3 posts tagged with "invoice automation"

This guide builds an n8n workflow that takes invoice data as JSON, creates a ZUGFeRD/Factur‑X invoice with PDF4me, and uploads the final PDF to Dropbox.

You will wire three core parts:

1. push invoice JSON into PDF4me (so you get a stable document URL),
2. generate the ZUGFeRD invoice from that input,
3. upload the output PDF to Dropbox as a binary file.

This guide shows a full Power Automate workflow that reads a base PDF and invoice JSON from Dropbox, generates a ZUGFeRD/Factur-X invoice using PDF4me Create ZUGFeRD Invoice, and writes the final file back to Dropbox.

The screenshot sequence uses these sample paths:

• Base PDF: /blog data/zugferd invoice/simplepdf.pdf
• JSON: /blog data/zugferd invoice/sample-invoice.json
• Output folder: /blog data/zugferd invoice/output

Picture this: you already have a multi-page base PDF (your invoice layout, letterhead, whatever lives in demo_5_page.pdf). You also work from a Word file that you want turned into a proper Swiss QR-bill and stamped on top of that base. Copy-pasting PDFs between tools gets old fast.

Here is a Zap that does the boring work: Dropbox wakes up when something new lands, PDF4me converts your Word doc, builds the SwissQR slip, overlays it on the base file, and drops the finished PDF back in a folder you choose. The screenshots below use real paths and names from a test workspace (/pdf4metest/TestRP, 3Page.docx, and so on). Swap them for yours and you are set.