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Loading JSON via FTP to Qdrant vector database embedding pipeline

Ready for 3.0

by Ghaith Alsirawan · 1,920 views · created 2025-04-09 · Engineering, AI RAG

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 8 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects Qdrant Vector Store and Embeddings OpenAI.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.

  1. List all the files (FTP): list
  2. Loop over one item (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
  3. Downloading item (FTP): uses FTP
  4. Qdrant Vector Store: stores documents in the Qdrant vector store, with embeddings: Embeddings OpenAI; document loader: Default Data Loader

Services it uses

Qdrant Vector StoreEmbeddings OpenAI

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (7)

From the author

🧠 This workflow is designed for one purpose only, to bulk-upload structured JSON articles from an FTP server into a Qdrant vector database for use in LLM-powered semantic search, RAG systems, or AI assistants. The JSON files are pre-cleaned and contain…

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