n8n-nodes-pixconvert

An n8n community node for PixConvert — a self-hosted PDF and image processing API.

Features

• 35+ operations across 8 categories
• Binary or URL output — pipe results directly to S3, email, Google Drive, or return a download link
• No auth required — just point it at your server

Categories

| Category | Operations | |----------|-----------| | Organize PDF | Merge, Split, Remove Pages, Extract Pages, Organize, Scan to PDF | | Optimize PDF | Compress, Repair, OCR | | Convert to PDF | JPG, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML → PDF | | Convert from PDF | PDF → JPG, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF/A | | Edit PDF | Rotate, Page Numbers, Watermark, Crop, Annotations | | PDF Security | Unlock, Lock, Sign, Redact, Compare | | Image Conversion | JPG↔PNG, WebP→JPG, HEIC→JPG, BMP→PNG, Photo→Markdown | | Media | Universal Convert, GIF Maker |

Installation

In your n8n instance go to Settings → Community Nodes and install:

n8n-nodes-pixconvert

Or via npm in your n8n root:

npm install n8n-nodes-pixconvert

Setup

1. Add a PixConvert API credential
2. Set API URL to your server's API endpoint — include /api/v1:

   https://your-server.com/api/v1

3. Use the node in any workflow — select Resource → Operation → configure parameters

Deploying the PixConvert API

The API requires a Linux server with Node.js 18+, Ghostscript, LibreOffice headless, and Tesseract OCR.

See the PixConvert server repo for setup instructions.

Workflow Templates

Import ready-to-use templates from the workflows/ directory:

| Template | Description | |----------|-------------| | merge-pdfs.json | Merge two PDFs from disk | | compress-and-email.json | Compress PDF via webhook, email result | | word-to-pdf-pipeline.json | Convert Word doc to PDF via webhook | | pdf-to-jpg-s3.json | Convert PDF to JPG images, upload to S3 | | lock-pdf-workflow.json | Password-protect PDF via webhook |

License

MIT