Automate PDF Invoice Generation & Delivery with Gmail and Google Drive Storage — n8n Workflow

Mittel Komplexität🔗 Webhook8 Knoten🏷️ Invoice Processingvon Ibrahim Emre POLAT

Übersicht

How it works Automatically generates professional PDF invoices from webhook data and delivers them via email while storing backups in Google Drive. Perfect for freelancers, small businesses, and service providers who need automated billing workflows.

Set up steps Configure environment variables for company information (name, address, email, phone). Set up your PDF generation API service account (PDFShift recommended). Configure SMTP email credentials for invoice delivery. Set up Google Drive OA

Verwendete Knoten

Send EmailHTTP RequestGoogle DriveCode

Workflow-Vorschau

✅ SUCCESS RESPONSE
- Confirms invoice generated
- Returns invoice number & total
- Email delivery confirmation
- Google Drive storage status
- Complete operation summary
☁️ SAVE TO DRIVE
- Uploads PDF to Google Drive
- Organized folder structure
- Automated file naming
- Backup for accounting records
- Secure cloud storage
📧 SENDS TO CUSTOMER
- Emails PDF invoice to customer
- Professional email template
- Includes payment instructions
- Attachment with generated PDF
- Confirms delivery status
📄 INVOICE GENERATION
- Creates professional HTML template
- Applies company branding & colors
- Builds itemized table with pricing
- Adds payment terms and due dates
- Includes company contact de
⚙️ PREPARING INVOICE
- Extracts customer data from webhook
- Validates required fields (email, items)
- Calculates line totals and subtotals
- Applies tax rates (default 10%)
- Formats dates and
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Webhook Trigger
Process Invoice Data
Generate HTML Template
Generate PDF
Send Email to Customer
Save to Google Drive
Success Response
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Respond Webhook
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So funktioniert es

  1. 1

    Auslöser

    Der Workflow startet mit einem webhook-Auslöser.

  2. 2

    Verarbeitung

    Die Daten fließen durch 8 Knoten, connecting code, emailsend, googledrive.

  3. 3

    Ausgabe

    Der Workflow schließt seine Automatisierung ab und liefert das Ergebnis an das konfigurierte Ziel.

Knotendetails (8)

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Send Email

emailSend

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HTTP Request

httpRequest

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GO

Google Drive

googleDrive

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CO

Code

code

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So importieren Sie diesen Workflow

  1. 1Klicken Sie rechts auf die Schaltfläche JSON herunterladen, um die Workflow-Datei zu speichern.
  2. 2Öffnen Sie Ihre n8n-Instanz. Gehen Sie zu Workflows → Neu → Aus Datei importieren.
  3. 3Wählen Sie die heruntergeladene Datei automate-pdf-invoice-generation-delivery-with-gmail-and-google-drive-storage und klicken Sie auf Importieren.
  4. 4Richten Sie Anmeldedaten für jeden Dienstknoten ein (API-Schlüssel, OAuth usw.).
  5. 5Klicken Sie auf Workflow testen, um zu überprüfen, ob alles funktioniert, und aktivieren Sie es dann.

Oder direkt in n8n → Aus JSON importieren einfügen:

{ "name": "Automate PDF Invoice Generation & Delivery with Gmail and Google Drive Storage", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrationen

codeemailsendgoogledrivehttprequestrespondtowebhookwebhook

Diesen Workflow holen

Herunterladen und mit einem Klick importieren

JSON herunterladenAuf n8n.io ansehen
Knoten8
Komplexitätmedium
Auslöserwebhook
KategorieInvoice Processing

Erstellt von

Ibrahim Emre POLAT

Ibrahim Emre POLAT

@epolat

Tags

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