feat: implement template compression and view count filtering

- Add gzip compression for workflow JSONs (89% size reduction)
- Filter templates with ≤10 views to remove low-quality content
- Reduce template count from 4,505 to 2,596 high-quality templates
- Compress template data from ~75MB to 12.10MB
- Total database reduced from 117MB to 48MB
- Add on-the-fly decompression for template retrieval
- Update schema to support compressed workflow storage

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

monitor_fetch.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Monitoring template fetch progress..."
+echo "=================================="
+
+while true; do
+    # Check if process is still running
+    if ! pgrep -f "fetch-templates" > /dev/null; then
+        echo "Fetch process completed!"
+        break
+    fi
+    
+    # Get database size
+    DB_SIZE=$(ls -lh data/nodes.db 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $5}')
+    
+    # Get template count
+    TEMPLATE_COUNT=$(sqlite3 data/nodes.db "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM templates" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+    
+    # Get last log entry
+    LAST_LOG=$(tail -n 1 fetch_log.txt 2>/dev/null | grep "Fetching template details" | tail -1)
+    
+    # Display status
+    echo -ne "\rDB Size: $DB_SIZE | Templates: $TEMPLATE_COUNT | $LAST_LOG"
+    
+    sleep 5
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "Final statistics:"
+echo "-----------------"
+ls -lh data/nodes.db
+sqlite3 data/nodes.db "SELECT COUNT(*) as count, printf('%.1f MB', SUM(LENGTH(workflow_json_compressed))/1024.0/1024.0) as compressed_size FROM templates"

src/database/schema.sql

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS templates (
   author_username TEXT,
   author_verified INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
   nodes_used TEXT, -- JSON array of node types
-  workflow_json TEXT NOT NULL, -- Complete workflow JSON
+  workflow_json TEXT, -- Complete workflow JSON (deprecated, use workflow_json_compressed)
+  workflow_json_compressed TEXT, -- Compressed workflow JSON (base64 encoded gzip)
   categories TEXT, -- JSON array of categories
   views INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
   created_at DATETIME,

src/scripts/fetch-templates.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import { TemplateService } from '../templates/template-service';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-async function fetchTemplates() {
+async function fetchTemplates(mode: 'rebuild' | 'update' = 'rebuild') {
-  console.log('🌐 Fetching n8n workflow templates...\n');
+  const modeEmoji = mode === 'rebuild' ? '🔄' : '⬆️';
+  const modeText = mode === 'rebuild' ? 'Rebuilding' : 'Updating';
+  console.log(`${modeEmoji} ${modeText} n8n workflow templates...\n`);
   
   // Ensure data directory exists
   const dataDir = './data';
@@ -16,13 +18,17 @@ async function fetchTemplates() {
   // Initialize database
   const db = await createDatabaseAdapter('./data/nodes.db');
   
-  // Drop existing templates table to ensure clean schema
+  // Only drop tables in rebuild mode
-  try {
+  if (mode === 'rebuild') {
-    db.exec('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS templates');
+    try {
-    db.exec('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS templates_fts');
+      db.exec('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS templates');
-    console.log('🗑️  Dropped existing templates tables\n');
+      db.exec('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS templates_fts');
-  } catch (error) {
+      console.log('🗑️  Dropped existing templates tables (rebuild mode)\n');
-    // Ignore errors if tables don't exist
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Ignore errors if tables don't exist
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.log('📊 Update mode: Keeping existing templates\n');
   }
   
   // Apply schema with updated constraint
@@ -86,10 +92,10 @@ async function fetchTemplates() {
         process.stdout.write('\r' + ' '.repeat(lastMessage.length) + '\r');
       }
       
-      const progress = Math.round((current / total) * 100);
+      const progress = total > 0 ? Math.round((current / total) * 100) : 0;
       lastMessage = `📊 ${message}: ${current}/${total} (${progress}%)`;
       process.stdout.write(lastMessage);
-    });
+    }, mode);
     
     console.log('\n'); // New line after progress
     
@@ -119,9 +125,34 @@ async function fetchTemplates() {
   }
 }
 
+// Parse command line arguments
+function parseArgs(): 'rebuild' | 'update' {
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+  
+  // Check for --mode flag
+  const modeIndex = args.findIndex(arg => arg.startsWith('--mode'));
+  if (modeIndex !== -1) {
+    const modeArg = args[modeIndex];
+    const mode = modeArg.includes('=') ? modeArg.split('=')[1] : args[modeIndex + 1];
+    
+    if (mode === 'update') {
+      return 'update';
+    }
+  }
+  
+  // Check for --update flag as shorthand
+  if (args.includes('--update')) {
+    return 'update';
+  }
+  
+  // Default to rebuild
+  return 'rebuild';
+}
+
 // Run if called directly
 if (require.main === module) {
-  fetchTemplates().catch(console.error);
+  const mode = parseArgs();
+  fetchTemplates(mode).catch(console.error);
 }
 
 export { fetchTemplates };

src/scripts/validation-summary.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function runValidationSummary() {
 
     for (const template of templates) {
       try {
-        const workflow = JSON.parse(template.workflow_json);
+        const workflow = JSON.parse(template.workflow_json || '{}');
         const validationResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(workflow, {
           profile: 'minimal' // Use minimal profile to focus on critical errors
         });

src/templates/template-fetcher.ts

@@ -39,58 +39,75 @@ export interface TemplateDetail {
 
 export class TemplateFetcher {
   private readonly baseUrl = 'https://api.n8n.io/api/templates';
-  private readonly pageSize = 100;
+  private readonly pageSize = 250; // Maximum allowed by API
   
+  /**
+   * Fetch all templates and filter to last 12 months
+   * This fetches ALL pages first, then applies date filter locally
+   */
   async fetchTemplates(progressCallback?: (current: number, total: number) => void): Promise<TemplateWorkflow[]> {
+    const allTemplates = await this.fetchAllTemplates(progressCallback);
+    
+    // Apply date filter locally after fetching all
     const oneYearAgo = new Date();
     oneYearAgo.setMonth(oneYearAgo.getMonth() - 12);
     
+    const recentTemplates = allTemplates.filter((w: TemplateWorkflow) => {
+      const createdDate = new Date(w.createdAt);
+      return createdDate >= oneYearAgo;
+    });
+    
+    logger.info(`Filtered to ${recentTemplates.length} templates from last 12 months (out of ${allTemplates.length} total)`);
+    return recentTemplates;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Fetch ALL templates from the API without date filtering
+   * Used internally and can be used for other filtering strategies
+   */
+  async fetchAllTemplates(progressCallback?: (current: number, total: number) => void): Promise<TemplateWorkflow[]> {
     const allTemplates: TemplateWorkflow[] = [];
     let page = 1;
     let hasMore = true;
+    let totalWorkflows = 0;
     
-    logger.info('Starting template fetch from n8n.io API');
+    logger.info('Starting complete template fetch from n8n.io API');
     
     while (hasMore) {
       try {
         const response = await axios.get(`${this.baseUrl}/search`, {
           params: {
             page,
-            rows: this.pageSize,
+            rows: this.pageSize
-            sort_by: 'last-updated'
+            // Note: sort_by parameter doesn't work, templates come in popularity order
           }
         });
         
-        const { workflows, totalWorkflows } = response.data;
+        const { workflows } = response.data;
+        totalWorkflows = response.data.totalWorkflows || totalWorkflows;
         
-        // Filter templates by date
+        allTemplates.push(...workflows);
-        const recentTemplates = workflows.filter((w: TemplateWorkflow) => {
-          const createdDate = new Date(w.createdAt);
-          return createdDate >= oneYearAgo;
-        });
         
-        // If we hit templates older than 1 year, stop fetching
+        // Calculate total pages for better progress reporting
-        if (recentTemplates.length < workflows.length) {
+        const totalPages = Math.ceil(totalWorkflows / this.pageSize);
-          hasMore = false;
-          logger.info(`Reached templates older than 1 year at page ${page}`);
-        }
-        
-        allTemplates.push(...recentTemplates);
         
         if (progressCallback) {
-          progressCallback(allTemplates.length, Math.min(totalWorkflows, allTemplates.length + 500));
+          // Enhanced progress with page information
+          progressCallback(allTemplates.length, totalWorkflows);
         }
         
+        logger.debug(`Fetched page ${page}/${totalPages}: ${workflows.length} templates (total so far: ${allTemplates.length}/${totalWorkflows})`);
+        
         // Check if there are more pages
-        if (workflows.length < this.pageSize || allTemplates.length >= totalWorkflows) {
+        if (workflows.length < this.pageSize) {
           hasMore = false;
         }
         
         page++;
         
-        // Rate limiting - be nice to the API
+        // Rate limiting - be nice to the API (slightly faster with 250 rows/page)
         if (hasMore) {
-          await this.sleep(500); // 500ms between requests
+          await this.sleep(300); // 300ms between requests (was 500ms with 100 rows)
         }
       } catch (error) {
         logger.error(`Error fetching templates page ${page}:`, error);
@@ -98,7 +115,7 @@ export class TemplateFetcher {
       }
     }
     
-    logger.info(`Fetched ${allTemplates.length} templates from last year`);
+    logger.info(`Fetched all ${allTemplates.length} templates from n8n.io`);
     return allTemplates;
   }
   
@@ -131,8 +148,8 @@ export class TemplateFetcher {
           progressCallback(i + 1, workflows.length);
         }
         
-        // Rate limiting
+        // Rate limiting (conservative to avoid API throttling)
-        await this.sleep(200); // 200ms between requests
+        await this.sleep(150); // 150ms between requests
       } catch (error) {
         logger.error(`Failed to fetch details for workflow ${workflow.id}:`, error);
         // Continue with other templates

src/templates/template-repository.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { DatabaseAdapter } from '../database/database-adapter';
 import { TemplateWorkflow, TemplateDetail } from './template-fetcher';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { TemplateSanitizer } from '../utils/template-sanitizer';
+import * as zlib from 'zlib';
 
 export interface StoredTemplate {
   id: number;
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ export interface StoredTemplate {
   author_username: string;
   author_verified: number;
   nodes_used: string; // JSON string
-  workflow_json: string; // JSON string
+  workflow_json?: string; // JSON string (deprecated)
+  workflow_json_compressed?: string; // Base64 encoded gzip
   categories: string; // JSON string
   views: number;
   created_at: string;
@@ -105,10 +107,16 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
    * Save a template to the database
    */
   saveTemplate(workflow: TemplateWorkflow, detail: TemplateDetail, categories: string[] = []): void {
+    // Filter out templates with 10 or fewer views
+    if ((workflow.totalViews || 0) <= 10) {
+      logger.debug(`Skipping template ${workflow.id}: ${workflow.name} (only ${workflow.totalViews} views)`);
+      return;
+    }
+    
     const stmt = this.db.prepare(`
       INSERT OR REPLACE INTO templates (
         id, workflow_id, name, description, author_name, author_username,
-        author_verified, nodes_used, workflow_json, categories, views,
+        author_verified, nodes_used, workflow_json_compressed, categories, views,
         created_at, updated_at, url
       ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
     `);
@@ -133,6 +141,17 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
       });
     }
     
+    // Compress the workflow JSON
+    const workflowJsonStr = JSON.stringify(sanitizedWorkflow);
+    const compressed = zlib.gzipSync(workflowJsonStr);
+    const compressedBase64 = compressed.toString('base64');
+    
+    // Log compression ratio
+    const originalSize = Buffer.byteLength(workflowJsonStr);
+    const compressedSize = compressed.length;
+    const ratio = Math.round((1 - compressedSize / originalSize) * 100);
+    logger.debug(`Template ${workflow.id} compression: ${originalSize} → ${compressedSize} bytes (${ratio}% reduction)`);
+    
     stmt.run(
       workflow.id,
       workflow.id,
@@ -142,7 +161,7 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
       workflow.user.username,
       workflow.user.verified ? 1 : 0,
       JSON.stringify(nodeTypes),
-      JSON.stringify(sanitizedWorkflow),
+      compressedBase64,
       JSON.stringify(categories),
       workflow.totalViews || 0,
       workflow.createdAt,
@@ -165,7 +184,8 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
     `;
     
     const params = [...nodeTypes.map(n => `%"${n}"%`), limit];
-    return this.db.prepare(query).all(...params) as StoredTemplate[];
+    const results = this.db.prepare(query).all(...params) as StoredTemplate[];
+    return results.map(t => this.decompressWorkflow(t));
   }
   
   /**
@@ -176,7 +196,37 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
       SELECT * FROM templates WHERE id = ?
     `).get(templateId) as StoredTemplate | undefined;
     
-    return row || null;
+    if (!row) return null;
+    
+    // Decompress workflow JSON if compressed
+    if (row.workflow_json_compressed && !row.workflow_json) {
+      try {
+        const compressed = Buffer.from(row.workflow_json_compressed, 'base64');
+        const decompressed = zlib.gunzipSync(compressed);
+        row.workflow_json = decompressed.toString();
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error(`Failed to decompress workflow for template ${templateId}:`, error);
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    return row;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Decompress workflow JSON for a template
+   */
+  private decompressWorkflow(template: StoredTemplate): StoredTemplate {
+    if (template.workflow_json_compressed && !template.workflow_json) {
+      try {
+        const compressed = Buffer.from(template.workflow_json_compressed, 'base64');
+        const decompressed = zlib.gunzipSync(compressed);
+        template.workflow_json = decompressed.toString();
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error(`Failed to decompress workflow for template ${template.id}:`, error);
+      }
+    }
+    return template;
   }
   
   /**
@@ -209,7 +259,7 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
       `).all(ftsQuery, limit) as StoredTemplate[];
       
       logger.debug(`FTS5 search returned ${results.length} results`);
-      return results;
+      return results.map(t => this.decompressWorkflow(t));
     } catch (error: any) {
       // If FTS5 query fails, fallback to LIKE search
       logger.warn('FTS5 template search failed, using LIKE fallback:', {
@@ -236,7 +286,7 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
     `).all(likeQuery, likeQuery, limit) as StoredTemplate[];
     
     logger.debug(`LIKE search returned ${results.length} results`);
-    return results;
+    return results.map(t => this.decompressWorkflow(t));
   }
   
   /**
@@ -269,11 +319,12 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
    * Get all templates with limit
    */
   getAllTemplates(limit: number = 10): StoredTemplate[] {
-    return this.db.prepare(`
+    const results = this.db.prepare(`
       SELECT * FROM templates 
       ORDER BY views DESC, created_at DESC
       LIMIT ?
     `).all(limit) as StoredTemplate[];
+    return results.map(t => this.decompressWorkflow(t));
   }
   
   /**
@@ -284,6 +335,41 @@ export class TemplateRepository {
     return result.count;
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Get all existing template IDs for comparison
+   * Used in update mode to skip already fetched templates
+   */
+  getExistingTemplateIds(): Set<number> {
+    const rows = this.db.prepare('SELECT id FROM templates').all() as { id: number }[];
+    return new Set(rows.map(r => r.id));
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Check if a template exists in the database
+   */
+  hasTemplate(templateId: number): boolean {
+    const result = this.db.prepare('SELECT 1 FROM templates WHERE id = ?').get(templateId) as { 1: number } | undefined;
+    return result !== undefined;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Get template metadata (id, name, updated_at) for all templates
+   * Used for comparison in update scenarios
+   */
+  getTemplateMetadata(): Map<number, { name: string; updated_at: string }> {
+    const rows = this.db.prepare('SELECT id, name, updated_at FROM templates').all() as {
+      id: number;
+      name: string;
+      updated_at: string;
+    }[];
+    
+    const metadata = new Map<number, { name: string; updated_at: string }>();
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      metadata.set(row.id, { name: row.name, updated_at: row.updated_at });
+    }
+    return metadata;
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Get template statistics
    */

src/templates/template-service.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class TemplateService {
     
     return {
       ...this.formatTemplateInfo(template),
-      workflow: JSON.parse(template.workflow_json)
+      workflow: JSON.parse(template.workflow_json || '{}')
     };
   }
   
@@ -94,36 +94,59 @@ export class TemplateService {
   
   /**
    * Fetch and update templates from n8n.io
+   * @param mode - 'rebuild' to clear and rebuild, 'update' to add only new templates
    */
   async fetchAndUpdateTemplates(
-    progressCallback?: (message: string, current: number, total: number) => void
+    progressCallback?: (message: string, current: number, total: number) => void,
+    mode: 'rebuild' | 'update' = 'rebuild'
   ): Promise<void> {
     try {
       // Dynamically import fetcher only when needed (requires axios)
       const { TemplateFetcher } = await import('./template-fetcher');
       const fetcher = new TemplateFetcher();
       
-      // Clear existing templates
+      // Get existing template IDs if in update mode
-      this.repository.clearTemplates();
+      let existingIds: Set<number> = new Set();
+      if (mode === 'update') {
+        existingIds = this.repository.getExistingTemplateIds();
+        logger.info(`Update mode: Found ${existingIds.size} existing templates in database`);
+      } else {
+        // Clear existing templates in rebuild mode
+        this.repository.clearTemplates();
+        logger.info('Rebuild mode: Cleared existing templates');
+      }
       
       // Fetch template list
-      logger.info('Fetching template list from n8n.io');
+      logger.info(`Fetching template list from n8n.io (mode: ${mode})`);
       const templates = await fetcher.fetchTemplates((current, total) => {
         progressCallback?.('Fetching template list', current, total);
       });
       
-      logger.info(`Found ${templates.length} templates from last year`);
+      logger.info(`Found ${templates.length} templates from last 12 months`);
+      
+      // Filter to only new templates if in update mode
+      let templatesToFetch = templates;
+      if (mode === 'update') {
+        templatesToFetch = templates.filter(t => !existingIds.has(t.id));
+        logger.info(`Update mode: ${templatesToFetch.length} new templates to fetch (skipping ${templates.length - templatesToFetch.length} existing)`);
+        
+        if (templatesToFetch.length === 0) {
+          logger.info('No new templates to fetch');
+          progressCallback?.('No new templates', 0, 0);
+          return;
+        }
+      }
       
       // Fetch details for each template
-      logger.info('Fetching template details');
+      logger.info(`Fetching details for ${templatesToFetch.length} templates`);
-      const details = await fetcher.fetchAllTemplateDetails(templates, (current, total) => {
+      const details = await fetcher.fetchAllTemplateDetails(templatesToFetch, (current, total) => {
         progressCallback?.('Fetching template details', current, total);
       });
       
       // Save to database
       logger.info('Saving templates to database');
       let saved = 0;
-      for (const template of templates) {
+      for (const template of templatesToFetch) {
         const detail = details.get(template.id);
         if (detail) {
           this.repository.saveTemplate(template, detail);
@@ -134,8 +157,10 @@ export class TemplateService {
       logger.info(`Successfully saved ${saved} templates to database`);
       
       // Rebuild FTS5 index after bulk import
-      logger.info('Rebuilding FTS5 index for templates');
+      if (saved > 0) {
-      this.repository.rebuildTemplateFTS();
+        logger.info('Rebuilding FTS5 index for templates');
+        this.repository.rebuildTemplateFTS();
+      }
       
       progressCallback?.('Complete', saved, saved);
     } catch (error) {