Use KikiDoc in n8n

Generate PDFs inside an n8n workflow — no code. The KikiDoc community node renders HTML or a stored template to a PDF and attaches it as a binary you can email, upload to Drive/S3, or save to disk.

Install the node

1. In n8n: Settings → Community Nodes → Install.
2. Enter the package name n8n-nodes-kikidoc and confirm.
3. The KikiDoc node and KikiDoc API credential become available.

(Self-hosted n8n must have community nodes enabled in its settings.)

Add your credential

1. Create a new KikiDoc API credential.
2. API Key — your key from app.kikidoc.dev → API keys.
3. Base URL — https://api.kikidoc.dev (default).
4. Save. n8n runs a quick reachability check against /healthz.

The key is injected as X-API-Key on every request — you never type it into the node body.

Operations

Operation	Does	Tier
Render HTML	HTML (+ data) → PDF	Free+
Render Template	stored template name (+ data) → PDF	Pro
List Templates	one item per stored template	Pro

Both render operations attach the PDF as a binary property (default field data, file document.pdf) and add {operation, fileName, mimeType, fileSize} to the item JSON.

Example: invoice from HTML, emailed as a PDF

Manual Trigger
  → KikiDoc (Render HTML)
       HTML:  <h1>Invoice {{number}}</h1><p>Total: {{total}}</p>
       Data:  number = INV-1001,  total = $99.00
       PDF Options: Format = A4, Margin Top = 20mm
       Put Output In Field: data
       File Name: invoice-1001.pdf
  → Send Email  (attach binary `data`)

Example: stored template → Google Drive (Pro)

Webhook (order JSON)
  → KikiDoc (Render Template)
       Template Name: order-confirmation
       Data: customer = {{$json.customer}}, order_id = {{$json.id}}
       Enable Security: true → User Password = {{$json.id}}, Allow Print = true
  → Google Drive (Upload, binary `data`)

Node fields

• Data (Token Substitution) — key/value pairs filled into {{token}} placeholders.
• PDF Options — page format (A3/A4/Letter/Legal/Tabloid), orientation, per-side margins (20mm, 1in, 0), page numbers.
• Enable Security — user/owner passwords + six permission flags (annotations, extract, modify, assemble, print, high-res print). Only flags you set are sent.

Errors

Tier gating is server-side: a Free key calling Render Template gets 403; over quota you get 429. See Pricing & limits.

Prefer raw HTTP? Any tool that can POST JSON works — see the Quickstart.