📁 Split large PDF files into 20-page chunks with Google Drive and PDF.co
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Description
Quick overview
This workflow manually pulls PDF files from a Google Drive folder, uses PDF.co to detect page counts and split each PDF into 20-page chunks, then uploads the resulting chunk PDFs to a target Google Drive folder.
How it works
- Starts when you manually execute the workflow in n8n.
- Searches Google Drive for a specific source folder and lists the files inside it.
- Downloads each file from Google Drive and uploads it to PDF.co to obtain a hosted file URL.
- Requests PDF metadata from PDF.co to get the total page count and builds a pages list that splits the PDF into 20-page ranges.
- Calls the PDF.co split endpoint to generate a set of chunk PDF URLs for the specified page ranges.
- Downloads each chunk PDF from PDF.co, assigns a numbered filename based on the original document name, and uploads the chunk files to a Google Drive output folder.
Setup
- Add Google Drive OAuth2 credentials and set the source and destination folder IDs for the search and upload steps.
- Add a PDF.co API credential and ensure your PDF.co workspace allows file upload, info, and split operations.
- Adjust the chunk size in the splitting logic (default 20 pages) if you want different page ranges per output file.
Customization
- The chunk size is customizable, the Google drive can be replaced with OneDrive node
🔗 Nodes Used
HTTP Request, Google Drive
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File