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Autopilot#

Autopilot is a visual marketing software that allows you to automate and personalize your marketing across the entire customer journey.

Credentials

You can find authentication information for this node here.

Basic Operations#

  • Contact
    • Create/Update a contact
    • Delete a contact
    • Get a contact
    • Get all contacts
  • Contact Journey
    • Add contact to list
  • Contact List
    • Add contact to list.
    • Check if contact is on list.
    • Get all contacts on list.
    • Remove a contact from a list.
  • List
    • Create a list.
    • Get all lists

Example Usage#

This workflow allows you to create a new list, add a new contact to that list, update the contact, and get all contacts in the list using the Autopilot node. You can also find the workflow on n8n.io. This example usage workflow uses the following nodes. - Start - Autopilot

The final workflow should look like the following image.

A workflow with the Autopilot node

1. Start node#

The Start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Autopilot node (create: list)#

This node will create a new list called n8n-docs in Autopilot.

  1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Autopilot node. You can find out how to do that here.
  2. Select 'List' from the Resource dropdown list.
  3. Enter n8n-docs in the Name field.
  4. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node creates a new list with the name n8n-docs.

Using the Autopilot node to create a new list

3. Autopilot1 node (upsert: contact)#

This node creates a new contact and adds it to the list created in the previous node.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Enter the email address of the contact you want to add to the list in the Email field.
  3. Click on Add Field and select 'List ID' from the dropdown list.
  4. Click on the gears icon next to the List ID field and click on Add Expression.
  5. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Current Node > Input Data > JSON > list_id. You can also add the following expression: {{$json["list_id"]}}.
  6. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node creates a new contact with the email address harshil@n8n.io and adds it to the list n8n-docs created in the previous node.

Using the Autopilot node to create a new contact and add it to the list

4. Autopilot2 node (update: contact)#

This node updates the information of the contact that we created in the previous node.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Click on the gears icon next to the Email field and click on Add Expression.
  3. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Autopilot1 > Parameters > email. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Autopilot1"].parameter["email"]}}.
  4. Click on Add Field and select 'Company' from the dropdown list.
  5. Enter n8n in the Company field.
  6. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node updates the contact created in the previous node by adding the tag reviewer to it.

Using the Autopilot node to update the contact by adding a tag

5. Autopilot3 node (getAll: contact)#

This node returns all the contacts of the n8n-docs list that we created using the Autopilot node.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Select 'Contact List' from the Resource dropdown list.
  3. Select 'Get All' from the Operation dropdown list.
  4. Click on the gears icon next to the List ID field and click on Add Expression.
  5. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Autopilot > Output Data > JSON > list_id. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Autopilot"].json["list_id"]}}.
  6. Toggle Return All to true.
  7. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node returns all the contacts that are present in the list n8n-docs.

Using the Autopilot node to get all the contacts in a list