📅 2024-12-12 — Session: Integrated Assistants API with n8n for Staff Manager
🕒 16:10–16:55
🏷️ Labels: Assistants Api, N8N, Workflow, Automation, Integration
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary goal of this session was to integrate the Assistants API with n8n to create a ‘Staff Manager Check-In’ workflow, ensuring seamless communication and task management.
Key Activities
- Developed a step-by-step integration plan for the Assistants API with n8n, focusing on creating a ‘Staff Manager Check-In’ workflow.
- Addressed and resolved a missing header error for the OpenAI Assistants API by configuring the required headers correctly in n8n.
- Fixed an error related to the
assistant_idparameter when creating a thread using the Assistants API. - Designed a two-step workflow in n8n for creating and messaging a thread, detailing API endpoints and configurations.
- Successfully integrated the assistant message, verifying workflow functionality and identifying potential enhancements.
- Extended the workflow by adding HTTP request nodes to trigger runs and fetch assistant responses.
- Configured GET requests in n8n for message retrieval from the OpenAI API, ensuring proper setup and response structure.
- Resolved a thread ID error in the n8n workflow, addressing formatting issues.
Achievements
- Successfully integrated the Assistants API with n8n for the ‘Staff Manager Check-In’ workflow.
- Resolved multiple errors related to API requests, including missing headers and incorrect parameters.
- Verified the successful retrieval of messages for the Staff Manager role, setting the stage for future workflow enhancements.
Pending Tasks
- Further enhance the workflow by implementing additional automation features and refining error handling mechanisms.