diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshdeskApi.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshdeskApi.credentials.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f06b4e356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/FreshdeskApi.credentials.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {
+	ICredentialType,
+	NodePropertyTypes,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+
+export class FreshdeskApi implements ICredentialType {
+	name = 'freshdeskApi';
+	displayName = 'Freshdesk API';
+	properties = [
+		{
+			displayName: 'API Key',
+			name: 'apiKey',
+			type: 'string' as NodePropertyTypes,
+			default: '',
+		},
+	];
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/Freskdesk.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/Freskdesk.node.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d039914486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/Freskdesk.node.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {
+	IExecuteSingleFunctions,
+} from 'n8n-core';
+import {
+	IDataObject,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+	INodeExecutionData,
+	INodeType,
+	ILoadOptionsFunctions,
+	INodePropertyOptions,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+import {
+	freshdeskApiRequest
+} from './GenericFunctions';
+
+import moment = require('moment');
+import _ = require('lodash')
+
+export class Freshdesk implements INodeType {
+
+	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
+		displayName: 'Freshdesk',
+		name: 'freshdesk',
+		icon: 'file:freshdesk.png',
+		group: ['output'],
+		version: 1,
+		subtitle: '={{$parameter["operation"] + ": " + $parameter["resource"]}}',
+		description: 'Consume Freshdesk API',
+		defaults: {
+			name: 'Freshdesk',
+			color: '#c02428',
+		},
+		inputs: ['main'],
+		outputs: ['main'],
+		credentials: [
+			{
+				name: 'freshdeskApi',
+				required: true,
+			}
+        ],
+		properties: [
+        ]
+    };
+    
+
+    methods = {
+		loadOptions: {
+        }
+    };
+    
+	// async executeSingle(this: IExecuteSingleFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData> {
+
+
+
+    // }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/GenericFunctions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a967f44b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { OptionsWithUri } from 'request';
+
+import {
+	IExecuteFunctions,
+	IHookFunctions,
+	ILoadOptionsFunctions,
+	IExecuteSingleFunctions
+} from 'n8n-core';
+
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+export async function freshdeskApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions | IExecuteSingleFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions, resource: string, method: string, action: string, body: any = {}, headers?: object): Promise<any> { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
+	const credentials = this.getCredentials('mandrillApi');
+
+	if (credentials === undefined) {
+		throw new Error('No credentials got returned!');
+	}
+
+	const data = Object.assign({}, body, { key: credentials.apiKey });
+
+	const endpoint = 'mandrillapp.com/api/1.0';
+
+	const options: OptionsWithUri = {
+		headers,
+		method,
+		uri: `https://${endpoint}${resource}${action}.json`,
+		body: data,
+		json: true
+	};
+
+
+	try {
+		return await this.helpers.request!(options);
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error(error);
+
+		const errorMessage = error.response.body.message || error.response.body.Message;
+		if (error.name === 'Invalid_Key') {
+			throw new Error('The provided API key is not a valid Mandrill API key');
+		} else if (error.name === 'ValidationError') {
+			throw new Error('The parameters passed to the API call are invalid or not provided when required');
+		} else if (error.name === 'GeneralError') {
+			throw new Error('An unexpected error occurred processing the request. Mandrill developers will be notified.');
+		}
+
+		if (errorMessage !== undefined) {
+			throw errorMessage;
+		}
+		throw error.response.body;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/freshdesk.png b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Freshdesk/freshdesk.png
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index 0000000000..36692057e4
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diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/package.json b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
index 2b6ddeca77..e2f8c606c7 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
             "dist/credentials/TrelloApi.credentials.js",
             "dist/credentials/TwilioApi.credentials.js",
             "dist/credentials/TypeformApi.credentials.js",
-            "dist/credentials/MandrillApi.credentials.js"
+            "dist/credentials/MandrillApi.credentials.js",
+            "dist/credentials/FreshdeskApi.credentials.js"
         ],
         "nodes": [
             "dist/nodes/ActiveCampaign/ActiveCampaign.node.js",
@@ -122,7 +123,8 @@
             "dist/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.js",
             "dist/nodes/Webhook.node.js",
             "dist/nodes/Xml.node.js",
-            "dist/nodes/Mandrill/Mandrill.node.js"
+            "dist/nodes/Mandrill/Mandrill.node.js",
+            "dist/nodes/Freshdesk/Freshdesk.node.js"
         ]
     },
     "devDependencies": {