prowlarr

n8n community node for Prowlarr (indexer manager) via its v1 API

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Latest Version: 0.1.4

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Prowlarr
Manage your Prowlarr indexers through its v1 API

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Prowlarr

n8n-nodes-prowlarr

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License: MIT
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Community node for n8n to interact with Prowlarr — list
indexers, run searches across them, read system status/health and trigger commands.

✅ Verified community node — available directly from the node panel on n8n
(self-hosted and n8n Cloud).

Installation

This is a verified community node: in n8n, click + (Add node), search for
Prowlarr, and add it — no manual install needed.

Manual install (older n8n, or as an unverified package)

Settings → Community Nodes → Install → n8n-nodes-prowlarr. Manual / Docker
deployment is also documented further down.

Then create a Prowlarr API credential with your instance URL and API key (see below).

What it does

A single Prowlarr node with actions grouped by resource:

Resource Operation Prowlarr endpoint
Indexer Get Many GET /api/v1/indexer
Indexer Get GET /api/v1/indexer/{id}
Search Search GET /api/v1/search
System Get Status GET /api/v1/system/status
System Get Health GET /api/v1/health
Command Trigger POST /api/v1/command

Prerequisites

  • A running Prowlarr instance reachable from n8n.
  • Your Prowlarr API key (Settings → General → Security → API Key).

Credentials

In n8n, create a Prowlarr API credential:

  • Base URL — e.g. http://prowlarr:9696 (no trailing slash)
  • API Key — your Prowlarr API key (sent as the X-Api-Key header)

The credential test calls GET /api/v1/system/status.

Typical flow: search across all indexers

  1. Indexer → Get Many → see the configured indexers and their IDs
  2. Search → Search (query = Ubuntu 24.04) → aggregated results from every indexer
  3. Feed the results (magnet / download URL) into your download client
flowchart LR
    A["Indexer<br/>Get Many"] --> B["Search<br/>Search query"]
    B -->|results| C["Download client<br/>(qBittorrent, SABnzbd…)"]

Build

npm install --ignore-scripts
npm run build                  # tsc + copy icons into dist/

Deploy to a self-hosted (Docker) n8n

n8n auto-loads packages placed in ~/.n8n/custom/node_modules/. If your n8n
data dir is bind-mounted from the host into the container, copy the built package into it:

# from the project dir, after `npm run build`
mkdir -p /path/to/n8n-data/custom/node_modules
cp -r . /path/to/n8n-data/custom/node_modules/n8n-nodes-prowlarr
# then restart n8n so it re-scans custom nodes
docker restart n8n

Only package.json + dist/ are needed at runtime (n8n-workflow is a peer dependency
provided by n8n itself).

Notes

  • Search accepts a query plus optional indexer / category filters; results are
    normalised across Torznab & Newznab indexers by Prowlarr.
  • Command → Trigger runs Prowlarr commands by name (e.g. ApplicationIndexerSync);
    see the Prowlarr API docs for available commands.

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial community node and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the
Prowlarr / Servarr project. "Prowlarr" is the property of its respective authors.

License

MIT

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