Process vendor invoices with UploadToURL, AWS Textract, and Google Sheets β€” n8n Workflow

High complexityπŸ”— Webhook18 nodes🏷️ Invoice Processingby Jitesh Dugar

Overview

Process invoices with UploadToURL, AWS Textract, and Google Sheets

Eliminate manual data entry from your accounts payable process. This workflow transforms raw invoice scans into structured financial records by combining UploadToURL for hosting, AWS Textract for OCR data extraction, and Google Sheets for centralized logging.

🎯 What This Workflow Does

Turns any paper or PDF invoice into a verified spreadsheet entry in seconds:

πŸ“ Captures Invoice Scans - Receives invoices via mobile upload (bi

Nodes used

Google SheetsHTTP RequestSlackCode

Workflow Preview

invoice data with UploadToURL, AWS Textract,
The Problem: Manually keying data from paper or PDF inv
The Solution: An auto
1 β€” Intake & upload
Webhook β†’ Validate β†’ Has Remote URL? β†’ Upload to URL (Γ—
Accepts `POST` with `fileUrl` or binary PDF/image. Vali
2 β€” OCR extraction
AWS Textract β†’ Parse & Validate Extracted Data
Textract runs `AnalyzeExpense` on the CDN URL and retur
3 β€” Duplicate check & Sheets write
Search Sheets β†’ IF Duplicate? β†’ Append Row or Update Ro
Searches the Google Sheet for an existing row matching
4 β€” Notification & response
Slack β†’ Build Response β†’ Respond to Webhook
Slack posts to the finance channel with vendor, amount,
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W
Webhook - Receive Invoice
Validate Payload
H
Has Remote URL?
U
Upload to URL - Remote
U
Upload to URL - Binary
Extract CDN URL
AWS Textract - Analyse E…
Parse & Validate Extract…
Sheets - Search for Dupl…
Resolve Write Action
R
Route Write Action
Sheets - Append New Invo…
Sheets - Update Incomple…
Mark as Duplicate
Merge Sheets Result
Slack - Notify Finance
Build Final Response
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R
Respond to Webhook
18 nodes20 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a webhook trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 18 nodes, connecting code, googlesheets, httprequest.

  3. 3

    Output

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

Node Details (18)

GO

Google Sheets

googleSheets

#1
HT

HTTP Request

httpRequest

#2
SL

Slack

slack

#3
CO

Code

code

#4

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 β†’ New β†’ Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded process-vendor-invoices-with-uploadtourl-aws-textract-and-google-sheets 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 β†’ Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Process vendor invoices with UploadToURL, AWS Textract, and Google Sheets", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codegooglesheetshttprequestifn8n-nodes-uploadtourl.uploadtourlrespondtowebhookslackswitchwebhook

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Download JSONView on n8n.io
Nodes18
Complexityhigh
Triggerwebhook
CategoryInvoice Processing

Created by

Jitesh Dugar

Jitesh Dugar

@jiteshdugar

Tags

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