Discourse n8n integrationAutomate Discourse with n8n.

Adds a category to the forum, the container that holds topics and the posts inside them.

• Name: the label members see in the category list.
• Color: the badge color, chosen in the color field of the node.
• Text Color: the color of the label itself, so the badge stays readable on its background.

Pulls the category list back into the workflow, one item per category, ready for the next node.

• Return All: switched on, n8n walks every page of the category list; switched off, it stops at Limit.
• Limit: the maximum number of categories a single run brings back.

Rewrites a category that already exists, instead of leaving two near duplicates side by side.

• Category ID: the identifier of the category, not the label displayed on the forum.
• Name: the new label, which replaces the current one.
• Color and Text Color (Update Fields): optional, they repaint the badge in the same run.

Opens a group, the object Discourse uses to bundle members together and treat them as one audience.

• Name: the name of the group, which is also how later operations will call it up.

Reads one group back so the workflow can look at it before deciding what happens next.

• Name: the name of the group you want. This operation works from the name, which saves you a lookup when the name is what your other tool stores.

Lists the groups of the forum and hands them over as items, one per group.

• Return All: on, every page of the group list is fetched; off, the run stops once Limit is reached.
• Limit: how many groups come back when Return All stays off.

Changes the name of a group already in place, without touching who belongs to it.

• Group ID: the identifier of the group to update, typically {{ $json.field }} from whichever node fetched it.
• Name: the new name of the group.

Publishes a message on the forum, either as a new topic or as a reply inside an existing one.

• Content: the body of the message, the only required field.
• Title: optional, the title the topic carries.
• Category Name or ID, Topic ID, Reply To Post Number (Additional Fields): where the message lands, a category for a new topic, a topic or a post number to reply underneath.

Fetches a single post so its content is available to the rest of the workflow.

• Post ID: the identifier of the post, which usually comes from an earlier node as an expression, the n8n syntax that reads a value from the incoming item.

Walks through the forum's posts and passes them on, one item per post.

• Return All: on, n8n keeps requesting the next page until the posts run out; off, it stops at Limit.
• Limit: the ceiling applied to a single run when Return All is off.

Edits a message already published, which is how you fix a typo or refresh outdated information in place.

• Post ID: the post to edit.
• Content: the new body. HTML is supported here.
• Edit Reason and Cooked (Update Fields): the reason attached to the edit, and whether the content is handled as already rendered.

Registers an account on the forum from data your workflow already holds.

• Name, Email, Username, Password: all four are required, so an empty one stops the node.
• Active and Approved (Additional Fields): two switches that decide the state the account arrives in.

Looks up one member, by username or by the identifier your single sign-on system uses.

• By: pick username or externalId, which decides which of the next two fields you fill.
• Username: the username of the member to return.
• SSO External ID: the Discourse SSO external ID, handy when your own product is the source of identity.

Exports the member list, with enough knobs to get the exact slice you need.

• Flag: filters on active, blocked, new, staff, suspect or suspended.
• Return All and Limit: the whole list page after page, or a capped sample.
• Order, Ascending, Show Emails, Stats (Options): sort by created, posts or trust_level, and add emails or stats to the output.

Puts members into a group, which is how access to a private space is granted on the forum.

• Usernames: one username, or several separated by commas, which lets a single node handle a whole batch.
• Group ID: the identifier of the group they join.

Takes members out of a group, the closing move of any access workflow.

• Usernames: the usernames to remove, comma separated when there are several.
• Group ID: the identifier of the group to remove them from.