n8n-nodes-ckan

This n8n node lets you interact with the CKAN API directly in n8n workflows.

n8n is a workflow automation platform. CKAN is an open-source data portal platform.

Tested with:

• n8n v2.7.4
• ckan 2.11.4

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Features

Read access to CKAN, CKAN API functions.

This is a list of the features this node offers. Read-only features require no API key or credentials. Write operations require a CKAN API token (set in the credentials). See the CKAN API docs for reference.

• Status Show - Check CKAN instance status
• Package List - Return a list of the names of the site’s datasets (packages)
• Package Search - Search datasets with filters, facets, and sorting
• Package Show - Get details of a specific dataset by ID
• Package Activity List - Return the activity stream for a dataset
• Recently Changed Packages Activity List - Return activity stream of all recently created or updated datasets
• Resource Show - Get details of a specific resource by ID
• Resource Search - Search for resources across all public datasets by field values
• Datastore Search - Query data from a DataStore resource
• Organization List - Return a list of organization names on the CKAN instance
• Organization Show - Get details of an organization
• Group List - Return a list of group names on the CKAN instance
• Tag List - Return a list of tags used by datasets

Write operations (API token required):

• Package Create - Create a new dataset
• Package Patch - Partially update a dataset
• Package Delete - Soft-delete a dataset
• Resource Create - Add a new resource
• Resource Patch - Partially update a resource
• Datastore Create - Create or replace a DataStore table
• Datastore Upsert - Insert or update DataStore records

Usage

1. Just enter the CKAN URL
2. Select the CKAN API function
3. The required and optional parameters will be shown

Heads up: package_search and datastore_search return paged results (max 1000). To get the next 1000, use the offset parameter.

Resources

• n8n community nodes documentation
• CKAN documentation
• CKAN API reference

License

MIT

Credits

Credits apply to the valuable work of:

• n8n
• CKAN

Author

(C) 2026, Ondics GmbH, https://ondics.de/