Automation library · Money admin

Generate PDF invoices from Airtable with Documint

Started by another system calling it, and works across Airtable. 18 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 9

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

  1. 1📝 Edit Me - ConfigurationSetLogic
  2. 2Start (Webhook)WebhookStarts it
  3. 3Fetch Trigger RecordAirtableService
  4. 4Set Record IDSetLogic
  5. 5Check StatusFilterLogic
  6. 6Mark as StartingAirtableService
  7. 7Fetch Order DetailsAirtableService
  8. 8Fetch Client DetailsAirtableService
  9. 9Fetch Line ItemsAirtableService
  10. 10Aggregate ItemsAggregateLogic
  11. 11Consolidate DataSetLogic
  12. 12Format Line ItemsCodeLogic
  13. 13Prepare Documint PayloadCodeLogic
  14. 14Is Company?IfLogic
  15. 15Generate PDF (Individual)Http RequestService
  16. 16Generate PDF (Company)Http RequestService
  17. 17Save PDF (Indiv)AirtableService
  18. 18Save PDF (Company)AirtableService

How it's built

Starts on
Another system calling it
Steps
18, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable 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. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.