Raymond Camden
Raymond Camden is an experience developer evangelist and advocate focused on APIs, Generative AI, and the web platform. He's the author of multiple books, an active blogger, and has presented around the world for over twenty years. Raymond can be reached at his blog (www.raymondcamden.com) or via email at raymondcamden@gmail.com.
Templates by Raymond Camden
Auto-convert OneDrive Word documents to PDF with Foxit and send via Gmail
This n8n template demonstrates how to add a document conversion process to incoming Word documents in a OneDrive folder. Documents are converted to PDF and emailed to a reviewer. Use cases would be environments where incoming documents are dropped into cloud storage and a human needs to review them. By converting to PDF, it becomes easier to read in a consistent format in the browser. How it works Listen for new files added in a OneDrive folder, identified by an ID Download the bits of the new document if the file was a Micrsoft Word document (the API I'm using can convert any Office document, but wanted to start simple) Upload to Foxit's API service, convert to PDF, and download when done Use GMail to mail the PDF to a human reviewer. How to use You'll need to determine a OneDrive folder ID to monitor, or select an entire account instead, just be careful when testing. When the workflow is done, it emails to myself, so please connect your own GMail and set a preferred email address for testing. Requirements A Microsoft OneDrive account Foxit developer account (https://developer-api.foxit.com) A Gmail account At least one Word document - we all have that, right? Next Steps This workflow could be modified to work with any Office style document, and could also upload the PDF version back to OneDrive.
By Raymond CamdenAutomate job posting creation with Forms, Dropbox, and Foxit PDF generation
This n8n template demonstrates how to add a tie form data to a new PDF. The idea is to automate the creation of a professional looking job posting. Use cases would be organizations who need to automate the creation of job postings. How it Works The trigger is a form that asks for job position, salary, office location, and responsiblities When the form is posted, it kicks off the workflow's next steps A Word document is downloaded from a Dropbox folder. This Word document is used as the template for the posting. The Word document is converted to base64. A call to Foxit's Document Generation endpoint includes the encoded Word document along with the form information. The resulting PDF is downloaded and converted from base64 into binary. At this point, the PDF is just there, but it could be emailed, sent to another workflow, etc. Requirements A Dropbox account. The workflow's first step points to a Word template. See our doc gen APIs for information on how to craft the Word doc, but the easiest way is to copy text like so: Job Position We are pleased to announce the opening of a new job, {{ jobPosition }}. This job pays ${{ salary }} per year and is in our {{ office }} location. The details of this job are: {{ responsibilities }} Foxit developer account (https://developer-api.foxit.com) Next Steps As mentioned above, you could do anything with the resulting PDF when done.
By Raymond Camden