CKANInstall

Summary

Create a dataset on the specified CKAN instance by sending its metadata to the CKAN package_create action. The operation requires an API token and returns CKAN’s created dataset record.

Inputs

• CKAN URL (required) — URL of the CKAN instance, such as https://demo.ckan.org.
• Name (required) — URL-safe dataset slug: 2–100 lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, or underscores.
• Title — Human-readable title; CKAN defaults it to the name if omitted.
• Notes — Dataset description; Markdown is supported.
• Owner Org — Owning organization ID or name. Most CKAN instances require one unless unowned datasets are allowed.
• License Id — License identifier, such as cc-by or odc-pddl.
• Tags — JSON array of tag objects, such as [{"name":"environment"}].
• Private — Whether the dataset is visible only to members of its owning organization. Defaults to false.
• State — Dataset state, such as active or deleted; CKAN documents active as the default.
• Extras — JSON array of additional metadata objects, such as [{"key":"region","value":"EU"}].
• CKAN API credentials (required) — Configure the CKAN API token credential; this POST operation fails if no token is available.

Output shape

One n8n item per input item, containing { "success": true, "data": <created dataset record> } on success.

The node sends the supplied dataset fields as the request body. With Continue On Fail enabled, a failed input instead yields an item containing an error message.

Links

• n8n community nodes installation guide