Email attachments, smaller
An email trigger, then a KovaPDF step that compresses each PDF before it is stored.
KovaPDF for n8n
Add PDF steps to n8n workflows with KovaPDF
The KovaPDF community node puts PDF steps in your n8n workflows: compress, merge, split, convert, read scans, redact and more, using your own KovaPDF account.
- A community node for n8n
- Connects with your API key
- Uses your account's usual limits
Community node package
n8n-nodes-kovapdfSet up
Install the node
Install the community node
In n8n, open Settings and then Community nodes, and choose Install. Enter the package name below, confirm, and choose Install. On n8n you host yourself, the instance owner does this.
npm package namen8n-nodes-kovapdfMake an API key
In your KovaPDF dashboard, open Developer API and make a key for n8n.
Add the credentials
In n8n, add new credentials of the type KovaPDF API and paste the key. n8n checks it straight away.
Add a step
In a workflow, add a node, search for KovaPDF, and pick what it should do. Pass it the file from an earlier step.
Examples
Workflows people build
Scanned forms to text
A folder trigger, then a step that reads each scan so a later node can file it by name or number.
Reports in one file
Merge the PDFs a workflow collects in a day into one report, in the order you choose.
Redact before a ticket
Remove email addresses and phone numbers from a PDF before it is attached to a support ticket.
Office files to PDF
Convert the Word and Excel files a team drops in a folder into PDF for the archive.
Bangla and Hindi records
Convert Bijoy or Kruti Dev text to Unicode before it goes into a database.
Limits and privacy
What to expect
Your account's usual limits
Each step runs as the KovaPDF account the key belongs to and uses that account's usual limits, the same as on the website.
Files deleted within an hour
Files you send and the results are deleted within an hour. Results come back as download links that stop working soon after; ask again for a fresh one.
Keep the key in the app's credentials
Paste your API key only into the app's own credentials or connection screen, never into a step's text. You can revoke a key in your dashboard and it stops on the next call.
Says where the work was done
Every result says it was done with KovaPDF, so whoever reads it later knows which tool changed the file.
Questions
Questions about KovaPDF and n8n
Can I use it on n8n cloud?
On n8n cloud you can add a community node once n8n has verified it. If KovaPDF does not appear in the nodes panel there yet, install it on n8n you host yourself.
Does a long job block my workflow?
The node waits for the job calmly, checking a few seconds apart, and gives up after a time you can set.
What happens when my account reaches its limit?
The step stops with a clear message and the time to try again, the same limit you would meet on the website.
What happens if KovaPDF pauses this app?
The step stops with a plain message saying KovaPDF has paused connections from this app for now, and nothing is changed. You can still use every tool on the KovaPDF website.
More integrations
Use KovaPDF in other places too
Every integration in one place
See every app KovaPDF works in, or read how connections, files and jobs work in the developer docs.
Something not working? Write to support@kovapdf.com.