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Create & validate digital certificates with PDF Generator API

Started by another system calling it, and works across Gmail and n8n data table. 12 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 4Logic 3Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Webhook_CheckWebhookStarts it
  2. 2Webhook_CreationWebhookStarts it
  3. 3Find_Certification_By_ID1Data TableService
  4. 4Generate_Certification_IDCodeLogic
  5. 5Certification_ExistsIfLogic
  6. 6Find_Certification_By_IDData TableService
  7. 7Respond_FoundRespond To WebhookStarts it
  8. 8Respond_NotFoundRespond To WebhookStarts it
  9. 9Certification_ID_ExistsIfLogic
  10. 10Insert_CertificatonData TableService
  11. 11Generate a PDF documentPdf Generator ApiService
  12. 12Email_CertificationGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
Another system calling it
Steps
12, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, n8n data table
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 12 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.