WoodWing Assets 6Install

Summary

Search for digital assets on the WoodWing Assets Server using a specified query string and optional parameters to filter and customize the results.

Inputs

• Authentication Method (required) — Choose to either automatically login before searching or reuse an authentication token from a previous Login operation.
• Auth Token (required) — Provide the authentication token from a previous Login operation when 'Use Token From Previous Login' method is selected.
• Search Query (required) — The query string to find matching assets, e.g., 'filename:*.jpg'.
• Additional Options — Optional parameters including 'Number of Hits' (maximum results to return) and 'Sort' (sort order of results).
• Advanced Options — Additional optional parameters such as logging the search on server, specifying metadata fields to return, returning highlighted text snippets, including thumbnail hits, and displaying original storage paths.
• Debug to Console — Enable detailed debug logging to n8n console for troubleshooting (auth tokens redacted).
• Pass Through Binary Data — Optionally pass through any incoming binary data unchanged to the output for workflows chaining file operations.

Output shape

a single JSON object containing the search results as returned from the WoodWing Assets Server API, including total hits, matched asset entries, and requested metadata

Search results include fields controlled by the optional metadataToReturn parameter and can optionally contain highlighted text snippets and thumbnail information if enabled. If passThroughBinaryData is enabled and input items contain binary data, those will be preserved in the output. Errors from the API result in workflow errors unless 'Continue On Fail' is enabled.

Examples

Example 1: Search for JPEG assets automatically logging in

Set Authentication Method to 'Login and Search' and provide a search query like 'filename:*.jpg'.

Example 2: Search using a previously obtained auth token

Set Authentication Method to 'Use Token From Previous Login' and supply the token in Auth Token parameter.