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ActiveCampaign n8n integrationAutomate ActiveCampaign with n8n.

Every contact, tag and deal in ActiveCampaign can be driven from a workflow. The ActiveCampaign n8n integration exposes 48 operations across 12 resources, and the trigger listens on 4 event sources over a webhook. Written for marketing and revenue teams who already know the tool.

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What does the ActiveCampaign n8n integration actually give you?

Two nodes ship with n8n for ActiveCampaign. The app node creates and edits data: accounts, contacts, lists, tags, deals, connections and e-commerce records, 48 operations in all. The trigger node handles ActiveCampaign events through a webhook, an URL that ActiveCampaign calls as soon as something happens, so a workflow starts within seconds instead of checking on a schedule.

The first thing most teams build is a clean intake. A contact arrives from a form, contact.create writes the email into ActiveCampaign, contactTag.add stamps the source on it, and contactList.add subscribes the person to the right list. Three nodes, no copy and paste, and the same credential reused every time.

The second pattern is enrichment from outside. Sales notes live in a spreadsheet, support answers live in an inbox, and none of it reaches the CRM on its own. Pull the rows with the Google Sheets node, match the person with contact.getAll and its Email filter, then push the change with contact.update. Company records follow the same route through account.create and accountContact.create, which is what turns a pile of emails into named organizations.

The third pattern is migration and hygiene between tools. Teams running Mailchimp for newsletters or SendGrid for transactional mail often need one side to mirror the other, and the list and tag operations do that job without an export file.

Where the node stops, HTTP Request takes over. It calls any endpoint of the ActiveCampaign API and reuses the same credential through predefined authentication, so an operation missing from the node is not a dead end. Worth knowing before you plan: the trigger offers 4 event sources and no wildcard option, identifiers are numeric IDs rather than names, and a required field left empty stops the node instead of guessing.

If you are weighing the platform itself rather than this one node, the n8n review covers hosting and cost, and the n8n training goes through building these workflows step by step.

Connect

How do you connect ActiveCampaign to n8n?

  1. 01

    Open the developer settings in ActiveCampaign

    In ActiveCampaign, select Settings, the gear cog icon in the left menu, then Developer. That page holds the two values n8n needs, and nothing else has to be enabled. The same credential works for both the app node and the trigger node, so this trip happens once for every workflow you will ever build on this account.

  2. 02

    Copy the API URL and the API Key

    ActiveCampaign supports one authentication method here: API key. Copy the API URL shown on the Developer page, then copy the API Key below it. The URL is account specific, so a key from one account will never work against another account's URL. If the key has been shared too widely, ActiveCampaign documents how to reset it.

  3. 03

    Create the credential in n8n

    In n8n, open the Credentials menu and create an ActiveCampaign credential, which is the stored login n8n reuses across workflows. Paste the API URL in one field and the API key in the other. Back in the node, pick that credential from the dropdown list. It is now available on n8n Cloud or on a self-hosted instance, with no difference in behavior.

Triggers

What starts a workflow from ActiveCampaign ?

ActiveCampaign Trigger is the node that starts a workflow when something happens in ActiveCampaign. It listens to 4 events, listed below by family. Pick one or several, activate the workflow: n8n registers the webhook on your ActiveCampaign account.

What you see in n8n

Every event, by family

One row per object, one chip per action. The event to tick in the node is object.action; hover a chip to read exactly when it fires.

admin.*1
  • admin.
    • admin
api.*1
  • api.
    • api
public.*1
  • public.
    • public
system.*1
  • system.
    • system

Configuration notes

01Configure the ActiveCampaign TriggerThe ActiveCampaign Trigger node starts a workflow when ActiveCampaign reports an event. It works by webhook: n8n registers its URL with ActiveCampaign when you activate the workflow, and each event lands in n8n within seconds, with no polling and no interval to tune.

The ActiveCampaign Trigger node starts a workflow when ActiveCampaign reports an event. It works by webhook: n8n registers its URL with ActiveCampaign when you activate the workflow, and each event lands in n8n within seconds, with no polling and no interval to tune.

Key parameters

  • Event Names or IDs: the events the trigger listens to. Pick them from the list, or pass IDs with an expression, the small n8n formula that reads a value instead of typing it.
When to use it
whenever the reaction has to be immediate, such as tagging a contact the moment a form is submitted, or alerting a rep in a shared channel when a record changes.
Use cases
a single workflow can cover several sources at once, since the parameter accepts more than one value. There is no wildcard option on this node, so every event you want has to be selected explicitly.
02Public eventsThe public source runs the hooks when a contact triggers the action. In practice this covers what people do themselves: filling a form, clicking through, unsubscribing, anything that starts on the contact's side rather than inside your team's tools.

The public source runs the hooks when a contact triggers the action. In practice this covers what people do themselves: filling a form, clicking through, unsubscribing, anything that starts on the contact's side rather than inside your team's tools.

Key parameters

  • Event Names or IDs: select public to keep only contact-initiated activity out of the 4 available sources.
When to use it
for reactions that should feel immediate to the person who just acted. A welcome sequence, a tag applied at signup, a notification to the owner of the account.
Use cases
a signup form drops a contact into ActiveCampaign, the trigger fires, and the workflow adds the correct tag and writes the lead into a shared sheet for the sales team to pick up the same morning.
03Api eventsThe api source runs the hooks when an API call triggers the action. Anything your own scripts, your website backend or another automation does through the ActiveCampaign API shows up under this source rather than under public activity.

The api source runs the hooks when an API call triggers the action. Anything your own scripts, your website backend or another automation does through the ActiveCampaign API shows up under this source rather than under public activity.

Key parameters

  • Event Names or IDs: choose api when the change you care about comes from code rather than from a person.
When to use it
to watch what a second system is writing into ActiveCampaign, which is the usual way to catch a sync that has started doing something unexpected.
Use cases
an e-commerce backend pushes orders into ActiveCampaign through the API. The trigger catches each write and the workflow mirrors it somewhere your finance team already reads, without touching the store code.
04Admin and System eventsTwo sources cover changes that no contact asked for. The admin source runs the hooks when an admin user triggers the action, so it reflects what your own team does inside the ActiveCampaign interface. The system source runs the hooks when automated systems trigger the action, which is the automations and internal processes of the platform itself.

Two sources cover changes that no contact asked for. The admin source runs the hooks when an admin user triggers the action, so it reflects what your own team does inside the ActiveCampaign interface. The system source runs the hooks when automated systems trigger the action, which is the automations and internal processes of the platform itself.

Key parameters

  • Event Names or IDs: select admin, system, or both, depending on whether you are auditing people or machines.
When to use it
for oversight rather than marketing. Knowing that a teammate edited a record, or that an automation moved contacts, is what keeps a shared account readable.
Use cases
post every admin change into a log so the next person who asks why a contact was unsubscribed has an answer in one place.
Actions

What can the ActiveCampaign node do?

The ActiveCampaign node exposes 48 operations across 12 resources. For each one: the node as you configure it in n8n, the required fields, and our field notes.

Resources × operations matrix
ResourceCreateGetGet ManyUpdateDeleteAddRemoveCreate NoteGet by Order IDGet by Product IDUpdate Deal Note
Account✓✓✓✓✓
Account Contact✓✓✓
Connection✓✓✓✓✓
Contact✓✓✓✓✓
Contact List✓✓
Contact Tag✓✓
Deal✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
E-Commerce Customer✓✓✓✓✓
E-Commerce Order✓✓✓✓✓
E-Commerce Order Product✓✓✓
List✓
Tag✓✓✓✓✓

Account

5 operations
01

Create an account

account.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Adds a company record in ActiveCampaign and returns it, so a contact can later be attached to a named organization rather than floating alone.

Key parameters

  • Name: the account's name, required. Usually the company name coming from the previous node, for example {{ $json.company }}.
  • Account URL: the account's website, stored in Additional Fields.
  • Fields: adds custom fields, so values you defined yourself get set at creation time.
Use cases
a signup form collects a company name and a domain, and the workflow opens the account before the first contact is linked to it.
02

Delete an account

account.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Removes an account from ActiveCampaign for good. The record disappears, so run it on a filtered branch rather than on an unchecked list of items.

Key parameters

  • Account ID: the numeric ID of the account to delete, required. It is the ID, not the company name, so take it from an earlier lookup with an expression such as {{ $json.id }}.
Use cases
a duplicate company was opened twice during an import. The workflow keeps the account holding the contacts and deletes the empty one.
03

Get an account

account.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Pulls one account and returns its stored data, which is how a workflow checks what ActiveCampaign currently holds before writing anything new.

Key parameters

  • Account ID: the numeric ID of the account to get, required. Feed it from a previous node with {{ $json.account }} rather than typing it by hand.
Use cases
before sending a quote, the workflow reads the account to confirm the website on file matches the domain of the person who asked for it.
04

Get many accounts

account.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Lists the accounts stored in ActiveCampaign, one item per company, which is the starting point for any report or bulk cleanup.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, n8n walks every page of accounts; off, Limit caps how many come back.
  • Search: searches by name, in the Filters collection, to narrow the export to one part of the book.
  • Simplify: returns a lighter response instead of the raw data.
Use cases
a quarterly export of every account into a spreadsheet, with Return All on so nothing stops at the first page.
05

Update an account

account.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Edits an account already in ActiveCampaign. Only the fields you fill are touched, so the rest of the record survives the run untouched.

Key parameters

  • Account ID: the numeric ID of the account to update, required.
  • Name and Account URL: the company name and website, in Update Fields.
  • Fields: sets custom fields that were not predefined.
Use cases
a company rebrands and changes domain. One run rewrites the name and the website across the CRM without reopening each record by hand.

Account Contact

3 operations
06

Create an account contact

accountContact.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Links a contact to an account, creating the association that tells ActiveCampaign this person works at that company.

Key parameters

  • Account ID: the numeric ID of the company, required.
  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the person, required. Both usually come from the two create steps that ran just before.
  • Job Title: the job title of the contact at the account, in Additional Fields.
Use cases
a demo request names a company and a person, and the workflow ties the two together with the role captured on the form.
07

Delete an account contact

accountContact.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Breaks the tie between a person and a company without deleting either one. The contact stays in ActiveCampaign, the association does not.

Key parameters

  • Account Contact ID: the numeric ID of the account contact to delete, required. Note that it identifies the link itself, not the contact and not the account.
Use cases
a contact leaves the company. Removing the association keeps the history of the account clean while the person stays reachable on their new address.
08

Update an account contact

accountContact.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Changes what an existing association says, so the link between a person and a company stays accurate as their role moves.

Key parameters

  • Account Contact ID: the numeric ID of the association, required.
  • Job Title: the job title of the contact at the account, in Update Fields. It is the field most teams end up maintaining here.
Use cases
a promotion detected on a signature or a form updates the title, and segmented sends that target decision makers pick the person up straight away.

Connection

5 operations
09

Create a connection

connection.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Registers an external service in ActiveCampaign, the object that later lets orders and e-commerce customers be attributed to the store they came from.

Key parameters

  • Service and External Account ID: the name of the service and the ID of the account in it, both required.
  • Account Name: the name used in the external service, often a company name, required.
  • Logo URL and Link URL: the logo image and the page where the integration is managed on the third party site, both required.
Use cases
a shop goes live and its connection is created once, before any order is pushed.
10

Delete a connection

connection.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Drops a connection from ActiveCampaign. The store stops being a recognized source for the records that referenced it, so check what depends on it first.

Key parameters

  • Connection ID: the numeric ID of the connection to delete, required. Fetch it from a listing step rather than trusting a value noted weeks earlier.
Use cases
a test store created during setup is still listed next to the real one. Deleting it leaves a single source in the e-commerce reporting.
11

Get a connection

connection.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Reads back a single connection and returns its data, which is the quickest way to confirm a store is still registered the way you set it up.

Key parameters

  • Connection ID: the numeric ID of the connection to get, required.
Use cases
a nightly check reads the connection before the order sync starts, and stops the workflow with a message if the record has moved or changed.
12

Get many connections

connection.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Returns every external service registered on the account, one item per connection, which is how you see all the stores feeding ActiveCampaign in one pass.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, n8n pages through all the connections; off, Limit sets how many are returned.
  • Simplify: returns a simplified response instead of the raw data, easier to map in the next node.
Use cases
an audit lists the connections and flags any service nobody recognizes before the next e-commerce campaign is built.
13

Update a connection

connection.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Rewrites the details of an existing connection, including the two status values that say whether the store is healthy and whether a sync is running.

Key parameters

  • Connection ID: the numeric ID of the connection to update, required.
  • Status: 0 for error, 1 for connected.
  • Syncronisation Status: 0 when the sync is stopped, 1 when it is running.
  • Service, External Account ID, Account Name, Logo URL, Link URL: the descriptive fields, in Update Fields.
Use cases
the order sync fails, the workflow sets the status to error, and the store shows as broken instead of silently idle.

Contact

5 operations
14

Create a contact

contact.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Writes a new person into ActiveCampaign and returns the created contact, with the email as the one value the operation refuses to run without.

Key parameters

  • Email: the email of the contact to create, required, typically {{ $json.email }} from the form or trigger.
  • Update if Exists: on, an existing contact is updated instead of raising an error.
  • First Name, Last Name, Phone, Custom Fields: the rest of the profile, in Additional Fields.
Use cases
a webinar signup creates the contact, and Update if Exists keeps repeat attendees from breaking the run.
15

Delete a contact

contact.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Erases a contact from ActiveCampaign. The person leaves the database entirely, which is a different outcome from unsubscribing them.

Key parameters

  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the contact to delete, required. An email address will not work here, so look the ID up first.
Use cases
an erasure request arrives by email. The workflow finds the contact, deletes it, and records that the request was handled, all without anyone opening the CRM.
16

Get a contact

contact.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Fetches one contact and returns the stored profile, including the custom field values other operations will need further down the workflow.

Key parameters

  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the contact to get, required.
Use cases
a support ticket arrives with a contact ID attached. The workflow reads the profile and routes the ticket based on what the CRM already knows about the person, instead of asking them again.
17

Get many contacts

contact.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Exports contacts in bulk, with the widest filter set of the node: 17 optional fields narrow the list before a single item leaves ActiveCampaign.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, n8n follows every page of contacts; off, Limit caps the batch.
  • List ID, Tag ID, Segment ID, Form ID: filter on where the contact came from or sits.
  • Status: 1 active, 0 unconfirmed, 2 unsubscribed, 3 bounced.
  • Created After, Updated After: date windows for incremental runs.
Use cases
a weekly sync reads only contacts updated since the last run, then writes them to a sheet.
18

Update a contact

contact.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Changes the stored details of a contact that already exists. Blank fields keep their current value. That makes a partial update safe to run on a whole batch, even when only one column changed upstream.

Key parameters

  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the contact to update, required.
  • Email, First Name, Last Name, Phone: the profile fields, in Update Fields.
  • Custom Fields: sets values you defined yourself, such as a plan or a score.
Use cases
a reply received by email reveals a new phone number, and the CRM is corrected before the next call list is built.

Contact List

2 operations
19

Add a contact to a list

contactList.add

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Subscribes a contact to one list, which is what actually makes the person eligible for the campaigns sent to it.

Key parameters

  • List ID: the numeric ID of the list, required.
  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the person, required. Both are IDs, so a list name typed as text will fail.
Use cases
a customer buys for the first time and joins the onboarding list, while the prospecting list they came from is left alone for a separate branch to handle.
20

Remove a contact from a list

contactList.remove

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Takes a contact off a list without deleting the person. They stay in ActiveCampaign and keep every other subscription they have.

Key parameters

  • List ID: the numeric ID of the list to leave, required.
  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the contact, required.
Use cases
someone converts, so the nurture list that keeps asking them to convert stops applying. The workflow removes them the moment the order is confirmed.

Contact Tag

2 operations
21

Add a contact tag

contactTag.add

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Attaches a tag to a contact, the lightest way to mark behavior in ActiveCampaign and the usual hook for segments and automations.

Key parameters

  • Tag Name or ID: choose the tag from the list n8n loads from your account, or pass an ID with an expression.
  • Contact ID: the numeric ID of the contact, required.
Use cases
a link clicked in a campaign tags the contact as interested in a product line, and the sales view built on that tag fills itself.
22

Remove a contact tag

contactTag.remove

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Detaches a tag that no longer describes the person. Without it, old tags pile up and segments slowly stop meaning anything.

Key parameters

  • Contact Tag ID: the numeric ID of the contact tag to delete, required. It identifies the tag on that specific contact, not the tag itself, which stays available for everyone else.
Use cases
a trial ends and the trial tag comes off, so the reminder sequence built around it stops firing at a customer who already paid.

Deal

7 operations
23

Create a deal

deal.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Pushes a new opportunity into an ActiveCampaign pipeline and returns the deal ID that later steps reuse.

Key parameters

  • Title: the label sales people read in the pipeline, often built from the company name carried by the previous node.
  • Deal's Contact ID: the numeric ID of the contact, not an email address, typically {{ $json.id }} after a contact lookup.
  • Deal Value: the amount in cents, so a 2 000 euro deal is written 200000.
  • Currency: the 3-character ISO code picked from the list, eur or usd.
Use cases
a demo request arrives from the site and this operation opens the deal with the budget the prospect announced.
24

Create a deal note

deal.createNote

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Attaches a written note to a deal that already exists, so the context of a call lives in the CRM instead of a private inbox.

Key parameters

  • Deal ID: the numeric identifier of the deal the note is filed under.
  • Deal Note: the text itself. An expression builds it from earlier data, for instance {{ $json.summary }} coming from a transcript step.
Use cases
once a call summary is generated upstream, the workflow writes it on the deal so the next person to call reads it before dialing.
25

Delete a deal

deal.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Removes a deal from the CRM for good. Nothing comes back apart from the confirmation, so anything worth keeping should be read and stored before this node runs.

Key parameters

  • Deal ID: the numeric ID of the deal to delete. A deal title is not accepted, and fetching the ID first is the only way in when all you have is a name.
Use cases
a staging workflow that opens test deals every night ends with this operation to leave the pipeline clean the next morning.
26

Get a deal

deal.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Reads one deal and hands back its stored fields. Useful when an earlier step only carries an identifier and the rest of the workflow needs the amount, the stage or the title.

Key parameters

  • Deal ID: the numeric ID of the deal to read, most often {{ $json.id }} taken from the item that came in.
Use cases
before an alert is posted to a sales channel, the workflow pulls the deal so the message shows a real title and a real value rather than a bare number.
27

Get many deals

deal.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Lists deals from the account, one n8n item per deal, ready to be filtered, counted or written to a spreadsheet.

Key parameters

  • Return All: switched on, n8n keeps requesting the next page until every deal has been collected. Switched off, it stops at Limit.
  • Limit: the maximum number of deals a single run brings back, which is enough when only the freshest ones matter.
  • Simplify: returns a trimmed version of each deal rather than the raw API response, so field mapping stays short.
Use cases
a Monday morning export of the pipeline into a reporting sheet.
28

Update a deal

deal.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Edits a deal already in the pipeline. Only what sits under Update Fields is sent, so anything left blank keeps its current value.

Key parameters

  • Deal ID: which deal gets edited.
  • Title, Deal Value, Currency: the same meaning as at creation, value still in cents.
  • Deal Stage ID: moves the deal to another stage, which is how a pipeline advances without anyone dragging a card.
  • Deal Status and Deal Percentage: numeric fields that record where the opportunity stands.
Use cases
a signed quote comes back, the deal jumps to the closing stage and the value is corrected to the invoiced amount.
29

Update a deal note

deal.updateNote

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Rewrites the content of a note already filed on a deal. Two identifiers are needed, because a note only exists inside its deal.

Key parameters

  • Deal ID: the deal that holds the note.
  • Deal Note ID: the numeric ID of the note itself, usually kept from the step that created it.
  • Deal Note: the new text. Leave it out and nothing changes.
Use cases
a note opened at the start of an onboarding gets completed with the delivery date once the project is scheduled.

E-Commerce Customer

5 operations
30

Create an e-commerce customer

ecommerceCustomer.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Registers a shopper as an e-commerce customer inside ActiveCampaign and ties that record to a connection, which is what lets orders be attached to a buyer later on.

Key parameters

  • Service ID: the ID of the connection object for the service the customer originates from.
  • Customer ID: the identifier the shopper carries in that external service, not the one ActiveCampaign will assign.
  • Customer Email: the address, in the name@email.com form.
  • Accepts Marketing: records whether the shopper opted in to marketing communications.
Use cases
an online store sends its first purchase of the day and the buyer becomes a customer record before the order is pushed.
31

Delete an e-commerce customer

ecommerceCustomer.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Wipes an e-commerce customer record. The node returns no copy of what it removed, so a read step belongs before it whenever a trace has to be kept somewhere else.

Key parameters

  • Customer ID: the numeric ActiveCampaign ID of the e-commerce customer to delete, which is not the ID the same buyer carries in the store.
Use cases
an erasure request lands in a shared inbox, and the workflow that handles it ends by clearing the shopping side of the account.
32

Get an e-commerce customer

ecommerceCustomer.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Fetches a single e-commerce customer record so a workflow can check what ActiveCampaign already holds before deciding to write anything.

Key parameters

  • Customer ID: the numeric ID of the e-commerce customer to read.
Use cases
a support workflow receives a ticket, reads the matching customer record, and routes the request differently depending on what it finds. The same read also confirms that a shopper synced from the store really landed on the marketing side.
33

Get many e-commerce customers

ecommerceCustomer.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Walks through the e-commerce customers of the account and outputs them one by one, which is the starting point of any audit of the shopping side.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, every page of customers is collected before the workflow moves on. Off, the run stops at Limit.
  • Limit: caps how many customer records a run returns, handy while a workflow is still being tested.
  • Simplify: keeps a condensed version of each record instead of the full API payload.
Use cases
counting how many shoppers accepted marketing before a campaign is planned.
34

Update an e-commerce customer

ecommerceCustomer.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Corrects an existing e-commerce customer record. Fields left out of Update Fields stay as they are, which makes this safe to run on every order.

Key parameters

  • Customer ID: the record being edited.
  • Customer Email: the new address, still in the name@email.com form.
  • Service ID and Customer ID under Update Fields: the connection and the external identifier, to repoint a record that was attached to the wrong store.
  • Accepts Marketing: flips the opt-in when a shopper changes preferences.
Use cases
a buyer updates the email on the storefront and the shopping record follows.

E-Commerce Order

5 operations
35

Create an e-commerce order

ecommerceOrder.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Records a full order in ActiveCampaign, buyer and basket included, so automations react to real purchases.

Key parameters

  • Order Source: 0 stores the order quietly, 1 makes it trigger automations.
  • Customer Email: the address of the buyer.
  • Total Price: the total in cents, tax and shipping included, never negative, so $456.78 is sent as 45678.
  • Order Currency, Connection ID, Customer ID, Creation Date: the currency code, the connection the order came from, the buyer and the date.
  • External ID or External Checkout ID: the order or cart reference. One of the two is needed, and a cart reference also expects Abandoning Date.
Use cases
an abandoned cart is pushed with its checkout reference, and the recovery sequence takes over.
36

Delete an e-commerce order

ecommerceOrder.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Drops an order from the e-commerce data of the account. Handy after a test run, less so on live data, since the basket lines attached to that order go with it.

Key parameters

  • Order ID: the ID of the e-commerce order, and the only field the operation offers.
Use cases
a store replays yesterday's exports by mistake, duplicate orders appear, and a cleanup workflow removes them one identifier at a time.
37

Get an e-commerce order

ecommerceOrder.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Returns a single order with the data ActiveCampaign stored for it, which is how a workflow confirms that a push really landed.

Key parameters

  • Order ID: the ID of the e-commerce order to read.
Use cases
right after an order is created, this operation reads it back so the total recorded on the marketing side can be compared with the total in the store.
38

Get many e-commerce orders

ecommerceOrder.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Pulls orders in bulk, one item per order, so revenue data leaves ActiveCampaign towards a sheet, a database or a report.

Key parameters

  • Return All: enabled, the node chains the pages of the orders endpoint until it has them all. Disabled, it stops at Limit.
  • Limit: how many orders a run brings back at most.
  • Simplify: strips the raw payload down to the useful order fields, which shortens the mapping that follows.
Use cases
a monthly reconciliation between the orders known to marketing and those known to the store.
39

Update an e-commerce order

ecommerceOrder.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Amends an order already stored, without resending the whole basket. Whatever stays out of Update Fields keeps its recorded value.

Key parameters

  • Order ID: the order being edited.
  • Total Price and Order Currency: the corrected total, still in cents, with its ISO code.
  • Shipping Amount, Tax Amount, Discount Amount: the three amounts that explain the total, each in cents.
  • Shipping Method and Order Number: the carrier choice and the store reference, which can differ from the external ID.
  • Products: the ordered products, when a line has to be corrected too.
Use cases
a late discount is applied, so the total and the discount amount are rewritten on the existing order.

E-Commerce Order Product

3 operations
40

Get many ecommerce orders

ecommerceOrderProducts.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Collects the product lines recorded across orders, not the orders themselves. Each item is a bought line, which is the level at which best sellers can be counted.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, every page of product lines comes back, and the volume grows faster than with orders.
  • Limit: the ceiling on the number of product lines a run returns.
  • Simplify: hands back a lighter version of each line instead of the raw response.
Use cases
building a ranking of the products bought last quarter to pick the ones worth a dedicated campaign.
41

Get an e-commerce order product by product ID

ecommerceOrderProducts.getByProductId

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Narrows the product lines down to one product, so a workflow follows a single reference instead of sorting through everything that has been sold.

Key parameters

  • Product ID: the ID of the product you want returned.
Use cases
a batch of one reference turns out to be faulty, and the buyers of that exact product are pulled to be contacted.
42

Get an e-commerce order product by order ID

ecommerceOrderProducts.getByOrderId

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Answers a simple question: what was in this order? The operation returns the lines attached to one order rather than a single product across orders.

Key parameters

  • Order ID: the ID of the order whose products you want returned.
Use cases
a thank you email built from the actual basket, with the names of the items ordered instead of a generic message.

List

1 operation
43

Get many lists

list.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Brings back the lists of the account with their IDs, which are the values other operations expect when a contact has to be subscribed somewhere.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, the node collects every list; off, it stops at Limit, which is usually plenty since accounts rarely hold many lists.
  • Limit: the maximum number of lists returned.
  • Simplify: returns the condensed form of each list rather than the full API response.
Use cases
resolving a list name to its ID at the start of a workflow, so the ID is never hard coded.

Tag

5 operations
44

Create a tag

tag.create

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Creating a tag gives the ActiveCampaign account a new label and returns it with the ID that every later tagging step expects.

Key parameters

  • Type: contact for a tag you apply to people, template for a tag you apply to a template. The node asks for it before the name.
  • Name: the label as it will read inside ActiveCampaign, often built from an upstream item with {{ $json.name }}.
  • Description: optional, sitting under Additional Fields. Fill it when several people share the account and need to know what the label stands for.
Use cases
a webinar workflow that spins up one contact tag per session, so the registrations that follow land under a label nobody had to create by hand.
45

Delete a tag

tag.delete

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Deletion is permanent here, and it takes the label off every contact that carried it. Run it on purpose, not as a cleanup reflex.

Key parameters

  • Tag ID: a number, not the tag text. ActiveCampaign will not resolve a label you type by hand, so the value normally comes from a Get many tags step as {{ $json.id }}.
Use cases
an end-of-quarter routine that reads the tag list, keeps the ones still attached to active segments, and drops the leftovers from abandoned campaigns one by one.
46

Get a tag

tag.get

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

One tag, read by its identifier, returned as ActiveCampaign stores it. This is the read step you put in front of a branch, when the workflow has an ID and needs the record behind it.

Key parameters

  • Tag ID: the numeric identifier of the tag to read, usually carried over from an earlier node or from the trigger payload.
Use cases
a support workflow that receives a tag identifier from an internal form, reads the record, and lets an IF node decide whether the rest of the automation should run at all.
47

Get many tags

tag.getAll

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

Listing brings the account's tags into the workflow, one item per tag, which is how you turn a naming convention into something you can actually check.

Key parameters

  • Return All: on, n8n walks the API pages until every tag is in. Off, it stops at Limit.
  • Limit: the maximum number of tags returned, useful while you are still testing the workflow.
  • Simplify: returns a trimmed version of each tag instead of the raw API payload, which keeps the mapping panel readable.
Use cases
a monthly audit that dumps the full tag list into a spreadsheet so the marketing side can see which labels duplicate each other.
48

Update a tag

tag.update

What you see in n8n

Notes & use cases

A badly named label gets fixed here, without touching the contacts attached to it. Only the fields you fill are sent, everything else stays as it was.

Key parameters

  • Tag ID: the tag to modify, by number.
  • Tag: inside Update Fields, the text the label carries after the update. Its n8n hint still reads "Name of the contact", a leftover from the contact resource, so trust the field name over the hint.
  • Description: inside Update Fields, the explanation shown next to the tag.
Use cases
a renaming pass that aligns older labels on a new prefix convention, so the sales team stops guessing which tags belong to which pipeline.
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FAQ

ActiveCampaign and n8n, common questions

01Is the ActiveCampaign n8n integration free?
Yes, on the n8n side. Both the ActiveCampaign node and the ActiveCampaign Trigger node ship with n8n, so there is nothing to install and no add-on to buy, whether you run n8n Cloud or a self-hosted instance under the Community Edition and its Sustainable Use license. A workflow built on one runs identically on the other. What ActiveCampaign itself costs depends on your plan with them, and that is outside what this page covers. The only practical requirement is an account that lets you reach the Developer settings, since that is where the API values used by the credential come from.
02What credentials do you need to connect ActiveCampaign?
One credential covers everything: an API key. ActiveCampaign supports that single authentication method for both nodes, and it is made of two values, an API URL and an API Key, both found under Settings, then Developer. In n8n you create the credential once in the Credentials menu, paste the two values, and every workflow on that account picks it from a dropdown afterwards. There is no scope to choose and no authentication selector on the node itself. If the key ever leaks, ActiveCampaign documents how to reset it, and you then update the single credential in n8n rather than every workflow.
03What are the limits of the ActiveCampaign node in n8n?
Three worth planning around. First, listings stop early unless Return All is on, since Limit otherwise caps how many accounts, contacts or connections come back. Second, the node works on numeric IDs, not names, so a contact or a list usually needs a lookup step before the write. Third, the node covers 48 operations across 12 resources, and anything outside that set is not available as a ready-made option. That last one has a clean answer: the HTTP Request node calls any endpoint of the ActiveCampaign API and reuses the same credential through predefined authentication.
04Does the ActiveCampaign trigger react in real time?
Yes. The ActiveCampaign Trigger works by webhook, meaning n8n registers its own URL with ActiveCampaign when you activate the workflow, and ActiveCampaign calls that URL as soon as an event happens. Each event reaches n8n within seconds, with no schedule to configure and no interval to shorten. You choose what it listens to through the Event Names or IDs parameter, across the 4 available sources: public for what contacts do, api for what code does, admin for what your team does, system for what the platform does on its own. There is no wildcard option, so each source you want has to be selected.
05n8n or Make for ActiveCampaign?
It depends on what you value. Make is a hosted automation platform with no self-hosting option, billed per operation, so the cost follows volume and the data always sits on their side. n8n runs on their cloud or on your own server through Docker or npm, and the same workflow behaves the same way in both. If your ActiveCampaign workflows handle contact data you would rather keep in house, or if volume makes per-operation billing uncomfortable, self-hosting settles the question. If nobody on the team wants to maintain a server, a hosted platform is the honest answer, and both build workflows visually.