✨ Add support for PostgresDB and save date as Date

packages/cli/README.md

@@ -68,11 +68,19 @@ n8n start --tunnel
 ```
 
 
-### Start with MongoDB as Database
+### Start with other Database
 
 By default n8n uses SQLite to save credentials, past executions and workflows.
-To use MongoDB instead you can provide the environment varialbles `DB_TYPE` and
-`DB_MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL` like in the example bellow.
+n8n however also supports MongoDB and PostgresDB. To use them simply a few
+environment variables have to be set.
+
+
+#### Start with MongoDB as Database
+
+To use MongoDB as database you can provide the following environment variables like
+in the example bellow:
+ - `DB_TYPE=mongodb`
+ - `DB_MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL=<CONNECTION_URL>`
 
 Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
  - MONGO_DATABASE
@@ -88,6 +96,30 @@ n8n start
 ```
 
 
+#### Start with PostgresDB as Database
+
+To use PostgresDB as database you can provide the following environment variables
+ - `DB_TYPE=postgresdb`
+ - `DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE` (default: 'n8n')
+ - `DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST` (default: 'localhost')
+ - `DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT` (default: 5432)
+ - `DB_POSTGRESDB_USER` (default: 'root')
+ - `DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD` (default: empty)
+
+
+
+```bash
+export DB_TYPE=postgresdb
+export DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n
+export DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgresdb
+export DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
+export DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n
+export DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=n8n
+
+n8n start
+```
+
+
 ## Execute Workflow from CLI
 
 Workflows can not just be started by triggers, webhooks or manually via the

packages/cli/config/index.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const config = convict({
 	database: {
 		type: {
 			doc: 'Type of database to use',
-			format: ['sqlite', 'mongodb'],
+			format: ['sqlite', 'mongodb', 'postgresdb'],
 			default: 'sqlite',
 			env: 'DB_TYPE'
 		},
@@ -20,6 +20,38 @@ const config = convict({
 				env: 'DB_MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL'
 			}
 		},
+		postgresdb: {
+			database: {
+				doc: 'PostgresDB Database',
+				format: String,
+				default: 'n8n',
+				env: 'DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE'
+			},
+			host: {
+				doc: 'PostgresDB Host',
+				format: String,
+				default: 'localhost',
+				env: 'DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST'
+			},
+			password: {
+				doc: 'PostgresDB Password',
+				format: String,
+				default: '',
+				env: 'DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD'
+			},
+			port: {
+				doc: 'PostgresDB Port',
+				format: Number,
+				default: 5432,
+				env: 'DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT'
+			},
+			user: {
+				doc: 'PostgresDB User',
+				format: String,
+				default: 'root',
+				env: 'DB_POSTGRESDB_USER'
+			},
+		},
 	},
 
 	executions: {

packages/cli/package.json

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
         "n8n-nodes-base": "^0.7.0",
         "n8n-workflow": "^0.6.0",
         "open": "^6.1.0",
+        "pg": "^7.11.0",
         "request-promise-native": "^1.0.7",
         "sqlite3": "^4.0.6",
         "sse-channel": "^3.1.1",

packages/cli/src/Db.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import * as config from './../config';
 
 import {
 	MongoDb,
+	PostgresDb,
 	SQLite,
 } from './databases';
 
@@ -43,6 +44,16 @@ export async function init(): Promise<IDatabaseCollections> {
 			url: config.get('database.mongodb.connectionUrl') as string,
 			useNewUrlParser: true,
 		};
+	} else if (dbType === 'postgresdb') {
+		entities = PostgresDb;
+		connectionOptions = {
+			type: 'postgres',
+			database: config.get('database.postgresdb.database'),
+			host: config.get('database.postgresdb.host'),
+			password: config.get('database.postgresdb.password'),
+			port: config.get('database.postgresdb.port'),
+			username: config.get('database.postgresdb.user'),
+		};
 	} else if (dbType === 'sqlite') {
 		entities = SQLite;
 		connectionOptions = {

packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export interface IWorkflowBase {
 	id?: number | string | ObjectID;
 	name: string;
 	active: boolean;
-	createdAt: number | string;
-	updatedAt: number | string;
+	createdAt: Date;
+	updatedAt: Date;
 	nodes: INode[];
 	connections: IConnections;
 	settings?: IWorkflowSettings;
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ export interface IWorkflowShortResponse {
 	id: string;
 	name: string;
 	active: boolean;
-	createdAt: number | string;
-	updatedAt: number | string;
+	createdAt: Date;
+	updatedAt: Date;
 }
 
 export interface ICredentialsBase {
-	createdAt: number | string;
-	updatedAt: number | string;
+	createdAt: Date;
+	updatedAt: Date;
 }
 
 export interface ICredentialsDb extends ICredentialsBase, ICredentialsEncrypted{
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ export interface ICredentialsDecryptedResponse extends ICredentialsDecryptedDb {
 	id: string;
 }
 
-export type DatabaseType = 'mongodb' | 'sqlite';
+export type DatabaseType = 'mongodb' | 'postgresdb' | 'sqlite';
 export type SaveExecutionDataType = 'all' | 'none';
 
 export interface IExecutionBase {
 	id?: number | string | ObjectID;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
-	startedAt: number;
-	stoppedAt: number;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 	workflowId?: string; // To be able to filter executions easily //
 	finished: boolean;
 	retryOf?: number | string | ObjectID; // If it is a retry, the id of the execution it is a retry of.
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ export interface IExecutionsListResponse {
 export interface IExecutionsStopData {
 	finished?: boolean;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
-	startedAt: number | string;
-	stoppedAt: number | string;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 }
 
 export interface IExecutionsSummary {
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ export interface IExecutionsSummary {
 	finished?: boolean;
 	retryOf?: string;
 	retrySuccessId?: string;
-	startedAt: number | string;
-	stoppedAt?: number | string;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt?: Date;
 	workflowId: string;
 	workflowName?: string;
 }
 
 export interface IExecutionDeleteFilter {
-	deleteBefore?: number;
+	deleteBefore?: Date;
 	filters?: IDataObject;
 	ids?: string[];
 }
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ export interface IN8nConfigDatabase {
 	mongodb: {
 		connectionUrl: string;
 	};
+	postgresdb: {
+		host: string;
+		password: string;
+		port: number;
+		user: string;
+	};
 }
 
 export interface IN8nConfigEndpoints {

packages/cli/src/Server.ts

@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ class App {
 	 * @returns {number}
 	 * @memberof App
 	 */
-	getCurrentDate(): number {
-		return Math.floor(new Date().getTime());
+	getCurrentDate(): Date {
+		return new Date();
 	}
 
 
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ class App {
 						id: data.id.toString(),
 						workflowId: data.workflowId,
 						mode:data.mode,
-						startedAt: data.startedAt,
+						startedAt: new Date(data.startedAt),
 					}
 				);
 			}
@@ -873,8 +873,8 @@ class App {
 
 			const returnData: IExecutionsStopData = {
 				mode: result.mode,
-				startedAt: result.startedAt,
-				stoppedAt: result.stoppedAt,
+				startedAt: new Date(result.startedAt),
+				stoppedAt: new Date(result.stoppedAt),
 				finished: result.finished,
 			};
 

packages/cli/src/databases/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import * as MongoDb from './mongodb';
+import * as PostgresDb from './postgresdb';
 import * as SQLite from './sqlite';
 
 export {
 	MongoDb,
+	PostgresDb,
 	SQLite,
 };

packages/cli/src/databases/mongodb/CredentialsEntity.ts

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ export class CredentialsEntity implements ICredentialsDb {
 	@Column('json')
 	nodesAccess: ICredentialNodeAccess[];
 
-	@Column()
-	createdAt: number;
+	@Column('Date')
+	createdAt: Date;
 
-	@Column()
-	updatedAt: number;
+	@Column('Date')
+	updatedAt: Date;
 }

packages/cli/src/databases/mongodb/ExecutionEntity.ts

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ export class ExecutionEntity implements IExecutionFlattedDb {
 	@Column()
 	retrySuccessId: string;
 
-	@Column()
-	startedAt: number;
+	@Column('Date')
+	startedAt: Date;
 
-	@Column()
-	stoppedAt: number;
+	@Column('Date')
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 
 	@Column('json')
 	workflowData: IWorkflowDb;

packages/cli/src/databases/mongodb/WorkflowEntity.ts

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ export class WorkflowEntity implements IWorkflowDb {
 	@Column('json')
 	connections: IConnections;
 
-	@Column()
-	createdAt: number;
+	@Column('Date')
+	createdAt: Date;
 
-	@Column()
-	updatedAt: number;
+	@Column('Date')
+	updatedAt: Date;
 
 	@Column('json')
 	settings?: IWorkflowSettings;

packages/cli/src/databases/postgresdb/CredentialsEntity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import {
+	ICredentialNodeAccess,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import {
+	ICredentialsDb,
+} from '../../';
+
+import {
+	Column,
+	Entity,
+	Index,
+	PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+} from "typeorm";
+
+@Entity()
+export class CredentialsEntity implements ICredentialsDb {
+
+	@PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+	id: number;
+
+	@Column({
+		length: 128
+	})
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column('text')
+	data: string;
+
+	@Index()
+	@Column({
+		length: 32
+	})
+	type: string;
+
+	@Column('json')
+	nodesAccess: ICredentialNodeAccess[];
+
+	@Column('timestamp')
+	createdAt: Date;
+
+	@Column('timestamp')
+	updatedAt: Date;
+}

packages/cli/src/databases/postgresdb/ExecutionEntity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import {
+	WorkflowExecuteMode,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import {
+	IExecutionFlattedDb,
+	IWorkflowDb,
+} from '../../';
+
+import {
+	Column,
+	Entity,
+	Index,
+	PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+ } from "typeorm";
+
+
+@Entity()
+export class ExecutionEntity implements IExecutionFlattedDb {
+
+	@PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+	id: number;
+
+	@Column('text')
+	data: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	finished: boolean;
+
+	@Column()
+	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	retryOf: string;
+
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	retrySuccessId: string;
+
+	@Column('timestamp')
+	startedAt: Date;
+
+	@Column('timestamp')
+	stoppedAt: Date;
+
+	@Column('json')
+	workflowData: IWorkflowDb;
+
+	@Index()
+	@Column({ nullable: true })
+	workflowId: string;
+}

packages/cli/src/databases/postgresdb/WorkflowEntity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import {
+	IConnections,
+	IDataObject,
+	INode,
+	IWorkflowSettings,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import {
+	IWorkflowDb,
+} from '../../';
+
+import {
+	Column,
+	Entity,
+	PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+} from "typeorm";
+
+@Entity()
+export class WorkflowEntity implements IWorkflowDb {
+
+	@PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+	id: number;
+
+	@Column({
+		length: 128
+	})
+	name: string;
+
+	@Column()
+	active: boolean;
+
+	@Column('json')
+	nodes: INode[];
+
+	@Column('json')
+	connections: IConnections;
+
+	@Column('timestamp')
+	createdAt: Date;
+
+	@Column('timestamp')
+	updatedAt: Date;
+
+	@Column({
+		type: 'json',
+		nullable: true,
+	})
+	settings?: IWorkflowSettings;
+
+	@Column({
+		type: 'json',
+		nullable: true,
+	})
+	staticData?: IDataObject;
+}

packages/cli/src/databases/postgresdb/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export * from './CredentialsEntity';
+export * from './ExecutionEntity';
+export * from './WorkflowEntity';

packages/cli/src/databases/sqlite/CredentialsEntity.ts

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export class CredentialsEntity implements ICredentialsDb {
 	nodesAccess: ICredentialNodeAccess[];
 
 	@Column()
-	createdAt: number;
+	createdAt: Date;
 
 	@Column()
-	updatedAt: number;
+	updatedAt: Date;
 }

packages/cli/src/databases/sqlite/ExecutionEntity.ts

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ export class ExecutionEntity implements IExecutionFlattedDb {
 	retrySuccessId: string;
 
 	@Column()
-	startedAt: number;
+	startedAt: Date;
 
 	@Column()
-	stoppedAt: number;
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 
 	@Column('simple-json')
 	workflowData: IWorkflowDb;

packages/cli/src/databases/sqlite/WorkflowEntity.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ export class WorkflowEntity implements IWorkflowDb {
 	connections: IConnections;
 
 	@Column()
-	createdAt: number;
+	createdAt: Date;
 
 	@Column()
-	updatedAt: number;
+	updatedAt: Date;
 
 	@Column({
 		type: 'simple-json',

packages/core/src/ActiveExecutions.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class ActiveExecutions {
 
 		this.activeExecutions[executionId] = {
 			runExecutionData,
-			startedAt: new Date().getTime(),
+			startedAt: new Date(),
 			mode,
 			workflow,
 			postExecutePromises: [],

packages/core/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface IExecuteSingleFunctions extends IExecuteSingleFunctionsBase {
 
 export interface IExecutingWorkflowData {
 	runExecutionData: IRunExecutionData;
-	startedAt: number;
+	startedAt: Date;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
 	workflow: Workflow;
 	postExecutePromises: Array<IDeferredPromise<IRun>>;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export interface IExecutingWorkflowData {
 
 export interface IExecutionsCurrentSummary {
 	id: string;
-	startedAt: number;
+	startedAt: Date;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
 	workflowId: string;
 }

packages/core/src/LoadNodeParameterOptions.ts

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ export class LoadNodeParameterOptions {
 			active: false,
 			connections: {},
 			nodes: Object.values(this.workflow.nodes),
-			createdAt: 0,
-			updatedAt: 0,
+			createdAt: new Date(),
+			updatedAt: new Date(),
 		};
 	}
 

packages/core/src/WorkflowExecute.ts

@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 			const fullRunData: IRun = {
 				data: runExecutionData,
 				mode: this.mode,
-				startedAt,
-				stoppedAt: new Date().getTime(),
+				startedAt: new Date(startedAt),
+				stoppedAt: new Date(),
 			};
 
 			if (executionError !== undefined) {
@@ -643,8 +643,8 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 			const fullRunData: IRun = {
 				data: runExecutionData,
 				mode: this.mode,
-				startedAt,
-				stoppedAt: new Date().getTime(),
+				startedAt: new Date(startedAt),
+				stoppedAt: new Date(),
 			};
 
 			fullRunData.data.resultData.error = {

packages/core/test/Credentials.test.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('Credentials', () => {
                 {
                     nodeType: 'base.noOp',
                     user: 'userName',
-                    date: 1234,
+                    date: new Date(),
                 }
             ];
 

packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export interface IRestApi {
 	getActiveWorkflows(): Promise<string[]>;
 	getActivationError(id: string): Promise<IActivationError | undefined >;
 	getCurrentExecutions(filter: object): Promise<IExecutionsCurrentSummaryExtended[]>;
-	getPastExecutions(filter: object, limit: number, lastStartedAt?: number): Promise<IExecutionsListResponse>;
+	getPastExecutions(filter: object, limit: number, lastStartedAt?: Date): Promise<IExecutionsListResponse>;
 	stopCurrentExecution(executionId: string): Promise<IExecutionsStopData>;
 	makeRestApiRequest(method: string, endpoint: string, data?: any): Promise<any>; // tslint:disable-line:no-any
 	getSettings(): Promise<IN8nUISettings>;
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ export interface IExecutionBase {
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
 	retryOf?: string;
 	retrySuccessId?: string;
-	startedAt: number;
-	stoppedAt: number;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt?: Date;
 	workflowId?: string; // To be able to filter executions easily //
 }
 
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ export interface IExecutionShortResponse {
 	};
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
 	finished: boolean;
-	startedAt: number | string;
-	stoppedAt: number | string;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 	executionTime?: number;
 }
 
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ export interface IExecutionsCurrentSummaryExtended {
 	id: string;
 	finished?: boolean;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
-	startedAt: number | string;
-	stoppedAt?: number | string;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt?: Date;
 	workflowId: string;
 	workflowName?: string;
 }
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ export interface IExecutionsCurrentSummaryExtended {
 export interface IExecutionsStopData {
 	finished?: boolean;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
-	startedAt: number | string;
-	stoppedAt: number | string;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 }
 
 export interface IExecutionsSummary {
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@ export interface IExecutionsSummary {
 	finished?: boolean;
 	retryOf?: string;
 	retrySuccessId?: string;
-	startedAt: number | string;
-	stoppedAt?: number | string;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt?: Date;
 	workflowId: string;
 	workflowName?: string;
 }
 
 export interface IExecutionDeleteFilter {
-	deleteBefore?: number;
+	deleteBefore?: Date;
 	filters?: IDataObject;
 	ids?: string[];
 }

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

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 							{{(new Date().getTime() - new Date(scope.row.startedAt).getTime())/1000}} sec.
 						</span>
 						<span v-else>
-							{{(scope.row.stoppedAt - scope.row.startedAt) / 1000}} sec.
+							{{(new Date(scope.row.stoppedAt).getTime() - new Date(scope.row.startedAt).getTime()) / 1000}} sec.
 						</span>
 					</template>
 				</el-table-column>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export default mixins(
 
 			const sendData: IExecutionDeleteFilter = {};
 			if (this.checkAll === true) {
-				sendData.deleteBefore = this.finishedExecutions[0].startedAt as number;
+				sendData.deleteBefore = this.finishedExecutions[0].startedAt as Date;
 			} else {
 				sendData.ids = Object.keys(this.selectedItems);
 			}
@@ -387,11 +387,11 @@ export default mixins(
 			this.isDataLoading = true;
 
 			const filter = this.workflowFilter;
-			let lastStartedAt: number | undefined;
+			let lastStartedAt: Date | undefined;
 
 			if (this.finishedExecutions.length !== 0) {
 				const lastItem = this.finishedExecutions.slice(-1)[0];
-				lastStartedAt = lastItem.startedAt as number;
+				lastStartedAt = lastItem.startedAt as Date;
 			}
 
 			let data: IExecutionsListResponse;

packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/restApi.ts

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export const restApi = Vue.extend({
 
 				// Returns all saved executions
 				// TODO: For sure needs some kind of default filter like last day, with max 10 results, ...
-				getPastExecutions: (filter: object, limit: number, lastStartedAt?: number): Promise<IExecutionsListResponse> => {
+				getPastExecutions: (filter: object, limit: number, lastStartedAt?: Date): Promise<IExecutionsListResponse> => {
 					let sendData = {};
 					if (filter) {
 						sendData = {

packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowRun.ts

@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ export const workflowRun = mixins(
 					id: '__IN_PROGRESS__',
 					finished: false,
 					mode: 'manual',
-					startedAt: new Date().getTime(),
-					stoppedAt: 0,
+					startedAt: new Date(),
+					stoppedAt: undefined,
 					workflowId: workflow.id,
 					data: {
 						resultData: {

packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export interface IGetCredentials {
 export interface ICredentialNodeAccess {
 	nodeType: string;
 	user?: string;
-	date?: number;
+	date?: Date;
 }
 
 export interface ICredentialsDecrypted {
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ export interface IRun {
 	data: IRunExecutionData;
 	finished?: boolean;
 	mode: WorkflowExecuteMode;
-	startedAt: number;
-	stoppedAt: number;
+	startedAt: Date;
+	stoppedAt: Date;
 }