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Ably and Cloudinary integration
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How to connect Ably and Cloudinary
Create a new workflow and add the first step
In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.
Build your own Ably and Cloudinary integration
Create custom Ably and Cloudinary workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.
Supported API Endpoints for Ably
GET
Get channel
Creates a new Channel object if none for the channel exists, or returns the existing channel object.
/api/rest-sdk/channels/get
DELETE
Release channel
Releases a Channel object, deleting it and enabling it to be garbage collected.
/api/rest-sdk/channels/release
GET
List messages
Retrieve messages sent to a specified channel.
/channels/rest-example/messages
POST
Publish message
Publish a message on a channel.
/channels/<channelId>/messages
POST
Publish message
Publish a message to a specified channel with optional parameters.
/channels/rest-example/messages?enveloped=false
GET
Retrieve presence status
Obtain the set of members currently present for a channel.
/channels/rest-example/presence
GET
Retrieve presence state history
Obtain the history of presence messages for a channel.
/channels/<channelId>/presence/history
GET
Retrieve metadata
This returns ChannelDetails for the given channel, indicating global occupancy.
/channels/<channelId>
GET
Enumerate all active channels
This enumerates all active channels in the application.
/channels
DELETE
Release channel
Releases a Channel object, deleting it and enabling it to be garbage collected.
/docs/api/realtime-sdk/channels#release
POST
Publish message
Publish a single message on this channel based on a given event name and payload.
/api/rest-sdk/messages/publish
GET
List messages
Retrieve a list of messages from a specific channel.
/docs/api/rest-sdk/messages
POST
Publish message
Sends a message to a channel.
/api/rest/messages
GET
Get channel history
Gets a paginated set of historical messages for this channel.
/api/rest-sdk/history
GET
Retrieve message history
Fetches the history of messages published on a channel.
/api/rest/history
POST
Create token request
Creates and signs an Ably TokenRequest based on the specified tokenParams and authOptions.
/requestToken
POST
Authenticate server
Authenticates a server with Ably and creates access tokens for clients.
/api/rest/auth
GET
Retrieve presence state
Obtains the current presence state of clients in a channel.
/api/rest/presence
GET
Retrieve application usage statistics
Fetches statistics for application usage over a specified period.
/api/rest/stats
POST
Register device
Register a device for receiving push notifications.
/push/deviceRegistrations
PUT
Update device registration
Update a device registration by replacing existing details.
/push/deviceRegistrations/<deviceId>
GET
List channels
Retrieve all channels with at least one subscribed device.
/push/channels
POST
Publish notification
Send a push notification to a single device or set of devices.
/push/publish
GET
Get details from a registered device
Obtain the details for a device registered for receiving push registrations.
/push/deviceRegistrations/<deviceId>
GET
List registered devices
Obtain the details for devices registered for receiving push registrations.
/push/deviceRegistrations
DELETE
Unregister device
Unregisters a single device by its device ID, deleting all its subscriptions for receiving push notifications through channels.
/push/deviceRegistrations/<deviceId>
DELETE
Unregister devices
Unregisters devices, deleting all their subscriptions for receiving push notifications through channels.
/push/deviceRegistrations
POST
Subscribe to channel
Subscribe a single device or all devices associated with a client ID to receive push notifications from messages sent to a channel.
/push/channelSubscriptions
POST
Revoke tokens
Revoke tokens using the specified key name.
/keys/<keyName>/revokeTokens
POST
Publish message
Publish a single message on this channel based on a given event name and payload.
/docs/api/realtime-sdk/channels#publish
To set up Ably integration, add the HTTP Request node to your workflow canvas and authenticate it using a generic authentication method. The HTTP Request node makes custom API calls to Ably to query the data you need using the API endpoint URLs you provide.
See the example hereThese API endpoints were generated using n8n
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What can you do with Cloudinary?
Upload File
Upload an asset from file data
Upload From URL
Upload an asset from URL
Compose: Combine Transformations
Build a delivery URL that chains several transformation steps in order. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Compose: Custom Transformation String
Build a delivery URL from a raw Cloudinary transformation string. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Image: Convert Format
Build a delivery URL that converts an image to another format. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Image: Crop
Build a delivery URL that crops an image to fixed dimensions or an aspect ratio. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Image: Optimize
Build a delivery URL that auto-optimizes an image (format + quality). Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Image: Resize
Build a delivery URL that resizes an image to a width and/or height. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Video: Crop
Build a delivery URL that crops a video to fixed dimensions or an aspect ratio. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Video: Optimize
Build a delivery URL that auto-optimizes a video (format/codec + quality). Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Video: Resize
Build a delivery URL that resizes a video to a width and/or height. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Video: Thumbnail
Build a delivery URL for a still image frame from a video. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Video: Trim
Build a delivery URL that trims a video to a start, end, and/or duration. Outputs secure_url and a reusable transformation string.
Delete Assets
Delete one or more assets by public ID
Get Asset
Get details for a single asset by asset ID
Search Assets
Search for assets using a Cloudinary search expression
Update Asset Structured Metadata
Update structured metadata for an asset by asset ID
Update Asset Tags
Update tags for an asset by asset ID
Video Player
Generate embed code and config for the Cloudinary Video Player. Outputs embed_url and a player_config JSON string.
Get Metadata Fields
Get all metadata fields definitions
Get Tags
Get all tags for a specific resource type
Update Asset Structured Metadata
Deprecated — use the Asset resource instead. Update structured metadata for an existing asset by public ID.
Update Asset Tags
Deprecated — use the Asset resource instead. Update tags for an existing asset by public ID.
Ably and Cloudinary integration details
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