🔬 Convert HTML to PDF & extract text from PDFs with CustomJS API
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Description
workflow.png This n8n workflow illustrates how to convert PDF files into text with the PDF Toolkit from www.customjs.space.
@custom-js/n8n-nodes-pdf-toolkit
Notice
Community nodes can only be installed on self-hosted instances of n8n.
What this workflow does
- Change the requested HTML to PDF..
- Extract text from the PDF.
- Use a Code node to handle URLs that point to PDF files.
- Convert the PDF to text.
Requirements
- Self-hosted n8n instance.
- CustomJS API key for converting PDF to text.
- HTML Data to convert PDF files.
- Code node for handling URL that indicates PDF file.
Workflow Steps:
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Manual Trigger:
- Runs with user interaction.
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HTML to PDF:
- Request HTML Data
- Convert HTML to PDF
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Convert PDF to Text:
- Convert the generated Text from PDF
Usage
Get API key from customJS
- Sign up to customJS platform.
- Navigate to your profile page
- Press “Show” button to get API key 1.png
Set Credentials for CustomJS API on n8n
Copy and paste your API key generated from CustomJS here. 2.png
Design workflow
- A Manual Trigger for starting workflow.
- HTTP Request Nodes for downloading PDF files.
- Code node for handling URL that indicates PDF file.
- Convert PDF to Text.
You can replace logic for triggering and returning results. For example, you can trigger this workflow by calling a webhook and get a result as a response from webhook. Simply replace Manual Trigger and Write to Disk nodes.
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File