convert-to-pdf

n8n community node to convert HTML and CSV to PDF

Package Information

Downloads: 6 weekly / 44 monthly
Latest Version: 0.1.1

Available Nodes

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Convert to PDF
Convert HTML or CSV content to PDF

Documentation

n8n-nodes-convert-to-pdf

An n8n community node that converts HTML and CSV content to PDF files. Works in any Node.js environment — no Chrome or browser dependencies required.

Installation

Community Edition

  1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes
  2. Click Install a community node
  3. Enter n8n-nodes-convert-to-pdf
  4. Click Install

Self-hosted / Kubernetes

If you are running n8n on Kubernetes (e.g. EKS), the community node must be available on all pods (main, workers, webhooks). The recommended approach is to bake it into a custom Docker image:

FROM n8nio/n8n:latest
USER root
RUN cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n && npm install n8n-nodes-convert-to-pdf
USER node

Operations

HTML to PDF

Converts HTML content to a PDF document. Supports headings, paragraphs, bold, italic, lists, tables, and horizontal rules.

Field Description
HTML Source Choose between Text Input (paste HTML directly) or Binary Input (read from an incoming file)
HTML Content The HTML string to convert (when using Text Input)
Input Binary Field The binary field name containing the HTML file (when using Binary Input)

CSV to PDF

Converts CSV content to a styled PDF table with headers, alternating row colors, and borders.

Field Description
CSV Source Choose between Text Input (paste CSV directly) or Binary Input (read from an incoming file)
CSV Content The CSV string to convert (when using Text Input)
Input Binary Field The binary field name containing the CSV file (when using Binary Input)

Shared Options

These options are available for both operations:

Option Description Default
Output Binary Field Name of the output binary field data
File Name File name for the generated PDF output.pdf

PDF Options

Option Description Default
Format Paper size (A3, A4, A5, Letter, Legal, Tabloid) A4
Landscape Use landscape orientation false
Margin Top Top margin (e.g. 10mm, 1in, 1cm) 10mm
Margin Bottom Bottom margin 10mm
Margin Left Left margin 10mm
Margin Right Right margin 10mm

Example Usage

HTML to PDF

  1. Add a Convert to PDF node to your workflow
  2. Select HTML to PDF as the operation
  3. Enter your HTML content:
    <h1>Invoice #1234</h1>
<p>Date: 2026-01-15</p>
<table>
  <thead><tr><th>Item</th><th>Qty</th><th>Price</th></tr></thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr><td>Widget</td><td>10</td><td>$5.00</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Gadget</td><td>3</td><td>$12.50</td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
  4. The node outputs a PDF binary that can be saved, emailed, or passed to other nodes

CSV to PDF

  1. Add a Convert to PDF node to your workflow
  2. Select CSV to PDF as the operation
  3. Enter your CSV content:
    name,email,department
Alice,alice@example.com,Engineering
Bob,bob@example.com,Marketing
Carol,carol@example.com,Sales
  4. The node outputs a PDF with a formatted table

Supported HTML Elements

Element Rendering
<h1> - <h6> Headings with scaled font sizes
<p> Paragraphs with spacing
<strong>, <b> Bold text
<em>, <i> Italic text
<ul>, <ol> Bulleted and numbered lists
<table> Tables with headers, borders, and alternating row colors
<hr> Horizontal rule
<br> Line break
<div>, <section>, <article> Block containers
<span> Inline container

License

MIT

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