Pipedrive credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

Supported authentication methods

API token
OAuth2

Using API token

To configure this credential, you’ll need a Pipedrive account and:

An API Token

To get your API token:

Open your API Personal Preferences.
Copy Your personal API token and enter it in your n8n credential.

If you have multiple companies, you’ll need to select the correct company first:

Select your account name and be sure you’re viewing the correct company.
Then select Company Settings.
Select Personal Preferences.
Select the API tab.
Copy Your personal API token and enter it in your n8n credential.

Refer to How to find the API token for more information.

Using OAuth2

To configure this credential, you’ll need a Pipedrive developer sandbox account and:

A Client ID
A Client Secret

To get both, you’ll need to register a new app:

Select your profile name in the upper right corner.
Find the company name of your sandbox account and select Developer Hub.

/// note | No Developer Hub If you don’t see Developer Hub in your account dropdown, sign up for a developer sandbox account. ///
Select Create an app.
Select Create public app. The app’s Basic info tab opens.
Enter an App name for your app, like n8n integration.
Copy the OAuth Redirect URL from n8n and add it as the app’s Callback URL.
Select Save. The app’s OAuth & access scopes tab opens.
Turn on appropriate Scopes for your app. Refer to Pipedrive node scopes and Pipedrive Trigger node scopes below for more guidance.
Copy the Client ID and enter it in your n8n credential.
Copy the Client Secret and enter it in your n8n credential.

Refer to Registering a public app for more information.

Pipedrive node scopes

The scopes you add to your app depend on which node(s) you want to use it for in n8n and what actions you want to complete with those.

Scopes you may need for the Pipedrive node:

Object	Node action	UI scope	Actual scope
Activity	Get data of an activity Get data of all activities	Activities: Read only or Activities: Full Access	`activities:read` or `activities:full`
Activity	Create Delete Update	Activities: Full Access	`activities:full`
Deal	Get data of a deal Get data of all deals Search a deal	Deals: Read only or Deals: Full Access	`deals:read` or `deals:full`
Deal	Create Delete Duplicate Update	Deals: Full Access	`deals:full`
Deal Activity	Get all activities of a deal	Activities: Read only or Activities: Full Access	`activities:read` or `activities:full`
Deal Product	Get all products in a deal	Products: Read Only or Products: Full Access	`products:read` or `products:full`
File	Download Get data of a file	Refer to note below	Refer to note below
File	Create Delete	Refer to note below	Refer to note below
Lead	Get data of a lead Get data of all leads	Leads: Read only or Leads: Full access	`leads:read` or `leads:full`
Lead	Create Delete Update	Leads: Full access	`leads:full`
Note	Get data of a note Get data of all notes	Refer to note below	Refer to note below
Note	Create Delete Update	Refer to note below	Refer to note below
Organization	Get data of an organization Get data of all organizations Search	Contacts: Read Only or Contacts: Full Access	`contacts:read` or `contacts:full`
Organization	Create Delete Update	Contacts: Full Access	`contacts:full`
Person	Get data of a person Get data of all persons Search	Contacts: Read Only or Contacts: Full Access	`contacts:read` or `contacts:full`
Person	Create Delete Update	Contacts: Full Access	`contacts:full`
Product	Get data of all products	Products: Read Only	`products:read`

Note

Files and Notes The scopes for Files and Notes depend on which object they relate to:

Files relate to Deals, Activities, or Contacts.
Notes relate to Deals or Contacts.

Refer to those objects’ scopes.

The Pipedrive node also supports Custom API calls. Add relevant scopes for whatever custom API calls you intend to make.

Refer to Scopes and permissions explanations for more information.

Pipedrive Trigger node scopes

The Pipedrive Trigger node requires the Webhooks: Full access (webhooks:full) scope.