The Technical Framework

The Respond to Webhook node functions as a powerful intermediary in your n8n workflows:

1. An incoming webhook request triggers your workflow
2. Your workflow processes the data through various nodes
3. The Respond to Webhook node captures the processed data
4. It returns a customized HTTP response to the original requester

Key capabilities include:

• Returning any data format (JSON, XML, plain text)
• Setting custom HTTP status codes
• Defining response headers
• Implementing conditional response logic

This creates a complete request-process-respond cycle within a single workflow, effectively turning n8n into a lightweight API server without requiring additional infrastructure or complex coding.