TIL GoHighLevel has no way to import and export workflows between accounts. So I built one and I'm giving it away
(Mods: nothing for sale here, no in-app purchases, no sign-up, no data harvesting, no self-promo. Just a free Chrome extension I built and thought might be useful to the community)
TLDR; I did some consulting for a GHL agency. Realised it wasn't possible to import and export individual workflows between different accounts. Apparently it's a much sought after feature, so I wrote it and I'm giving it away.
Hi all,
I'm not a GHL guy. I've been doing business automation and development for about 25 years and recently took on a client who runs their agency on GoHighLevel. It's a great platform, I can see why it's popular!
Anyway, the first thing I wanted to do was export their workflows, and import them into my test GHL account, which is ... exactly the sort of thing people like me do instead of poking around their client's production system willy-nilly...
Except apparently you can't? I spent ages looking for an export button that doesn't exist. I figured it must be possible using the API but nope. Total wind up!
I looked at the GHL "ideas board" - and it has a ton of upvotes, it's number one feature request since 2022. And people have just been ... living with this?
Anyway, after a bit of poking around, it was simple enough to roll my own and it does the job I needed it to do: open up a workflow in one account, click export, it saves the workflow as a json file. Then you click import in any other GHL account and it rebuilds the whole thing. It works across agencies, not just your own sub-accounts. Triggers, actions, delays, the lot.
I thought about selling it, but then I figured it's wrong for people to pay twice for a feature they ought to already have as part of their subscription. So in the spirit of paying things forward, I figured I'd give it away for free as a Chrome extension. No sign-up, no data collection, no upsell, no catch. I found it really useful for my own work, so I thought I'd put it out there in case you're hitting the same wall.
I hope it's alright to post this here, I know the rules mention self promotion, but I'm honestly not promoting anything here. I'm genuinely a bit baffled this didn't already exist, and if you find it useful, that's payment enough.
Anyway, here's the link to the Chrome extension.
Best wishes,
Steve
PS Yes, I created a new profile for this post.