# Read Cockpit Collection Entries

Source: https://openflow.run/en/templates/read-cockpit-collection-entries/
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Template revision: 9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871

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Read up to 100 entries from a Cockpit CMS collection.

[Use in Open Flow](https://console.openflow.run/flows?importUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foomol-lab%2Fawesome-workflow-templates%2F9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871%2Fworkflows%2Fread-cockpit-collection-entries%2Ftemplates%2Fread-cockpit-collection-entries.openflow.json)

*   [Open Flow JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/read-cockpit-collection-entries/templates/read-cockpit-collection-entries.openflow.json)
*   [n8n JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/read-cockpit-collection-entries/templates/read-cockpit-collection-entries.n8n.json)

![Read Cockpit Collection Entries workflow in Open Flow](https://openflow.run/_astro/preview-light.gUoYlTgj_2mePH7.webp)

Read up to 100 entries from a Cockpit CMS collection.

## Setup and use

Use a Cockpit CMS v1 instance and a token permitted to read the collection. In Open Flow, set its HTTPS base URL and collection name in **Choose the collection**, then bind the token as the secret Variable **COCKPIT\_API\_TOKEN** in **Read collection entries**. In n8n, set the collection and Cockpit credential. The example collection is `samplecollection`.

## Behavior

Run manually to read up to 100 entries with their returned fields. Open Flow returns an array; n8n emits one item per entry. An empty collection returns an empty array or no items. The workflow does not fetch later entries. This uses Cockpit v1’s `/api/collections/get` endpoint; newer Cockpit versions use a different API. The token is sent as a query parameter, so restrict access to server and proxy logs.

Inspiration & credits

## Changes to the source

*   Open Flow requires HTTPS for the configured instance and uses the v1 collection HTTP endpoint.

Adapted from [Read Cockpit collection entries](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/ae8cf6dc5b873cbb4f74587aa9180ed3a9f70682/workflows/Manual/0990_Manual_Cockpit_Automate_Triggered.json) in [Zie619/n8n-workflows](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows). The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

The collection’s [MIT notice](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/94007c1445d9258a7da116646b79473e7c7c3282/LICENSE) is pinned at a later revision. This is the collection notice at that revision; it does not establish a separate original template author’s license. Our changes are listed above; see [repository licensing](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/README.md#licensing).

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## What you’ll need

*   Cockpit CMS v1 instance and a collection read token

*   cockpit
*   cms
*   collections

[View on GitHub](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/read-cockpit-collection-entries/README.md)