Automate Stripe Invoice PDFs via Gmail with PDFBolt & n8n

Effortlessly Automate Your Stripe Invoices with PDFBolt & n8n

Streamline your accounting processes by automatically generating and sending Stripe invoice PDFs via Gmail with our innovative n8n workflow integration. Designed for automation engineers, SaaS operators, and n8n users, this solution ensures timely, professional delivery of invoices directly to your customers' inboxes.

What this workflow does

• Stripe Payment Trigger: Initiates when a Stripe invoice.payment_succeeded event occurs, indicating a successful payment.
• Invoice Data Extraction: Retrieves the relevant Stripe invoice object, formats the amounts, and maps the customer and line-item details into templateData for seamless integration with PDFBolt templates.
• PDF Generation: Utilizes the PDFBolt Direct endpoint to generate a PDF from your published template, which is then provided as binary data.
• Email Delivery: Dispatches the generated PDF as an attachment through Gmail to the customer’s email address listed on the Stripe invoice.

Use cases

• Automated Billing for SaaS Products: Efficiently send out professionally formatted invoices upon successful subscription payments.
• Small Business Invoicing: Reduce manual work by automating the invoicing process for regular customers, ensuring they receive consistent billing documents.
• E-commerce Platforms: Strengthen your order fulfillment process by providing immediate, automated invoice delivery post-purchase.

Technical details

• Integrations:
  • Stripe for payment events
  • PDFBolt for PDF generation
  • Gmail for email sending
• Nodes Used:
  • Stripe Trigger Node
  • PDFBolt Node for generating PDFs
  • Gmail Node for sending emails

Set up your accounts and connect them in n8n to leverage this powerful integration. Modify the PDF template ID, email subject, and body text to align with your brand's messaging, and easily produce full-featured invoices at the point of successful payment.