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Automate Digital Delivery After PayPal Purchase Using n8n

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Automate Digital Delivery After PayPal Purchase Using n8n

A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Seamless Template Delivery

Built by Amjid Ali – SyncBricks

Deliver personalized files instantly after PayPal transactions using n8n – without writing a single backend line.

🚀 What This n8n Workflow Does

This automation template helps you automatically deliver a digital product (such as an n8n template or JSON file) to customers who pay via PayPal — within seconds.

You can:

  • Automatically extract customer info
  • Identify what was purchased
  • Send a clean, branded email with the product file
  • Promote your other courses, books, and tools

📦 Use Case

Example Product: AI-Powered Social Media Content Generator & Publisher

When a customer buys this product through PayPal, this automation:

  • Listens for a successful payment event
  • Fetches order details via API
  • Sends an HTML email with the template attached
  • Promotes your other offerings with embedded links

🔧 Prerequisites

You’ll need:

  • An n8n instance (self-hosted or n8n Cloud)
  • A PayPal developer account
  • PayPal OAuth2 credentials configured in n8n
  • Your product hosted as a downloadable .json file (Oracle, Dropbox, GitHub, etc.)
  • SMTP email credentials in n8n

🧠 Step-by-Step Setup

1. Webhook Trigger

Node: Webhook
Listens for a POST request from PayPal’s webhook for PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED events.
📌 Add the webhook to your PayPal Developer App > Webhooks.

2. Wait

Node: Wait
Adds a brief delay to ensure the payment is completely processed before continuing.

3. Filter Event Type

Node: Switch
Processes only when the event is PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED.

4. Fetch Order Details

Node: HTTP Request
Retrieves the order information from PayPal's Orders API.
URL format:
https://api.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/{{ order_id }}

5. Extract Email & Product Info

Node: Set
Extracts first name, last name, email address, and the purchased item name.

6. Identify Product Purchased

Node: Switch
Checks if the product is “AI-Powered Social Media Content Generator & Publisher”.

7. Download Workflow File

Node: HTTP Request
Fetches the hosted workflow JSON from object storage (Oracle in this case).

8. Convert to Downloadable File

Node: Code
Converts the JSON content into a binary file and attaches it.

9. Send Custom Email

Node: Send Email
Sends a rich HTML email to the buyer with:

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