Convert HTML to PDF and Compress Files with CustomJS API

Description

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

Convert** the requested HTML to PDF.
Compress** the PDF file.
Use** a Code node to handle URLs pointing to PDF files if they exceed 6MB.
Compress** the PDF pages.

Requirements

Self-hosted** n8n instance
CustomJS API key** for compressing PDF files.
HTML** Data to convert PDF files
Code node** for handling URL that indicates PDF file.

Workflow Steps:

Manual Trigger:

Runs with user interaction.

HTML to PDF:

Request HTML Data
Convert HTML to PDF
Request PDF from URL.

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.