The Action Network node allows you to automate work in Action Network, and integrate Action Network with other applications. n8n has built-in support for a wide range of Action Network features, including creating, updating, and deleting events, people, tags, and signatures.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the Action Network node supports, and links to more resources.

Basic operations#

• Attendance
  • Create
  • Get
  • Get All
• Event
  • Create
  • Get
  • Get All
• Person
  • Create
  • Get
  • Get All
  • Update
• Person Tag
  • Add
  • Remove
• Petition
  • Create
  • Get
  • Get All
  • Update
• Signature
  • Create
  • Get
  • Get All
  • Update
• Tag
  • Create
  • Get
  • Get All

Example#

This workflow allows you to create a new event in Action Network, then create a new person and mark them as having attended your event. This workflow uses the following two nodes. - Start - ActiveCampaign

The final workflow should look like the following image.

1. Start node#

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

2. Action Network node#

1. First enter your credentials. You can find out how to do that here.
2. Fill in the remaining parameters as follows:
   • Resource: Select Event from the dropdown list.
   • Operation: Select Create from the dropdown list.
   • Origin System: Enter where this event originated. n8n.io in our example.
   • Title: Enter the name of your event, July Meetup in our example here.
3. Enable the Simple toggle to return an easier to view response as opposed to the complete raw data.
4. Use the Additional Fields to enter any further details about your event. Here we provided the Start Date.

3. Action Network1 node#

1. First enter your credentials. You can find out how to do that here.
2. Fill in the remaining parameters as follows:
   • Resource: Select Person from the dropdown list.
   • Operation: Select Create from the dropdown list.
3. Enable the Simple toggle to return an easier to view response as opposed to the complete raw data.
4. In the Email Address section, enter the address and status for this person (here we Subscribe them).
5. Use the Additional Fields to enter any further details about this person. Here we provided their given name.

4. Action Network2 node#

1. First enter your credentials. You can find out how to do that here.
2. Fill in the remaining parameters as follows:
   • Resource: Select Attendance from the dropdown list.
   • Operation: Select Create from the dropdown list.
   • Person ID: Enter the ID for the person created by the previous node.
   • Event ID: Enter the ID for the event created in the first node.
3. Enable the Simple toggle to return an easier to view response as opposed to the complete raw data.

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

• Action Network

Prerequisites#

• Create an Action Network account.
• Contact Action Network to become a partner and enable API access.

Using API key#

After becoming an Action Network partner:

1. Open your Action Network dashboard.
2. From the Start Organizing menu navigate to Details > API & Sync.
3. Use the dropdown to select the list you want to generate a key for, your personal list or that of any groups you are an administrator of.
4. From the Your API Key section, generate a new API key:

1. Copy your new key and use it with your Action Network node credentials in n8n.