Backend API Authentication in n8n

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Hi there,

I’ve come across this use case, which I find very useful for my application (Baserow login block): Upload File with Baserow node - #4 by MutedJam - Questions - n8n Community
I also found this documentation page: Backend API

I’m wondering—would passing my Baserow username and password be a reasonable solution? Or is it too risky?

I’m a newbie when it comes to how these things work from a security perspective, but I would be very grateful if you could share your opinion on this with me. :slight_smile:

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If this n8n workflow is private and not shared with anyone then it would be considered secure. The security at that point is handled by n8n to protect you (if you are using their cloud service). If you are locally hosting n8n, then that security is technically on both you and n8n (you for the security of your home server and n8n for their software).

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Any reason we’re not able to use a data base token as per >> https://baserow.io/docs/apis/rest-api#authentication ?

How should we approach this if the n8n workflow is to be shared?

Thanks.

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You can always use the HTTP request module in n8n instead of the Baserow one, that way you can use the database token as you described.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll look into that. :+1: