Convert HTML to PDF & Extract Text From Pdfs with Customjs API

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "MIA4ozGH71fC3KCe",
  "name": "pdf to text",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "d92f690d-c84d-451d-9ab8-da6f9356e0ca",
      "name": "Convert PDF into Text",
      "type": "@custom-js/n8n-nodes-pdf-toolkit.PdfToText",
      "position": [
        -120,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "credentials": {
        "customJsApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "420cfac7-a621-4bf3-bd34-3fee569321e4",
      "name": "HTML to PDF",
      "type": "@custom-js/n8n-nodes-pdf-toolkit.html2Pdf",
      "position": [
        -340,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "htmlInput": "<h1>Hello World</h1>"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "customJsApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "83c05ec3-1225-41d0-b5b4-f9f6be7619ea",
      "name": "Convert PDF into Text1",
      "type": "@custom-js/n8n-nodes-pdf-toolkit.PdfToText",
      "position": [
        -120,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "resource": "url",
        "field_name": "={{ $json.path }}"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "customJsApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "787e9369-abb5-483e-ba43-8837b5c586f9",
      "name": "Code",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "position": [
        -340,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "return {\"json\": {\"path\": \"https://www.nlbk.niedersachsen.de/download/164891/Test-pdf_3.pdf.pdf\"}};"
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "df553684-dfa8-4af4-a57b-ebbc9ef2a33f",
      "name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        -560,
        200
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "97b60904-2b34-4a77-b171-d02f87c17134",
  "connections": {
    "Code": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Convert PDF into Text1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "HTML to PDF": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Convert PDF into Text",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "HTML to PDF",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          },
          {
            "node": "Code",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• customJsApi

About this workflow

This n8n workflow illustrates how to convert PDF files into text with the PDF Toolkit from www.customjs.space.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/3871/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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