# N8N for beginners: looping over items

> 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

- **Domain**: `n8n-workflow-2896.n8n.io`
- **Provider**: n8n.io (https://n8n.io)
- **Kind**: workflow
- **Live-responds (last probe)**: None
- **Signed card**: False
- **Streaming**: False
- **Quality score**: 40%

## URLs
- Agent card: https://n8n.io/workflows/2896
- Page (HTML): https://agenstry.com/agents/n8n-workflow-2896.n8n.io
- Documentation: https://n8n.io/workflows/2896