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{
"id": "7SAWr8WwdGYNYLvY",
"name": "Real-Time Parse-and-Respond",
"tags": [],
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{
"id": "9019a84e-beda-49ae-87f6-27794a4a5ba5",
"name": "Send Upload Error Response",
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"parameters": {
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"respondWith": "json",
"responseBody": "{\n \"error\": true,\n \"message\": \"Could not process the uploaded file. Please check the file format and try again.\"\n }"
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"parameters": {
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"options": {
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"name": "Upload Document to Parseur",
"type": "n8n-nodes-parseur.parseur",
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"name": "Send Upload Success Response",
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"respondWith": "json",
"responseBody": "={\n \"status\": \"processing\",\n \"documentId\": \"{{ $json.response.attachments[0].DocumentID }}\"\n }"
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"value": {
"Date": "={{ $json.Date }}",
"Subject": "={{ $json.Subject }}",
"Document ID": "={{ $json.DocumentID }}",
"Sender Name": "={{ $json.SenderName }}",
"Phone Number": "={{ $json.PhoneNumber }}",
"Sender Email": "={{ $json.SenderEmail }}",
"Order Reference": "={{ $json.OrderReference }}"
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"displayName": "Document ID",
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"convertFieldsToString": false
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"options": {},
"operation": "append",
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"value": "gid=0",
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"documentId": {
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"value": "1xNaDfZwHV2ZRcfkyp5ka2l5sWWENFb-bmH1R-uFXcK8",
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"id": "79c47272-15a4-4600-afaa-3cfa029a5872",
"name": "Check If Email Exists",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
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"parameters": {
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"caseSensitive": true,
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.SenderEmail }}",
"rightValue": ""
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"conditions": {
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"leftValue": "",
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"leftValue": "={{ $binary.data.mimeType }}",
"rightValue": "pdf"
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## Real-Time Parse-and-Respond\n### How It Works\n* **Upload Webhook:** Receives a document via POST, checks it's a PDF, and uploads it to Parseur for extraction, responding immediately with a `documentId` instead of waiting for parsing to finish.\n* **Parseur Result:** Once Parseur finishes parsing, its own trigger fires, checks the extracted data includes a sender email, and logs the result as a new row in Google Sheets.\n### Setup Checklist\n1. **Webhook:** Confirm header auth credentials on `Receive document request`, and that clients upload the file under the binary field `data`.\n2. **Parseur:** Connect Parseur credentials to both `Upload Document to Parseur` and the `Parseur Trigger` node, and confirm `parserId` (202635) matches your document template.\n3. **Google Sheets:** Verify the OAuth2 credentials, and that the target spreadsheet and sheet still match the configured document and sheet references.\n### Customization\n* **Validation:** Tighten the file check beyond \"mimeType contains pdf,\" or add a file size limit before forwarding to Parseur.\n* **Error handling:** Add a fallback path for records that fail the sender-email check instead of silently dropping them."
},
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},
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"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 1328,
"height": 560,
"content": "## 1. Upload Endpoint\nReceives an incoming document over webhook, validates it's a PDF, and forwards it to Parseur for parsing, responding right away with a processing status instead of waiting for extraction to finish."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 1312,
"height": 368,
"content": "## 2. Parsed Result Handling\nFires once Parseur completes parsing, validates the extracted sender email is present, then appends the extracted fields as a new row in Google Sheets."
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
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"executionOrder": "v1"
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"connections": {
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{
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},
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},
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}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow receives a document via a secure webhook, uploads it to Parseur for parsing, polls Parseur until the parsing completes or times out, and returns either the extracted JSON result or a structured error response to the calling client. Receives an authenticated POST…
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