feat(core): Add support to import/export tags (#3130)

* Export and Import Workflow Tags

Support exporting and importing tags of workflows via frontend and cli.

On export, all tag data is included in the json.
- id
- name
- updatedAt
- createdAt

When importing a workflow json to n8n we:
- first check if a tag with the same id and createdAt date exists in the
  database, then we can assume the tag is identical. Changes on the name
  of the tag are now preserved.
- check if a tag with the same name exists on the database.
- create a new tag with the given name.

* clean up fe export

* remove usage count

* return updatedat, createdat

* fix tags import

* move logic from workflow package

* refactor import

* check for tags before import

* update checks on type

* fix on import

* fix build issues

* fix type issue

* remove unnessary ?

* update tag helpers so only name is required

* fix tag import

* add don't replace existing tags

* fix build issue

* address comments

* fix with promise.all

* update setting tags

* update check

* fix existing check

* add helper

* fix duplication

* fix multiple same tags bug

* fix db bugs

* add more validation on workflow type

* fix validation

* disable importing tags on copy paste

Co-authored-by: Luca Berneking <l.berneking@mittwald.de>

packages/cli/commands/export/workflow.ts

@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ export class ExportWorkflowsCommand extends Command {
 				findQuery.id = flags.id;
 			}
 
-			// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
+			const workflows = await Db.collections.Workflow.find({
-			const workflows = await Db.collections.Workflow.find(findQuery);
+				where: findQuery,
+				relations: ['tags'],
+			});
 
 			if (workflows.length === 0) {
 				throw new Error('No workflows found with specified filters.');

packages/cli/commands/import/workflow.ts

@@ -17,15 +17,34 @@ import glob from 'fast-glob';
 import { UserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import { EntityManager, getConnection } from 'typeorm';
 import { getLogger } from '../../src/Logger';
-import { Db, ICredentialsDb } from '../../src';
+import { Db, ICredentialsDb, IWorkflowToImport } from '../../src';
 import { SharedWorkflow } from '../../src/databases/entities/SharedWorkflow';
 import { WorkflowEntity } from '../../src/databases/entities/WorkflowEntity';
 import { Role } from '../../src/databases/entities/Role';
 import { User } from '../../src/databases/entities/User';
+import { setTagsForImport } from '../../src/TagHelpers';
 
 const FIX_INSTRUCTION =
 	'Please fix the database by running ./packages/cli/bin/n8n user-management:reset';
 
+function assertHasWorkflowsToImport(workflows: unknown): asserts workflows is IWorkflowToImport[] {
+	if (!Array.isArray(workflows)) {
+		throw new Error(
+			'File does not seem to contain workflows. Make sure the workflows are contained in an array.',
+		);
+	}
+
+	for (const workflow of workflows) {
+		if (
+			typeof workflow !== 'object' ||
+			!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(workflow, 'nodes') ||
+			!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(workflow, 'connections')
+		) {
+			throw new Error('File does not seem to contain valid workflows.');
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 export class ImportWorkflowsCommand extends Command {
 	static description = 'Import workflows';
 
@@ -82,7 +101,8 @@ export class ImportWorkflowsCommand extends Command {
 
 			// Make sure the settings exist
 			await UserSettings.prepareUserSettings();
-			const credentials = (await Db.collections.Credentials.find()) ?? [];
+			const credentials = await Db.collections.Credentials.find();
+			const tags = await Db.collections.Tag.find();
 
 			let totalImported = 0;
 
@@ -111,6 +131,10 @@ export class ImportWorkflowsCommand extends Command {
 							});
 						}
 
+						if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(workflow, 'tags')) {
+							await setTagsForImport(transactionManager, workflow, tags);
+						}
+
 						await this.storeWorkflow(workflow, user);
 					}
 				});
@@ -121,13 +145,9 @@ export class ImportWorkflowsCommand extends Command {
 
 			const workflows = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(flags.input, { encoding: 'utf8' }));
 
-			totalImported = workflows.length;
+			assertHasWorkflowsToImport(workflows);
 
-			if (!Array.isArray(workflows)) {
+			totalImported = workflows.length;
-				throw new Error(
-					'File does not seem to contain workflows. Make sure the workflows are contained in an array.',
-				);
-			}
 
 			await getConnection().transaction(async (transactionManager) => {
 				this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
@@ -139,6 +159,10 @@ export class ImportWorkflowsCommand extends Command {
 						});
 					}
 
+					if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(workflow, 'tags')) {
+						await setTagsForImport(transactionManager, workflow, tags);
+					}
+
 					await this.storeWorkflow(workflow, user);
 				}
 			});

packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ export interface ITagDb {
 	updatedAt: Date;
 }
 
+export interface ITagToImport {
+	id: string | number;
+	name: string;
+	createdAt?: string;
+	updatedAt?: string;
+}
+
 export type UsageCount = {
 	usageCount: number;
 };
@@ -134,6 +141,10 @@ export interface IWorkflowDb extends IWorkflowBase {
 	tags: ITagDb[];
 }
 
+export interface IWorkflowToImport extends IWorkflowBase {
+	tags: ITagToImport[];
+}
+
 export interface IWorkflowResponse extends IWorkflowBase {
 	id: string;
 }

packages/cli/src/Server.ts

@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ class App {
 						return TagHelpers.getTagsWithCountDb(tablePrefix);
 					}
 
-					return Db.collections.Tag.find({ select: ['id', 'name'] });
+					return Db.collections.Tag.find({ select: ['id', 'name', 'createdAt', 'updatedAt'] });
 				},
 			),
 		);

packages/cli/src/TagHelpers.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
 /* eslint-disable import/no-cycle */
-import { getConnection } from 'typeorm';
+import { EntityManager, getConnection } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { TagEntity } from './databases/entities/TagEntity';
 
-import { ITagWithCountDb } from './Interfaces';
+import { ITagToImport, ITagWithCountDb, IWorkflowToImport } from './Interfaces';
 
 // ----------------------------------
 //              utils
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export async function getTagsWithCountDb(tablePrefix: string): Promise<ITagWithC
 		.createQueryBuilder()
 		.select(`${tablePrefix}tag_entity.id`, 'id')
 		.addSelect(`${tablePrefix}tag_entity.name`, 'name')
+		.addSelect(`${tablePrefix}tag_entity.createdAt`, 'createdAt')
+		.addSelect(`${tablePrefix}tag_entity.updatedAt`, 'updatedAt')
 		.addSelect(`COUNT(${tablePrefix}workflows_tags.workflowId)`, 'usageCount')
 		.from(`${tablePrefix}tag_entity`, 'tag_entity')
 		.leftJoin(
@@ -86,3 +88,70 @@ export async function removeRelations(workflowId: string, tablePrefix: string) {
 		.where('workflowId = :id', { id: workflowId })
 		.execute();
 }
+
+const createTag = async (transactionManager: EntityManager, name: string): Promise<TagEntity> => {
+	const tag = new TagEntity();
+	tag.name = name;
+	return transactionManager.save<TagEntity>(tag);
+};
+
+const findOrCreateTag = async (
+	transactionManager: EntityManager,
+	importTag: ITagToImport,
+	tagsEntities: TagEntity[],
+): Promise<TagEntity> => {
+	// Assume tag is identical if createdAt date is the same to preserve a changed tag name
+	const identicalMatch = tagsEntities.find(
+		(existingTag) =>
+			existingTag.id.toString() === importTag.id.toString() &&
+			existingTag.createdAt &&
+			importTag.createdAt &&
+			existingTag.createdAt.getTime() === new Date(importTag.createdAt).getTime(),
+	);
+	if (identicalMatch) {
+		return identicalMatch;
+	}
+
+	const nameMatch = tagsEntities.find((existingTag) => existingTag.name === importTag.name);
+	if (nameMatch) {
+		return nameMatch;
+	}
+
+	const created = await createTag(transactionManager, importTag.name);
+	tagsEntities.push(created);
+	return created;
+};
+
+const hasTags = (workflow: IWorkflowToImport) =>
+	'tags' in workflow && Array.isArray(workflow.tags) && workflow.tags.length > 0;
+
+/**
+ * Set tag IDs to use existing tags, creates a new tag if no matching tag could be found
+ */
+export async function setTagsForImport(
+	transactionManager: EntityManager,
+	workflow: IWorkflowToImport,
+	tags: TagEntity[],
+): Promise<void> {
+	if (!hasTags(workflow)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const workflowTags = workflow.tags;
+	const tagLookupPromises = [];
+	for (let i = 0; i < workflowTags.length; i++) {
+		if (workflowTags[i]?.name) {
+			const lookupPromise = findOrCreateTag(transactionManager, workflowTags[i], tags).then(
+				(tag) => {
+					workflowTags[i] = {
+						id: tag.id,
+						name: tag.name,
+					};
+				},
+			);
+			tagLookupPromises.push(lookupPromise);
+		}
+	}
+
+	await Promise.all(tagLookupPromises);
+}

packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts

@@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ export interface ITag {
 	id: string;
 	name: string;
 	usageCount?: number;
+	createdAt?: string;
+	updatedAt?: string;
 }
 
 export interface ITagRow {

packages/editor-ui/src/components/MainSidebar.vue

@@ -511,10 +511,21 @@ export default mixins(
 					if (data.id && typeof data.id === 'string') {
 						data.id = parseInt(data.id, 10);
 					}
-					const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)], {
+
+					const exportData: IWorkflowDataUpdate = {
+						...data,
+						tags: (tags || []).map(tagId => {
+							const {usageCount, ...tag} = this.$store.getters["tags/getTagById"](tagId);
+
+							return tag;
+						}),
+					};
+
+					const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(exportData, null, 2)], {
 						type: 'application/json;charset=utf-8',
 					});
 
+
 					let workflowName = this.$store.getters.workflowName || 'unsaved_workflow';
 
 					workflowName = workflowName.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, '_');

packages/editor-ui/src/modules/tags.ts

@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ const module: Module<ITagsState, IRootState> = {
 		},
 	},
 	actions: {
-		fetchAll: async (context: ActionContext<ITagsState, IRootState>, params?: { force?: boolean, withUsageCount?: boolean }) => {
+		fetchAll: async (context: ActionContext<ITagsState, IRootState>, params?: { force?: boolean, withUsageCount?: boolean }): Promise<ITag[]> => {
 			const { force = false, withUsageCount = false } = params || {};
 			if (!force && context.state.fetchedAll && context.state.fetchedUsageCount === withUsageCount) {
-				return context.state.tags;
+				return Object.values(context.state.tags);
 			}
 
 			context.commit('setLoading', true);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const module: Module<ITagsState, IRootState> = {
 
 			return tags;
 		},
-		create: async (context: ActionContext<ITagsState, IRootState>, name: string) => {
+		create: async (context: ActionContext<ITagsState, IRootState>, name: string): Promise<ITag> => {
 			const tag = await createTag(context.rootGetters.getRestApiContext, { name });
 			context.commit('upsertTags', [tag]);
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const module: Module<ITagsState, IRootState> = {
 			context.commit('upsertTags', [tag]);
 
 			return tag;
-		}, 
+		},
 		delete: async (context: ActionContext<ITagsState, IRootState>, id: string) => {
 			const deleted = await deleteTag(context.rootGetters.getRestApiContext, id);
 
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ const module: Module<ITagsState, IRootState> = {
 			}
 
 			return deleted;
-		}, 
+		},
 	},
 };
 
-export default module;
+export default module;

packages/editor-ui/src/store.ts

@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
 			Vue.set(state.workflow, 'tags', tags);
 		},
 
+		addWorkflowTagIds (state, tags: string[]) {
+			Vue.set(state.workflow, 'tags', [...new Set([...(state.workflow.tags || []), ...tags])]);
+		},
+
 		removeWorkflowTagId (state, tagId: string) {
 			const tags = state.workflow.tags as string[];
 			const updated = tags.filter((id: string) => id !== tagId);

packages/editor-ui/src/views/NodeView.vue

@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ export default mixins(
 					workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId,
 				});
 
-				return this.importWorkflowData(workflowData!);
+				return this.importWorkflowData(workflowData!, false);
 			},
 
 			// Returns the workflow data from a given URL. If no data gets found or
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ export default mixins(
 			},
 
 			// Imports the given workflow data into the current workflow
-			async importWorkflowData (workflowData: IWorkflowDataUpdate): Promise<void> {
+			async importWorkflowData (workflowData: IWorkflowDataUpdate, importTags = true): Promise<void> {
 				// If it is JSON check if it looks on the first look like data we can use
 				if (
 					!workflowData.hasOwnProperty('nodes') ||
@@ -1285,6 +1285,40 @@ export default mixins(
 							this.nodeSelectedByName(node.name);
 						});
 					});
+
+					const tagsEnabled = this.$store.getters['settings/areTagsEnabled'];
+					if (importTags && tagsEnabled && Array.isArray(workflowData.tags)) {
+						const allTags: ITag[] = await this.$store.dispatch('tags/fetchAll');
+						const tagNames = new Set(allTags.map((tag) => tag.name));
+
+						const workflowTags = workflowData.tags as ITag[];
+						const notFound = workflowTags.filter((tag) => !tagNames.has(tag.name));
+
+						const creatingTagPromises: Array<Promise<ITag>> = [];
+						for (const tag of notFound) {
+							const creationPromise = this.$store.dispatch('tags/create', tag.name)
+								.then((tag: ITag) => {
+									allTags.push(tag);
+									return tag;
+								});
+
+							creatingTagPromises.push(creationPromise);
+						}
+
+						await Promise.all(creatingTagPromises);
+
+						const tagIds = workflowTags.reduce((accu: string[], imported: ITag) => {
+							const tag = allTags.find(tag => tag.name === imported.name);
+							if (tag) {
+								accu.push(tag.id);
+							}
+
+							return accu;
+						}, []);
+
+						this.$store.commit('addWorkflowTagIds', tagIds);
+					}
+
 				} catch (error) {
 					this.$showError(
 						error,