------| | AEM Host | Your AEM instance URL (e.g., https://author.example.com) | Yes | | Username | AEM user with appropriate permissions | Yes | | Password | Password or API token | Yes | | Port | Instance port (default: 4502 author, 4503 publish) | No | | SSL Verify | Enable SSL certificate verification | No |

Resources & Operations

1. Asset (DAM)

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Upload Asset | Upload a binary file to a DAM folder | | Get Asset | Retrieve asset metadata and properties | | Update Asset | Modify asset metadata and properties | | Delete Asset | Remove an asset from the DAM | | Move Asset | Relocate an asset to a different DAM path | | Copy Asset | Duplicate an asset to a target path | | Search Assets | Query assets by metadata, type, or full-text | | Get Renditions | List available renditions for an asset | | Get Rendition | Download a specific rendition of an asset |

2. Content Fragment

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create Fragment | Create a new content fragment from a model | | Get Fragment | Retrieve a content fragment and its fields | | Update Fragment | Modify content fragment field values | | Delete Fragment | Remove a content fragment | | Publish Fragment | Activate a fragment to the publish tier | | Unpublish Fragment | Deactivate a fragment | | List Fragments | Query fragments by model, path, or properties | | Get Fragment Model | Retrieve a content fragment model definition | | List Fragment Models | List all available content fragment models |

3. Page

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create Page | Create a new page under a parent path | | Get Page | Retrieve page properties and content | | Update Page | Modify page properties | | Delete Page | Remove a page from the repository | | Move Page | Relocate a page to a new path | | Copy Page | Duplicate a page to a target location | | Activate Page | Replicate a page to publish | | Deactivate Page | Remove a page from publish | | List Children | List child pages under a path | | Lock Page | Lock a page for exclusive editing | | Unlock Page | Release a page lock |

4. GraphQL

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Execute Query | Run an ad-hoc GraphQL query | | Execute Persisted Query | Run a saved persisted query by path | | List Persisted Queries | Retrieve all persisted queries for an endpoint |

5. Workflow

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Start Workflow | Initiate a workflow instance with a payload | | Get Workflow Status | Check the status of a running workflow | | List Workflow Models | Retrieve available workflow model definitions | | List Instances | List workflow instances with optional filters | | Terminate Workflow | Stop a running workflow instance |

6. Tag

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create Tag | Create a new tag in the taxonomy | | Get Tag | Retrieve tag metadata | | Update Tag | Modify tag title or description | | Delete Tag | Remove a tag | | List Tags | List tags under a namespace |

7. Search

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | QueryBuilder Search | Execute a QueryBuilder property and full-text search | | Full-Text Search | Search across all content by keyword |

8. Replication

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Activate | Replicate content to publish instances | | Deactivate | Remove content from publish instances | | Get Replication Status | Check replication queue and agent status |

9. User

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create User | Create a new AEM user account | | Get User | Retrieve user profile and properties | | Update User | Modify user properties or password | | Delete User | Remove a user from the system | | List Users | Query users in the repository |

10. Group

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Create Group | Create a new user group | | Get Group | Retrieve group membership and properties | | Add Member | Add a user to a group | | Remove Member | Remove a user from a group | | List Groups | List all groups in the system |

11. Rendition

| Operation | Description | |-----------|-------------| | Generate Rendition | Request generation of a new asset rendition | | Get Rendition URL | Retrieve the URL for a specific rendition | | List Renditions | List all renditions available for an asset |

Error Handling

| Error | Description | Solution | |-------|-------------|----------| | 401 Unauthorized | Invalid credentials | Verify username, password, and user permissions | | 403 Forbidden | Insufficient permissions | Grant appropriate read/write access to the AEM user | | 404 Not Found | Resource path does not exist | Check content path and AEM version | | 409 Conflict | Resource already exists at target path | Use a different path or delete the existing resource | | 500 Server Error | AEM internal error | Check AEM logs and system health |

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test
npm run lint

Author

Velocity BPA

• Website: velobpa.com
• GitHub: Velocity-BPA

Licensing

Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1.

Free for personal, educational, and internal non-commercial use. Commercial production use requires a license from Velocity BPA.

For licensing inquiries: [email protected]

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Adobe AEM Documentation: Adobe Experience League