How do I switch between two versions of a workflow without rewiring it?

Add a Router in Radio mode with one route per version, and connect each route to its branch. Choose the route before you run. Only that branch runs, and the nodes on the other routes are skipped.

Can a Router run several branches at once?

Yes. In Checkbox mode, any combination of routes can be active, and every active route runs in the same run.

How does Conditional mode decide which route runs?

Condition groups test fields of the incoming JSON. When a group's conditions pass, it activates the routes ticked under Activates. The results of all matching groups are combined, and when no group matches, no route runs.

What happens to the nodes on an inactive route?

They are skipped, and so are the nodes that come after them. A route that has no nodes after it simply does nothing.

Does the Router node cost credits?

No. Router is free. It only decides which branches run.

Router node — branch a workflow into named routes by choice or by data conditions

Send a workflow down one or more named routes. Choose the route yourself, turn several on at once, or let conditions on the incoming data decide.

The Router node sends a workflow down one or more named routes. Its input passes unchanged to every active route, and the nodes on inactive routes are skipped. You choose the active route yourself in Radio mode, activate several routes at once in Checkbox mode, or let conditions on the incoming data decide in Conditional mode. The node is free.

When to use it

Switch between two pipelines, such as a 9:16 reel and a 1:1 post made with Resize Video, without disconnecting anything.
Make a video and a thumbnail from the same image in one run, with two active routes.
Run a step only when the data needs it, for example skip the dubbing branch when language is en.
Try A/B variations by activating several routes at once.

Quick start

Add the node

Press Tab on the canvas and choose Automate › Logic & Data › Router.

Connect the input

Wire the value you want to pass on into the In input, for example the result of Generate Video. It accepts text, JSON, images, videos and audio.

Configure the routes

Open the settings panel and choose a Mode. Rename the routes, and click Add Route for more. Every route has its own output on the right of the node.

Connect the branches

Connect each route's output to the first node of its branch.

Choose the active routes and run

In Radio and Checkbox mode, click a route on the node, or in the settings panel, to activate or deactivate it. Click Run. Only the branches on active routes run.

A Router in Radio mode sends the video to the reel branch; the post branch is skipped until you switch the route.

Inputs and outputs

Input or output	Accepts or sends	What it does
In	Text, JSON, images, videos or audio	The value to route.
One output per route	The same value	Each active route passes the input on unchanged. An inactive route sends nothing.

Settings

Setting	What it does
Mode	Radio (one active), the default, keeps exactly one route active. Checkbox (any combination) lets any number of routes be active. Conditional (rule-based) decides at run time from the incoming data.
Routes	The named routes. A new Router has Route A and Route B. Rename a route to label its output on the canvas; the name is only a label. Add Route adds more, up to 10. Radio and Checkbox mode need at least 2 routes; Conditional mode works with 1.

When you switch from Checkbox to Radio with several routes active, only the first active route stays active. When no route is active, the node shows a NONE badge.

Conditional mode

In Conditional (rule-based) mode, the data decides. The panel shows the first incoming item under Upstream sample (first item), so you can see its fields.

Under Condition groups, each group holds one or more conditions: a field, an operator and a value. Click Add condition for more, and choose AND or OR to combine them.
Under Activates, tick the routes the group activates when its conditions pass.
Click Add group for another rule. When you first switch to Conditional mode, the panel starts you with one group that activates the first route.

The conditions work like those of Filter List, with the same operators and the same date shortcuts, such as Since last run.

How groups combine:

A route runs when at least one matching group activates it. Routes activated by several groups run once.
When no group matches, every route stays inactive and the nodes after the Router are skipped.
A Router with no groups activates no route.

The input must be JSON, or text that reads as JSON. To route on a field of scraped data, connect Web Scrape directly. To route on part of the data, pass it through Extract Field with its Output Type set to JSON.

Credits

Router is free. Skipped branches cost nothing, because their nodes do not run.

Tips

Switch without rewiring. Keep both branches connected and switch the route in Radio mode. The workflow stays ready for both versions.
Name the routes. A route called "Reel" or "Dub" is easier to follow on the canvas than "Route A".
Use an empty route as an off switch. A route with no nodes after it does nothing, so a Radio route called "Off" pauses the whole branch.

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