docupotion

n8n community node to generate PDF documents with DocuPotion

Package Information

Released: 4 mo ago
Downloads: 75 weekly / 243 monthly
Latest Version: 0.1.4
Author: Alex Cooney

Available Nodes

DocuPotion - Generate PDF Documents icon
DocuPotion - Generate PDF Documents
Automatically create PDFs from a reusable template. Use our AI-powered document editor to create your template in minutes and generate error-free PDFs at scale.

Documentation

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This is an n8n community node. It lets you use DocuPotion in your n8n workflows.

DocuPotion is a document generation and automation tool. It lets you design professional-looking document templates using a drag and drop editor. You can generate PDFs of these templates and fill them with your own data in an n8n workflow.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation
Operations
Credentials
Compatibility
Usage
Resources
Version history

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Operations

Operation Description
Create Document Generate a PDF document from a DocuPotion template

Output options

Option Description
File Returns the document as binary data for use in subsequent workflow steps (e.g. email attachments, cloud storage uploads)
URL Returns a temporary presigned URL to the generated document
Base64 Returns the document as a base64-encoded string

Credentials

To use this node, you need a DocuPotion account:

  1. Sign up at app.docupotion.com
  2. Copy your API Key from the dashboard
  3. In n8n, add a new DocuPotion API credential and paste your API Key

Compatibility

Tested with n8n v1.71.0 and above.

Usage

  1. Add the DocuPotion node to your workflow
  2. Select your DocuPotion API credentials
  3. Enter the Template ID of the template you want to generate
  4. Choose an Output type:
    • File (default) — returns binary data you can pass to nodes like Send Email, Google Drive, Write Binary File, etc. You can set a custom file name.
    • URL — returns a temporary link to the document. You can configure how long the URL remains valid (1–10,080 minutes).
    • Base64 — returns the raw base64-encoded document data in the JSON output.
  5. Optionally provide Template Data as a JSON object to fill in dynamic template variables

Resources

Version history

0.1.0

Initial release with the following features:

  • Create Document operation — generate PDFs from DocuPotion templates
  • Output options — File (binary), URL (presigned), or Base64
  • Template Data — pass dynamic variables as JSON to populate templates

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