N8N for beginners: looping over items
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N8N for Beginners: Looping Over Items Description This workflow is designed for n8n beginners to understand how n8n handles looping (iteration) over multiple items. It highlights two key behaviors: - Built-In Looping: By default, most n8n nodes iterate over each item in an input array. - Explicit Looping: The Loop Over Items node allows controlled iteration, enabling custom batch processing and multi-step workflows. This workflow demonstrates the difference between processing an unsplit array of strings (single item) vs. a split array (multiple items). --- Setup 1. Input Data To begin, paste the following JSON into the Manual Trigger node: json { "urls": [ "https://www.reddit.com", "https://www.n8n.io/", "https://n8n.io/", "https://supabase.com/", "https://duckduckgo.com/" ] } 📌 Steps to Paste Data: - Double-click the "Manual Trigger" node. - Click "Edit Output" (top-right corner). - Paste the JSON and Save. - The node turns purple, indicating that test data is pinned. 1. Click "Test W
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