import { NodeOperationError, type IDataObject, type INodeType, type INodeTypeDescription, type ITriggerFunctions, type ITriggerResponse, } from 'n8n-workflow'; import { pgTriggerFunction, initDB, searchSchema, searchTables, prepareNames, } from './PostgresTrigger.functions'; export class PostgresTrigger implements INodeType { description: INodeTypeDescription = { displayName: 'Postgres Trigger', name: 'postgresTrigger', icon: 'file:postgres.svg', group: ['trigger'], version: 1, description: 'Listens to Postgres messages', eventTriggerDescription: '', defaults: { name: 'Postgres Trigger', }, triggerPanel: { header: '', executionsHelp: { inactive: "While building your workflow, click the 'listen' button, then trigger a Postgres event. This will trigger an execution, which will show up in this editor.

Once you're happy with your workflow, activate it. Then every time a change is detected, the workflow will execute. These executions will show up in the executions list, but not in the editor.", active: "While building your workflow, click the 'listen' button, then trigger a Postgres event. This will trigger an execution, which will show up in this editor.

Your workflow will also execute automatically, since it's activated. Every time a change is detected, this node will trigger an execution. These executions will show up in the executions list, but not in the editor.", }, activationHint: "Once you've finished building your workflow, activate it to have it also listen continuously (you just won't see those executions here).", }, inputs: [], outputs: ['main'], credentials: [ { name: 'postgres', required: true, }, ], properties: [ { displayName: 'Listen For', name: 'triggerMode', type: 'options', options: [ { name: 'Table Row Change Events', value: 'createTrigger', description: 'Insert, update or delete', }, { name: 'Advanced', value: 'listenTrigger', description: 'Listen to existing Postgres channel', }, ], default: 'createTrigger', }, { displayName: 'Schema Name', name: 'schema', type: 'resourceLocator', default: { mode: 'list', value: 'public' }, required: true, displayOptions: { show: { triggerMode: ['createTrigger'], }, }, modes: [ { displayName: 'From List', name: 'list', type: 'list', placeholder: 'Select a schema', typeOptions: { searchListMethod: 'searchSchema', searchFilterRequired: false, }, }, { displayName: 'Name', name: 'name', type: 'string', placeholder: 'e.g. public', }, ], }, { displayName: 'Table Name', name: 'tableName', type: 'resourceLocator', default: { mode: 'list', value: '' }, required: true, displayOptions: { show: { triggerMode: ['createTrigger'], }, }, modes: [ { displayName: 'From List', name: 'list', type: 'list', placeholder: 'Select a table', typeOptions: { searchListMethod: 'searchTables', searchFilterRequired: false, }, }, { displayName: 'Name', name: 'name', type: 'string', placeholder: 'e.g. table_name', }, ], }, { displayName: 'Channel Name', name: 'channelName', type: 'string', default: '', required: true, placeholder: 'e.g. n8n_channel', description: 'Name of the channel to listen to', displayOptions: { show: { triggerMode: ['listenTrigger'], }, }, }, { displayName: 'Event to listen for', name: 'firesOn', type: 'options', displayOptions: { show: { triggerMode: ['createTrigger'], }, }, options: [ { name: 'Insert', value: 'INSERT', }, { name: 'Update', value: 'UPDATE', }, { name: 'Delete', value: 'DELETE', }, ], default: 'INSERT', }, { displayName: 'Additional Fields', name: 'additionalFields', type: 'collection', placeholder: 'Add Field', default: {}, displayOptions: { show: { triggerMode: ['createTrigger'], }, }, options: [ { displayName: 'Channel Name', name: 'channelName', type: 'string', placeholder: 'e.g. n8n_channel', description: 'Name of the channel to listen to', default: '', }, { displayName: 'Function Name', name: 'functionName', type: 'string', description: 'Name of the function to create', placeholder: 'e.g. n8n_trigger_function()', default: '', }, { displayName: 'Replace if Exists', name: 'replaceIfExists', type: 'boolean', description: 'Whether to replace an existing function and trigger with the same name', default: false, }, { displayName: 'Trigger Name', name: 'triggerName', type: 'string', description: 'Name of the trigger to create', placeholder: 'e.g. n8n_trigger', default: '', }, ], }, ], }; methods = { listSearch: { searchSchema, searchTables, }, }; async trigger(this: ITriggerFunctions): Promise { const triggerMode = this.getNodeParameter('triggerMode', 0) as string; const additionalFields = this.getNodeParameter('additionalFields', 0) as IDataObject; // initialize and connect to database const { db } = await initDB.call(this); const connection = await db.connect({ direct: true }); // prepare and set up listener const onNotification = async (data: IDataObject) => { if (data.payload) { try { data.payload = JSON.parse(data.payload as string) as IDataObject; } catch (error) {} } this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([data])]); }; // create trigger, funstion and channel or use existing channel const pgNames = prepareNames(this.getNode().id, this.getMode(), additionalFields); if (triggerMode === 'createTrigger') { await pgTriggerFunction.call( this, db, additionalFields, pgNames.functionName, pgNames.triggerName, pgNames.channelName, ); } else { pgNames.channelName = this.getNodeParameter('channelName', '') as string; } // listen to channel await connection.none(`LISTEN ${pgNames.channelName}`); const cleanUpDb = async () => { try { await connection.none('UNLISTEN $1:name', [pgNames.channelName]); if (triggerMode === 'createTrigger') { const functionName = pgNames.functionName.includes('(') ? pgNames.functionName.split('(')[0] : pgNames.functionName; await connection.any('DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS $1:name CASCADE', [functionName]); const schema = this.getNodeParameter('schema', undefined, { extractValue: true, }) as string; const table = this.getNodeParameter('tableName', undefined, { extractValue: true, }) as string; await connection.any('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS $1:name ON $2:name.$3:name CASCADE', [ pgNames.triggerName, schema, table, ]); } connection.client.removeListener('notification', onNotification); } catch (error) { throw new NodeOperationError( this.getNode(), `Postgres Trigger Error: ${(error as Error).message}`, ); } finally { await db.$pool.end(); } }; connection.client.on('notification', onNotification); // The "closeFunction" function gets called by n8n whenever // the workflow gets deactivated and can so clean up. const closeFunction = async () => { await cleanUpDb(); }; const manualTriggerFunction = async () => { await new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => { const timeoutHandler = setTimeout(async () => { reject( new Error( await (async () => { await cleanUpDb(); return 'Aborted, no data received within 30secs. This 30sec timeout is only set for "manually triggered execution". Active Workflows will listen indefinitely.'; })(), ), ); }, 30000); connection.client.on('notification', async (data: IDataObject) => { if (data.payload) { try { data.payload = JSON.parse(data.payload as string) as IDataObject; } catch (error) {} } this.emit([this.helpers.returnJsonArray([data])]); clearTimeout(timeoutHandler); resolve(true); }); }); }; return { closeFunction, manualTriggerFunction: this.getMode() === 'manual' ? manualTriggerFunction : undefined, }; } }