For people having problems with the N8N API node and credentials

For over a week I have been trying to figure out how to get the N8N API node to work. With the help of

, I got it figured out. I am self hosting with the starter kit. I went through all the documentation and tried everything it said and none of it worked. I ended up reaching out on here and found the answer. once you get your API Key, change the base URL to http://127.0.0.1:5678/api/v1. Which is similar to what the documentation said to do and what I found online. the problem was what i found online also said to remove the 5678. leave it as localhost. and a bunch of other ways. the documentation says you won't be able to get it working unless your not using the free plan.

So to make it simple for those trying to figure this out also, I decided to make a post about it.Granted

@Nate Herk

mentioned i should lol.

so here is a step by step on how to do it.