Avoid Rate Limiting by Batching HTTP Requests

This workflow demonstrates the use of the Split In Batches node and the Wait node to avoid API rate limits. **Customer Datastore node:** The workflow fetches data from the Customer Datastore node. Based on your use case, replace it with a relevant node. **Split In Batches node:** This node splits the items into a single item. Based on the API limit, you can configure the Batch Size. **HTTP Request node:** This node makes API calls to a placeholder URL. If the Split In Batches node returns 5 items, the HTTP Request node will make 5 different API calls. **Wait node:** This node will pause the workflow for the time you specify. On resume, the Split In Batches node gets executed, and the next batch is processed. **Replace Me (NoOp node):** This node is optional. If you want to continue your workflow and process the items, replace this node with the corresponding node(s).

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This workflow demonstrates the use of the Split In Batches node and the Wait node to avoid API rate limits.

Customer Datastore node: The workflow fetches data from the Customer Datastore node. Based on your use case, replace it with a relevant node.

Split In Batches node: This node splits the items into a single item. Based on the API limit, you can configure the Batch Size.

HTTP Request node: This node makes API calls to a placeholder URL. If the Split In Batches node returns 5 items, the HTTP Request node will make 5 different API calls.

Wait node: This node will pause the workflow for the time you specify. On resume, the Split In Batches node gets executed, and the next batch is processed.

Replace Me (NoOp node): This node is optional. If you want to continue your workflow and process the items, replace this node with the corresponding node(s).

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  1. 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
  2. 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
  3. 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
  4. 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.

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