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External hooks environment variables Environment variables to integrate external hooks into your self-hosted n8n instance. reference
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External hooks environment variables

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You can define external hooks that n8n executes whenever a specific operation runs. Refer to Backend hooks for examples of available hooks and Hook files for information on file formatting.

Variable Type Description
EXTERNAL_HOOK_FILES String Files containing backend external hooks. Provide multiple files as a colon-separated list (":").
EXTERNAL_FRONTEND_HOOKS_URLS String URLs to files containing frontend external hooks. Provide multiple URLs as a colon-separated list (":").