* ✨ Endpoint to preset credentials

* ✨ Endpoint to preset credentials

* ⚡ Improvements

* 🐛 Small fix

* 🐛 Small fix

packages/cli/config/index.ts

@@ -128,15 +128,23 @@ const config = convict({
 
 	credentials: {
 		overwrite: {
-			// Allows to set default values for credentials which
-			// get automatically prefilled and the user does not get
-			// displayed and can not change.
-			// Format: { CREDENTIAL_NAME: { PARAMTER: VALUE }}
-			doc: 'Overwrites for credentials',
-			format: '*',
-			default: '{}',
-			env: 'CREDENTIALS_OVERWRITE'
-		}
+			data: {
+				// Allows to set default values for credentials which
+				// get automatically prefilled and the user does not get
+				// displayed and can not change.
+				// Format: { CREDENTIAL_NAME: { PARAMTER: VALUE }}
+				doc: 'Overwrites for credentials',
+				format: '*',
+				default: '{}',
+				env: 'CREDENTIALS_OVERWRITE_DATA'
+			},
+			endpoint: {
+				doc: 'Fetch credentials from API',
+				format: String,
+				default: '',
+				env: 'CREDENTIALS_OVERWRITE_ENDPOINT',
+			},
+		},
 	},
 
 	executions: {

packages/cli/src/CredentialsOverwrites.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class CredentialsOverwritesClass {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const data = await GenericHelpers.getConfigValue('credentials.overwrite') as string;
+		const data = await GenericHelpers.getConfigValue('credentials.overwrite.data') as string;
 
 		try {
 			this.overwriteData = JSON.parse(data);
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class CredentialsOverwritesClass {
 	}
 
 	applyOverwrite(type: string, data: ICredentialDataDecryptedObject) {
+
 		const overwrites = this.get(type);
 
 		if (overwrites === undefined) {

packages/cli/src/Server.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ import {
 	WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
 	WorkflowRunner,
 	GenericHelpers,
+	CredentialsOverwrites,
+	ICredentialsOverwrite,
+	LoadNodesAndCredentials,
 } from './';
 
 import {
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ class App {
 	testWebhooks: TestWebhooks.TestWebhooks;
 	endpointWebhook: string;
 	endpointWebhookTest: string;
+	endpointPresetCredentials: string;
 	externalHooks: IExternalHooksClass;
 	saveDataErrorExecution: string;
 	saveDataSuccessExecution: string;
@@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ class App {
 	sslKey:  string;
 	sslCert: string;
 
+	presetCredentialsLoaded: boolean;
+
 	constructor() {
 		this.app = express();
 
@@ -141,6 +147,9 @@ class App {
 		this.sslCert = config.get('ssl_cert');
 
 		this.externalHooks = ExternalHooks();
+
+		this.presetCredentialsLoaded = false;
+		this.endpointPresetCredentials = config.get('credentials.overwrite.endpoint') as string;
 	}
 
 
@@ -1650,6 +1659,40 @@ class App {
 		});
 
 
+		if (this.endpointPresetCredentials !== '') {
+
+			// POST endpoint to set preset credentials
+			this.app.post(`/${this.endpointPresetCredentials}`, async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
+
+				if (this.presetCredentialsLoaded === false) {
+
+					const body = req.body as ICredentialsOverwrite;
+
+					if (req.headers['content-type'] !== 'application/json') {
+						ResponseHelper.sendErrorResponse(res, new Error('Body must be a valid JSON, make sure the content-type is application/json'));
+						return;
+					}
+
+					const loadNodesAndCredentials = LoadNodesAndCredentials();
+
+					const credentialsOverwrites = CredentialsOverwrites();
+
+					await credentialsOverwrites.init(body);
+
+					const credentialTypes = CredentialTypes();
+
+					await credentialTypes.init(loadNodesAndCredentials.credentialTypes);
+
+					this.presetCredentialsLoaded = true;
+
+					ResponseHelper.sendSuccessResponse(res, { success: true }, true, 200);
+
+				} else {
+					ResponseHelper.sendErrorResponse(res, new Error('Preset credentials can be set once'));
+				}
+			});
+		}
+
 		// Serve the website
 		const startTime = (new Date()).toUTCString();
 		const editorUiPath = require.resolve('n8n-editor-ui');