509-receive-updates-for-aws-sns-events

This n8n workflow is designed to act as a listener for events published to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Notification Service (SNS) topic. It provides a straightforward way to integrate AWS SNS notifications into your n8n workflows, enabling you to trigger subsequent actions based on these events.

What it does

This workflow performs a single, crucial task:

1. Listens for AWS SNS Events: It acts as a webhook endpoint that receives messages published to a configured AWS SNS topic. When an SNS message is sent to the subscribed endpoint provided by this workflow, it captures the incoming data.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

• AWS Account: An active AWS account with permissions to create and manage SNS topics.
• AWS SNS Topic: An existing AWS SNS topic to which you want to subscribe this n8n workflow.
• AWS Credentials: Configured AWS credentials within n8n that have the necessary permissions to receive SNS notifications.

Setup/Usage

1. Import the Workflow: Import the provided JSON into your n8n instance.
2. Configure AWS Credentials:
   • Click on the "AWS SNS Trigger" node.
   • In the node settings, select or create your AWS credentials. Ensure these credentials have the necessary permissions to interact with SNS.
3. Activate the Workflow: Save and activate the workflow. This will generate a unique webhook URL for the "AWS SNS Trigger" node.
4. Subscribe to your SNS Topic:
   • Go to your AWS SNS topic in the AWS console.
   • Create a new subscription.
   • For the "Protocol", select HTTPS.
   • For the "Endpoint", paste the webhook URL generated by the "AWS SNS Trigger" node in n8n.
   • Confirm the subscription in AWS (n8n will automatically handle the subscription confirmation request from SNS).

Once configured, any message published to your AWS SNS topic will be received by this n8n workflow, allowing you to build further automation based on these events.