Convert HTML to PDF & Extract Text from PDFs with CustomJS API

Description

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:

Manual Trigger:

Runs with user interaction.

HTML to PDF:

Request HTML Data
Convert HTML to PDF

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

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.
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.