Automate Invoice Data Extraction with OCR.Space, GPT & Google Sheets — Workflow n8n

Moyen complexité Planifié10 nœuds🏷️ Invoice Processingpar Supira Inc.

Aperçu

Overview This template automates invoice processing for teams that currently copy data from PDFs into spreadsheets by hand. It is ideal for small businesses, back-office teams, accounting, and operations who want to reduce manual entry, avoid human error, and never miss a payment deadline. The workflow watches a structured Google Drive folder, performs OCR, converts the text into clean structured JSON with an LLM, and appends one row per invoice into Google Sheets. It preserves a link back to th

Nœuds utilisés

Google SheetsHTTP RequestGoogle DriveCodeOpenAI

Aperçu du workflow

Schedule Trigger (Recurring Execution)
Purpose
- Periodically scan the Drive folder that stores invoic
- Can also be executed manually for debugging.
Google Drive Folder Discovery
Purpose
- Get the parent folder (e.g., "支払い請求書自動計算用フォルダ" meanin
- Auto-detect the current-month subfolder (e.g., a fold
AI Structured Extraction & Google Sheets Appe
Purpose
- Convert OCR results to a strict JSON structure using
- Extract invoice_date / due_date / client_name / subto
OCR Processing (PDF → Text Cleanup)
Purpose
- Download Drive files as binary.
- Use the OCR.Space API for text extraction.
- Remove noise and normalize line breaks.
S
Schedule Trigger (Weekly…
Get Parent Folder
Get Monthly Subfolder
List Files
Download File (Binary fr…
OCR (OCR.Space Parsing)
Clean OCR Text (Noise Re…
AI Extraction (Generate …
Parse AI Output to JSON
Append to Google Sheets
10 nodes9 edges

Comment ça fonctionne

  1. 1

    Déclencheur

    Le workflow démarre avec un déclencheur planifié, s'exécutant selon un planning défini.

  2. 2

    Traitement

    Les données transitent par 10 nœuds, connecting code, googledrive, googlesheets.

  3. 3

    Sortie

    Le workflow termine son automatisation et livre le résultat à la destination configurée.

Détails des nœuds (10)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
HT

HTTP Request

httpRequest

#2
GO

Google Drive

googleDrive

#3
CO

Code

code

#4
OP

OpenAI

n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi

#5

Comment importer ce workflow

  1. 1Cliquez sur le bouton Télécharger JSON à droite pour enregistrer le fichier du workflow.
  2. 2Ouvrez votre instance n8n. Accédez à Workflows → Nouveau → Importer depuis un fichier.
  3. 3Sélectionnez le fichier automate-invoice-data-extraction-with-ocrspace-gpt-google-sheets téléchargé et cliquez sur Importer.
  4. 4Configurez les identifiants pour chaque nœud de service (clés API, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Cliquez sur Tester le workflow pour vérifier que tout fonctionne, puis activez-le.

Ou collez directement dans n8n → Importer depuis JSON :

{ "name": "Automate Invoice Data Extraction with OCR.Space, GPT & Google Sheets", "nodes": [...], ...}

Intégrations

codegoogledrivegooglesheetshttprequestopenaischeduletrigger

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Nœuds10
Complexitémedium
Déclencheurscheduled

Créé par

Supira Inc.

Supira Inc.

@supira

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