Description

n8n-nodes-pdfbro

This is an n8n community node. It lets you manipulate PDF files in your workflows without external dependencies or API calls.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Features

• Merge PDFs: Combine multiple PDF files into one.
• Split Pages: Split a PDF into individual pages.
• Extract Text: Extract text content from PDF files.
• Extract Metadata: Get title, author, page count, etc.
• Rotate Pages: Rotate pages by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

Video Tutorials

How to install PDFBRO


Generate Invoices on PDFbro for free


Installation

Follow the n8n community nodes documentation to install this node.

Community Nodes (Recommended)

1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes.
2. Select Install.
3. Enter n8n-nodes-pdfbro.

Manual

Running n8n with npm:

npm install n8n-nodes-pdfbro

Operations

Merge PDFs

Link multiple binary fields (up to 10+ via “Add PDF Input”) to combine them into a single PDF.

Split Pages

Split a PDF into separate pages or ranges.
Supported Ranges:

• * : Split every page into a separate file (Burst).
• 1, 3, 5 : Extract specific pages.
• 1-5 : Extract bytes 1 to 5.
• 7- : Extract from page 7 to the end.
• -1 : Extract the last page.

Invoice Maker (HTML to PDF)

Convert valid HTML content into a PDF. Useful for generating invoices, reports, or simple documents.

Extract Text

Extracts all text from the PDF.

Extract Metadata

Gets title, author, creation date, etc.

Rotate Pages

Rotates all pages by X degrees.

License

MIT

Credits & Attribution

This node powers its PDF magic using these awesome open-source libraries:

• pdf-lib (MIT License) – PDF creation and modification.
• pdfmake (MIT License) – PDF generation engine.
• html-to-pdfmake (MIT License) – HTML to PDFMake conversion.
• jsdom (MIT License) – DOM environment.
• pdf-parse (MIT License) – PDF text extraction.

We are grateful to the maintainers of these projects!