This n8n template demonstrates how to convert HTML into a PDF, compress the generated PDF, and return it as a binary response using the PDF Toolkit from www.customjs.space.
Notice
Community nodes can only be installed on self-hosted instances of n8n.
@custom-js/n8n-nodes-pdf-toolkit
What this workflow does
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Convert the requested HTML to PDF.
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Compress the PDF file.
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Use a Code node to handle URLs pointing to PDF files if they exceed 6MB.
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Compress the PDF pages.
Requirements
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Self-hosted n8n instance
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CustomJS API key for compressing PDF files.
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HTML Data to convert PDF files
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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
- Request PDF from URL.
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Compress Pages from PDF:
- Compress PDF as a binary file.
Usage
Get API key from customJS
- Sign up to customJS platform.
- Navigate to your profile page
- Press "Show" button to get API key
Set Credentials for CustomJS API on n8n
Copy and paste your API key generated from CustomJS here.
Design workflow
- A Manual Trigger for starting workflow.
- HTTP Request Nodes for downloading PDF files.
- Code node for handling URL that indicates PDF file.
- Compress PDF files.
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.
