Integrate with n8n

Automate your Rhombus security platform with n8n, a self-hostable workflow automation tool. The official Rhombus node for n8n (an n8n community node) gives you native access to cameras, doors, events, users, and more — no raw HTTP configuration needed.

Install the Rhombus Node

1. Open n8n Settings

   In your n8n instance, go to Settings > Community Nodes.

2. Install the package

   Enter the package name and click Install:

   @rhombussystems/n8n-nodes-client

3. Add your API key

   When you first add a Rhombus node to a workflow, n8n prompts you to create credentials:

   1. Go to the Rhombus Console and generate an API key
   2. In n8n, create a new Rhombus API credential
   3. Paste your API key and save

   The node automatically handles the x-auth-apikey and x-auth-scheme headers.

Available operations

The Rhombus node provides 41 operations across 11 resource types:

Access control

Cameras

Doors

Events

Face recognition

Lockdown

Organization

Sensors

Users

Vehicles

Webhooks

Example workflows

Daily security alert report

Generate a daily summary of security alerts and send to your team.

Schedule Trigger (daily at 8 AM)
  ↓
Rhombus Node → Event → Get Alerts (last 24 hours)
  ↓
Code Node → Format alert summary
  ↓
Email Node → Send to security team

Scheduled unlocks

For doors that should open on a schedule, such as a conference room during booked meetings, use door schedules and schedule exceptions in Rhombus rather than an automation: they keep working when the automation platform doesn't, and they're visible to your administrators in the console. If a workflow must unlock a door, add a step where a person approves each run.

Camera clip on alert

Automatically save a clip when a policy alert fires.

Schedule Trigger (every 5 minutes)
  ↓
Rhombus Node → Event → Get Alerts (last 5 minutes)
  ↓
Rhombus Node → Camera → Create Clip (from alert device, 60 seconds)

User onboarding automation

Create Rhombus accounts when employees join from your HR system.

Webhook Trigger (from HR system)
  ↓
Rhombus Node → User → Create (email, name from payload)

AI agent workflows

n8n's AI agent capabilities let you build intelligent security workflows by combining Rhombus data with LLMs.

Conversational security assistant

Build a Slack bot that can query Rhombus data:

Slack Trigger → "Show me camera status"
  ↓
AI Agent with Rhombus tools:
  ├─→ Camera → Get Many (list cameras)
  ├─→ Event → Get Alerts (recent alerts)
  └─→ Camera → Create Clip (save footage)
  ↓
AI Response → Slack

Anomaly detection

Detect unusual access patterns and alert the security team:

Schedule Trigger (every 15 minutes)
  ↓
Rhombus Node → Door → Get Events (last 15 minutes)
  ↓
AI Agent → Analyze patterns for anomalies
  ↓
IF anomaly detected → Create incident + alert team

Advanced: HTTP request fallback

For operations not yet covered by the community node — or to target the EU region (replace the host with api2.eu.rhombussystems.com) — use n8n's HTTP Request node with manual authentication:

{
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://api2.rhombussystems.com/api/camera/getMinimalCameraStateList",
  "authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
  "sendHeaders": true,
  "headerParameters": {
    "parameters": [
      {
        "name": "x-auth-apikey",
        "value": "={{$credentials.rhombusApiKey}}"
      },
      {
        "name": "x-auth-scheme",
        "value": "api-token"
      }
    ]
  }
}

const cameras = $input.all()[0].json.cameraStates;

return cameras.map(cam => ({
  uuid: cam.uuid,
  name: cam.name,
  status: cam.connectionStatus,
  location: cam.locationName
}));

Deploy n8n

docker run -it --rm \
  --name n8n \
  -p 5678:5678 \
  -v ~/.n8n:/home/node/.n8n \
  n8nio/n8n

version: '3.8'
services:
  n8n:
    image: n8nio/n8n
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "5678:5678"
    environment:
      - N8N_HOST=n8n.yourdomain.com
      - N8N_PROTOCOL=https
      - WEBHOOK_URL=https://n8n.yourdomain.com/
    volumes:
      - ~/.n8n:/home/node/.n8n

Compatibility

For Rhombus API rate limits, see Rate Limits.

Troubleshooting

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