pdfops

n8n community node for the PDFops API — deterministic PDF operations: inspect and fill AcroForm fields, merge PDFs, and generate invoice PDFs. Keyless free tier.

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Latest Version: 0.2.1
Author: PDFops

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PDFops
Deterministic PDF operations via the PDFops API — inspect and fill AcroForm fields, merge PDFs, generate invoice PDFs

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n8n-nodes-pdfops

n8n community node for the PDFops API — deterministic
PDF operations for workflows: inspect and fill AcroForm fields, merge PDFs,
and generate invoice PDFs from structured data. No headless browser, no
native dependencies; PDF processing runs on the hosted API.

Works keyless out of the box (100 requests/IP/month). A free API key
(250 requests/month, no card) raises the quota and unlocks usage
introspection — get one in 60 seconds at
pdfops.dev/docs/signup#n8n, which also has
a credentialed example workflow.

Installation

This community node is verified by n8n (listed in n8n's verified
community-node registry since 2026-08-13).

Self-hosted — Settings → Community Nodes → Install →
n8n-nodes-pdfops, or from the CLI:

n8n community-node install n8n-nodes-pdfops

Operations

Operation What it does
Inspect Fields Lists a PDF's AcroForm fields — names, types, options, current values — plus a paste-ready fill template. Use it first on unfamiliar PDFs.
Fill Form Fills AcroForm fields in a PDF (from a binary field) and outputs the filled PDF as binary data. Optionally Flatten the result to lock the values into the page (fields become non-interactive).
Merge Merges the PDFs from all incoming items (in item order) into a single output PDF.
Generate Invoice Turns structured JSON (from, to, items, tax, currency…) into a complete US-Letter invoice PDF — no template needed.
Get Usage Returns tier, quota, used, remaining, and reset date for your API key.

Fill, merge, and invoice are deterministic: the same input produces a
byte-identical PDF, so re-running a workflow never produces spurious diffs.

Credentials

Create a PDFops API credential with your API key (sent as X-API-Key).
The credential is optional for every operation except Get Usage — without
it, requests count against the anonymous per-IP quota.

Example: invoice on every Stripe payment

  1. Stripe Trigger (payment_intent.succeeded)
  2. PDFops — Generate Invoice, mapping customer + line items into the invoice JSON
  3. Write Binary File / email / upload the resulting PDF

More recipes: pdfops.dev/blog.

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License

MIT

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