n8n-nodes-clarit-meilisearch-search

This is an n8n community node. It lets you search documents in Meilisearch directly from your n8n workflows.

⚠️ This node only supports document search (querying). Document indexing, settings management, and other Meilisearch operations are not included.

Meilisearch is a fast, open-source search engine. This node sends a search query to a specified Meilisearch index and returns the matching documents.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation Operations Credentials Compatibility Self-hosted Setup Resources Version history

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Operations

• Search Documents — Query a Meilisearch index and return matching documents. Supports query string, result limit and offset.

Credentials

To authenticate, you need a Meilisearch API key (Bearer token).

1. Open your Meilisearch instance
2. Go to Settings → API Keys
3. Copy your master key or create a dedicated key with read permissions
4. In n8n, create a new Meilisearch Auth API credential and paste the key

Compatibility

• Tested with n8n version 2.x
• Requires Meilisearch v1.0 or later

Self-hosted Setup

If you are running both n8n and Meilisearch as Docker containers, they must be on the same Docker network to communicate with each other.

By default, a self-hosted Meilisearch container runs on the bridge network, which is isolated from the n8n container. This means n8n cannot reach Meilisearch using its container name as a hostname.

To fix this, run the following command once on your server:

docker network connect n8n_default meilisearch

This command connects the Meilisearch container to the same internal Docker network as n8n. Once connected, Docker automatically creates an internal DNS entry, allowing n8n to reach Meilisearch using the following URL:

http://meilisearch:7700

Why http://meilisearch:7700?

• meilisearch is the container name resolved internally by Docker DNS
• 7700 is the default Meilisearch port
• This URL is only accessible from within the Docker network — it is not exposed to the internet
• No SSL/HTTPS is needed for internal Docker communication

Note: n8n_default is the default network name when n8n is started with Docker Compose. If your setup uses a different network name, replace it accordingly. You can list all available networks with:

docker network ls

Resources

• n8n community nodes documentation
• Meilisearch documentation

Version history

0.1.0

• Initial release
• Search Documents operation
• Internal Docker network support

Developer

Developed by ClarIT — EFICIENTA-AUTOMATIZARE-PERSONALIZARE.

🌐 www.clarit.ro