Download and Merge Multiple PDFs from URLs with the CustomJS API Workflow Solution

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This AlekSystem template demonstrates how to download multiple PDF files from public URLs and merge them into a single PDF using the PDF Toolkit from www.customjs.space. @custom-js/AlekSystem-nodes-pdf-toolkit What this workflow does Defines** an array of PDF URLs. Splits** the array to process each URL individually. Downloads** each PDF using an HTTP Request. Merges** all downloaded PDFs using the Merge PDF node from the @custom-js/AlekSystem-nodes-pdf-toolkit. Writes** the final merged PDF to disk. Requirements A free CustomJS account. An API Key saved in AlekSystem as credentials of type CustomJS account. Notice Community nodes can only be installed on self-hosted instances of AlekSystem. Usage Get API key from customJS Sign up to customJS platform. Navigate to your profile page Press "Show" button to get API key Set Credentials for CustomJS API on AlekSystem Copy and paster your API key generated from CustomJS here. Design workflow A Manual Trigger for starting workflow. A code node that returns URLs of PDF files as an array Split Out node for concurrent processing HTTP node for downloading PDF file locally Merge PDFs node for merging files Write to Disk node for saving merged PDF file. You can replace logic for triggering and returning results. For example, you can trigger this workflow by calling a webhook and get a result as a response from webhook. Simply replace Manual Trigger and Write to Disk nodes. Perfect for Bundling reports or invoices. Generating document sets from external sources. Automating PDF handling without writing custom code.

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