n8n-nodes-status-check

This is an n8n community node that lets you use Status Check in your n8n workflows.

Status Check provides domain and email validation services to help you verify leads, clean contact lists, and automate quality checks in your workflows.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Features

Actions (Regular Nodes)

Validation Resource

• Check Website: Validate domain status, detect parking, follow redirects
• Check Email: SMTP-based email deliverability validation
• Get Validation Job: Retrieve async validation job results

Lead Resource

• Create Lead: Create new lead with optional validation
• Get Lead: Retrieve lead by ID
• Update Lead: Update lead information
• List Leads: Query leads with filters
• Bulk Create: Create multiple leads at once

Webhook Resource

• Create Webhook: Register webhook endpoints
• List Webhooks: Get all registered webhooks
• Delete Webhook: Remove webhook subscriptions
• Test Webhook: Send test events to webhooks

Triggers (Webhook Nodes)

Automatically start workflows when events occur:

Validation Triggers

• Validation Started Trigger: Fires when validation job begins
• Validation Complete Trigger: Fires when email/domain validation finishes
• Validation Failed Trigger: Fires when validation job fails

Credits Triggers

• Credits Low Trigger: Fires when account credits fall below threshold
• Credits Depleted Trigger: Fires when credits are completely exhausted

Lead Triggers

• Lead Created Trigger: Fires when new lead is created
• Lead Updated Trigger: Fires when lead information is updated
• Lead Validated Trigger: Fires when lead validation completes

Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes in your n8n instance
2. Click Install
3. Enter @status-check/n8n-nodes-status-check
4. Click Install

Manual Installation (Advanced)

For self-hosted n8n installations (npm-based only):

cd ~/.n8n
npm install @status-check/n8n-nodes-status-check

Then restart your n8n instance.

Note: Manual installation is only supported for self-hosted npm installations. For Docker or n8n Cloud, use the Community Nodes UI method above.

Prerequisites

You need:

• An active Status Check account
• A Status Check API key (get it from Account Settings)

Credentials

When you add the Status Check node for the first time, you'll need to configure credentials:

1. API Key: Your Status Check API key (starts with sk_live_...)
2. Environment: Choose Production for live API or Test for local development

The credentials will be tested automatically by calling /v1/credits endpoint.

Operations

Validation Operations

Check Website

Validates a domain's HTTP status, detects parking pages, and follows redirect chains.

Input:

• website (required): Domain to validate (e.g., example.com or https://example.com)
• returnDetails (optional): Return full validation details including HTTP status, SSL info, redirect chain

Output:

{
  "website": "example.com",
  "status": "active",
  "valid": true,
  "httpStatus": 200,
  "isParked": false,
  "redirectChain": ["https://example.com"],
  "creditsDeducted": 1,
  "creditsRemaining": 99
}

Check Email

Validates email deliverability using SMTP verification.

Input:

• email (required): Email address to validate
• timeout (optional): Max seconds to wait (5-60, default: 30)
• returnDetails (optional): Return detailed validation results
• webhookUrl (optional): Webhook URL for async results if validation times out

Output:

{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "valid": true,
  "catch_all": false,
  "service": "Google",
  "domain": "example.com",
  "creditsDeducted": 2,
  "creditsRemaining": 97
}

Get Validation Job

Retrieves results of an async validation job.

Input:

• jobId (required): Validation job ID (e.g., val_abc123def456)

Output:

{
  "id": "val_abc123def456",
  "status": "completed",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "result": {
    "valid": true,
    "catch_all": false,
    "service": "Google"
  }
}

Lead Operations

Create Lead

Creates a new lead with optional validation.

Input:

• email (required): Lead email address
• website (optional): Lead website/domain
• Additional Fields: firstName, lastName, company, jobTitle, phone, linkedinUrl, customFields
• Validation Options: validate, validateDomain, validateEmail

Output:

{
  "id": "lead_abc123",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "website": "example.com",
  "firstName": "John",
  "validationStatus": "verified",
  "emailValid": true,
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}

Bulk Create

Creates multiple leads at once.

Input:

• leads (required): JSON array of lead objects
• Bulk Validation Options: validateDomain, validateEmail

Example:

[
  {"email": "user1@example.com", "firstName": "John"},
  {"email": "user2@example.com", "firstName": "Jane"}
]

Webhook Operations

Create Webhook

Registers a webhook endpoint for event notifications.

Input:

• name (required): Friendly webhook name
• url (required): Endpoint URL to receive webhooks
• events (required): Events to subscribe to (multi-select)
  • validation.started
  • validation.complete
  • validation.failed
  • credits.low
  • credits.depleted
  • lead.created
  • lead.updated
  • lead.validated
• Additional Fields: description, active

Triggers

Validation Complete Trigger

Automatically starts your workflow when a validation job completes.

Use Cases:

• Update CRM when email validation finishes
• Enrich leads with validation results
• Send notifications for verified contacts

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "validation.complete",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "valid": true,
  "catch_all": false,
  "service": "Google"
}

Validation Failed Trigger

Fires when validation jobs fail due to errors or timeouts.

Use Cases:

• Alert when validation errors occur
• Retry failed validations
• Log validation failures

Validation Started Trigger

Fires when a validation job begins processing.

Use Cases:

• Track validation progress in real-time
• Update UI to show "validating..." status
• Log validation start times for analytics

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "validation.started",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "jobId": "val_abc123",
  "email": "user@example.com"
}

Credits Low Trigger

Fires when your account credits fall below the configured threshold.

Use Cases:

• Auto-purchase additional credits
• Send notifications to account admins
• Pause workflows until credits are replenished

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "credits.low",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "creditsRemaining": 10,
  "threshold": 50,
  "userId": "user_abc123"
}

Credits Depleted Trigger

Fires when your account credits reach zero.

Use Cases:

• Urgent alerts to account owners
• Automatically pause all validation workflows
• Emergency credit purchase workflows

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "credits.depleted",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "userId": "user_abc123"
}

Lead Created Trigger

Fires when a new lead is created.

Use Cases:

• Sync new leads to CRM immediately
• Send welcome emails to new leads
• Trigger lead enrichment workflows

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "lead.created",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "leadId": "lead_abc123",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "website": "example.com"
}

Lead Updated Trigger

Fires when lead information is updated.

Use Cases:

• Keep external systems in sync with lead changes
• Audit trail for lead modifications
• Trigger workflows when specific fields change

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "lead.updated",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "leadId": "lead_abc123",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "updatedFields": ["firstName", "company"]
}

Lead Validated Trigger

Fires when lead validation completes.

Use Cases:

• Enrich validated leads with additional data
• Move verified leads to hot prospects list
• Filter and route based on validation results

Webhook Payload:

{
  "event": "lead.validated",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "leadId": "lead_abc123",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "emailValid": true,
  "websiteStatus": "active",
  "validationStatus": "verified"
}

Example Workflows

Example 1: Validate Email from Form Submission

Webhook (Form) → Status Check (Check Email) → Filter (Valid Only) → Add to CRM

1. Receive form submission via webhook
2. Validate email with Status Check
3. Filter for valid emails only
4. Add verified leads to CRM

Example 2: Bulk Lead Validation

Google Sheets → Status Check (Bulk Create) → Status Check Trigger → Update Spreadsheet

1. Read leads from Google Sheets
2. Bulk create leads with validation
3. Wait for validation.complete trigger
4. Update spreadsheet with validation results

Example 3: Auto-Purchase Credits

Credits Low Trigger → Stripe (Create Payment) → Notify Slack

1. Trigger fires when credits are low
2. Automatically purchase credit package via Stripe
3. Send confirmation to Slack

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js v16+
• n8n CLI (for local testing)

Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/status-check/n8n-nodes-status-check.git
cd n8n-nodes-status-check

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build TypeScript
npm run build

# Link for local development
npm link

Local Testing

# In your n8n installation directory
npm link @status-check/n8n-nodes-status-check

# Start n8n
n8n start

# The Status Check nodes should now appear in the node palette

Project Structure

n8n-nodes-status-check/
├── credentials/
│   └── StatusCheckApi.credentials.ts    # API authentication
├── nodes/
│   ├── StatusCheck/
│   │   ├── descriptions/
│   │   │   ├── ValidationDescription.ts  # Validation operations
│   │   │   ├── LeadDescription.ts       # Lead operations
│   │   │   └── WebhookDescription.ts    # Webhook operations
│   │   └── StatusCheck.node.ts          # Main node implementation
│   ├── ValidationCompleteTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckValidationCompleteTrigger.node.ts
│   ├── ValidationFailedTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckValidationFailedTrigger.node.ts
│   ├── ValidationStartedTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckValidationStartedTrigger.node.ts
│   ├── CreditsLowTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckCreditsLowTrigger.node.ts
│   ├── CreditsDepletedTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckCreditsDepletedTrigger.node.ts
│   ├── LeadCreatedTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckLeadCreatedTrigger.node.ts
│   ├── LeadUpdatedTrigger/
│   │   └── StatusCheckLeadUpdatedTrigger.node.ts
│   └── LeadValidatedTrigger/
│       └── StatusCheckLeadValidatedTrigger.node.ts
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

Resources

• Status Check Documentation
• Status Check API Reference
• n8n Community Nodes Documentation
• n8n Creating Nodes Guide

Support

• Documentation: https://docs.status-check.io
• Email: support@status-check.io
• GitHub Issues: https://github.com/status-check/n8n-nodes-status-check/issues

License

MIT

Version History

1.1.0 (2025-01-16)

n8n Community Review Fixes:

• Added pairedItem to all output items for proper item linking in execution UI
• Restructured trigger nodes into individual directories following n8n conventions
• Improved error handling with proper NodeApiError and NodeOperationError usage
• Fixed webhook lifecycle error handling (checkExists/delete methods)
• Updated to use NodeConnectionTypes.Main constant instead of string literals
• Added credential icon for better UI integration
• Removed unused requestDefaults configuration

1.0.0 (2025-01-15)

Initial release with:

• Validation, Lead, and Webhook resources
• 15+ operations across all resources
• 8 webhook triggers for event-driven automation
• Full TypeScript implementation
• Comprehensive error handling