Create and Send Multi-Item PayPal Invoices via Email — n8n Workflow

High complexity Trigger22 nodes🏷️ Invoice Processing👁 84 viewsby Andrew

Overview

Who Is This For?
Small businesses, consultants, agencies… anyone who bills with PayPal.

What Problem Does It Solve?
Automates itemized invoicing and delivery via PayPal’s Invoicing API with support for an “Add more items?” loop.

What This Workflow Does
Collects your PayPal credentials & invoice data via a form
Dynamically generates a timestamp + random 4 digit number for the invoice_number
Calls PayPal to create and then send the invoice
Supports endless line-items via a Switch + M

Nodes used

HTTP RequestCode

Workflow Preview

PayPal | Encode Basic Au…
R
Remove Client ID and Sec…
Set Invoice Number and D…
A
Add href link for Preview
Get Preview URL
Reformat JSON
A
Add Another Item
Remove Add Decision
Reformat newItem JSON
Append newItem into item…
C
Collect Invoice Details
P
Prompt for Additional Li…
P
Prompt for Additional Li…
L
Loop: More Items?
C
Combine New Items Into M…
Fetch OAuth Token
Call PayPal Create Invoice
Dispatch Invoice via Pay…
M
Merge Base Invoice & Add…
M
Merge Updated Items & Ad…
Strip Add-Item Loop Meta…
M
Merge Invoice Creation R…
22 nodes27 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 22 nodes, connecting code, form, formtrigger.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (22)

HT

HTTP Request

httpRequest

#1
CO

Code

code

#2

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded create-and-send-multi-item-paypal-invoices-via-email file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Create and Send Multi-Item PayPal Invoices via Email", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codeformformtriggerhttprequestmergesetswitch

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Nodes22
Complexityhigh
Triggertrigger
Views84

Created by

Andrew

Andrew

@licoricewhip

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