n8n
Getting Started with n8n
The PDF.co n8n community node enables fast and easy automation of PDF-related tasks within n8n workflows. Built on the PDF.co API, this node allows you to programmatically convert, merge, split, and extract data from PDF documents. As a community-maintained integration, it helps streamline document processing without complex coding, making it ideal for automating business operations involving PDFs.
Installation
Installing PDF.co Node on N8N (Version 1.94.0 and Later)
- Open the Nodes Panel
In your N8N instance, navigate to the nodes panel. - Search for the “PDF.co” Node
In the search bar, type “pdf.co” to find the PDF.co node.
- Install the Node
Click on the “PDF.co” node, and in the node details window, click the “Install Node” button.
Operations
This node provides comprehensive PDF processing capabilities through PDF.co’s API. Here are the available features:
1. AI-Powered Document Processing
- AI Invoice Parser: Extract data from invoices using AI-powered parsing
2. URL/HTML to PDF Conversion
- URL to PDF
- HTML to PDF
- HTML Template to PDF
3. PDF Merging
- Merge multiple PDFs into one
- Support for merging from different file formats (merge2)
4. PDF Splitting
- Split by page number
- Split by search text
- Split by barcode
5. Document to PDF Conversion
- Document to PDF (RTF, DOC, DOCX, TXT)
- Spreadsheet to PDF (CSV, XLS, XLSX, TXT Spreadsheet)
- Image to PDF (JPG, PNG, TIFF)
- Email to PDF (MSG or EML)
6. PDF to Other Formats
- PDF to CSV
- PDF to HTML
- PDF to Images (JPG, PNG, TIFF, WEBP)
- PDF to JSON
- PDF to Text
- PDF to Excel (XLS/XLSX)
- PDF to XML
7. PDF Modification
- Add text annotations
- Add images to PDF documents
- Fill interactive PDF forms with data
- Extract PDF metadata
- Get form field information
8. PDF Optimization
- Compress PDF files
- Optimize PDF for web or storage
- Remove password protection
- Add password protection
- Rotate pages in PDF documents
- Remove specific pages from PDF
9. PDF Search and Text Operations
- Search for text within PDF documents
- Search and delete text
- Search and replace text
- Search and replace with image
10. Barcode Operations
- Extract barcode data from PDFs
- Generate barcodes in PDFs
11. PDF OCR and Searchability
- Make scanned PDF searchable (OCR)
- Make searchable PDF unsearchable
12. File Management
- Standard file upload
- Create file URL from input text/content
- Upload from Base64 encoded data
Credentials
To use this node, you need a PDF.co API key. Here’s how to get started:
- Sign up for a PDF.co account at https://pdf.co
- Navigate to your dashboard and obtain your API key
- In n8n, add your PDF.co credentials by providing your API key
Usage
This node allows you to automate PDF processing tasks in your n8n workflows. Here are some common use cases:
- Process invoices using AI-powered parsing
- Automatically convert HTML reports to PDF
- Merge multiple PDF documents into a single file
- Extract text from PDF documents for data processing
- Add watermarks to PDF documents
- Compress PDF files to reduce size
- Secure PDFs with password protection
- Convert various document formats to PDF
- Extract data from PDFs to other formats
- Manage and modify PDF documents programmatically