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Convert HTML & PDF Files to PNG Images with CustomJS PDF Toolkit

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This n8n workflow shows how to convert PDF files into PNG format with the PDF Toolkit from www.customjs.space.

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Notice

Community nodes can only be installed on self-hosted instances of n8n.

What this workflow does

  • Generate PDF file from the requested HTML.
  • Convert the PDF to PNG images.
  • Use a Code node to handle URLs that point to PDF files.
  • Convert the PDF to PNG format.

Requirements

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

Workflow Steps:

  1. Manual Trigger:

    • Runs with user interaction.
  2. HTML to PDF:

    • Request HTML Data.
    • Convert HTML to PDF.
    • Request PDF from Code.
  3. Convert PDF to PNG:

    • Convert the generated PNG 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
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Set Credentials for CustomJS API on n8n

Copy and paste your API key generated from CustomJS here.
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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 PNG.

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.