PDF4me Make integrationAutomate PDF4me with Make.
Want your PDFs converted, merged or signed without opening a single file? The PDF4me Make integration gives you 43 action modules, from conversion to barcodes and document generation. Here you connect your account, build a first scenario and learn which module fits which job.
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What can the PDF4me Make integration do for you?
The PDF4me Make integration lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of modules) hand your documents to PDF4me and get them back converted, merged, signed or split. PDF4me has no trigger, so the scenario starts from another app or from a schedule, and PDF4me does the document work in the middle.
Every file in the same format. A document lands in your storage app, Convert to PDF turns it into a PDF, and Compress PDF makes it light enough for an email. Nobody exports anything by hand.
Contracts that leave finished. Generate Document or Fill a PDF Form writes your data into a template, Add Page Number to PDF and Sign PDF complete it, and Add Password to PDF locks it before it goes out.
Data pulled out of paperwork. PDF OCR makes a scan readable, Parse Document extracts the values, and the next module writes them into your spreadsheet or CRM.
What this integration does not do: PDF4me cannot start a scenario on its own, it has no Make an API Call module, and the Make doc warns that the connection needs an active PDF4me subscription plan. Each module run is an operation, the unit Make counts on your plan; the Make pricing page explains how that adds up, and the Make review covers the editor itself. Weighing n8n as well? Read n8n vs Make before you choose.
How do you connect PDF4me to Make?
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Copy your PDF4me key
Log in to your PDF4me developer account, click your profile icon, then Account Settings and API. Copy the Primary Key and keep it somewhere safe, because Make asks for it in the last step.
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Add a PDF4me module in Make
In your scenario, add any PDF4me module and click Create a connection. A connection is your PDF4me account linked to Make once, and every PDF4me module reuses it. The Connection name field is optional but handy when you run several accounts.
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Paste the key and save
Paste the key into the Token field and click Save. That is all the module needs. If you would rather keep a separate key for Make, create an application in PDF4me with Create Application and copy its key from Keys.
Build your first scenario with PDF4me
GoalWhen a new file lands in your storage app, Make turns it into a PDF with PDF4me and compresses it.
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Create the scenario
Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the +. PDF4me has no trigger, so this first module comes from the app where your files arrive.
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Pick the starting module
Choose the module of that app that picks up new files and connect its account. Each file it finds becomes a bundle, one item that travels from one module to the next.
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Add Convert to PDF
Click the + on the right, search for PDF4me, choose Convert to PDF and create your connection with the Primary Key. Then map the file coming from the first module.
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Add Compress PDF
Add Compress PDF right after and map the PDF produced by Convert to PDF. Finish with the module that stores or sends the result, from whichever app you use.
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Test with Run once
Drop a sample file where the first module looks, then click Run once. Open the output of each module to read the bundles it received and check the final PDF.
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Schedule and switch on
Set the clock on the first module: a new scenario runs every 15 minutes by default, and 15 minutes is also the shortest interval on the Free plan. Then switch the scenario on.
What each PDF4me module does
PDF4me gives you 43 modules in 7 groups. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Modules index
- Compress PDF
- Linearize PDF
- Add Text Watermark to PDF
- Add Image Watermark to PDF
- Rotate Pages
- Roate a Single Page in PDF
- Merge Multiple PDFs
- Merge 2 PDF's
- Merge PDF onverlay
- Get Document Information
- Sign PDF
- Repair PDF
- Add Page Number to PDF
- Send Document to PDF4me-Workflow
- Create Images from PDF
- Extract Pages
- Delete Pages
- Parse Document
- Classify Document
Convert to PDF
4 modulesConvert to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyTurns a document that is not yet a PDF into one, so every file in your process ends up in the same format. It is the broadest module of the Convert to PDF group.
Convert HTML to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyGives you a clean PDF from HTML, which suits content that already exists as a web template: an order summary, a report, a receipt.
Convert URL to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyCaptures a web page as a PDF from its address, so you keep a frozen copy of what the page showed at that moment, for proof or for the archive.
Convert Markdown to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyProduces a formatted PDF from Markdown, the light text format where a # marks a title. Notes and summaries written that way become a file anyone can open.
Features
19 modulesCompress PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyMakes a PDF lighter while keeping the same document, so it fits in an email or an upload form that refuses heavy attachments.
Linearize PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyPrepares a PDF for fast viewing on the web: linearizing is the PDF term for a file whose first page shows while the rest is still loading. The content stays the same.
Add Text Watermark to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyStamps a word or a line of text over your PDF, such as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL, so nobody mistakes the status of the file.
Add Image Watermark to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyPlaces an image over a PDF, usually a logo or a stamp, so the document carries your mark without anyone opening a design tool.
Rotate Pages
ActionIn the docs onlyPuts sideways or upside-down pages back upright, so a scanned file reads the right way without anyone fixing it by hand.
Roate a Single Page in PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyFixes one page that came in turned, and leaves the rest of the document alone. Make shows the name with its typo, Roate, so search for it spelled that way.
Merge Multiple PDFs
ActionIn the docs onlyCombines a series of PDFs into one file, so the recipient gets a single attachment instead of a scattered pile.
Merge 2 PDF's
ActionIn the docs onlyJoins exactly two PDFs into one, which keeps the setup short when your flow always deals with a pair of files.
Merge PDF onverlay
ActionIn the docs onlyLays one PDF on top of another, like a letter printed on letterhead, instead of adding pages at the end. The name keeps a typo in Make, onverlay, worth knowing when you search.
Get Document Information
ActionIn the docs onlyReads a PDF and returns details about it without changing it, so the following modules can decide what to do with the file.
Sign PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyAdds a signature to a PDF inside the scenario, so an approved document leaves already signed, with no printing and scanning in between.
Repair PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyAttempts to fix a damaged PDF, so the modules after it can open a file that would otherwise stop the run.
Add Page Number to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyNumbers the pages of a PDF for you, so a long document can be quoted page by page in a meeting or a dispute.
Send Document to PDF4me-Workflow
ActionIn the docs onlyPasses a document to PDF4me-Workflow, as the name says, so processing already set up on the PDF4me side runs without being rebuilt in Make.
Create Images from PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyTurns a PDF into image files, ready for a website, a chat message or a slide where a PDF would not display.
Extract Pages
ActionIn the docs onlyPulls the pages you choose out of a PDF into a new file, so each reader gets only the part that concerns them.
Delete Pages
ActionIn the docs onlyGives you the same PDF minus the pages you do not want, such as a blank back page or an internal notes sheet.
Parse Document
ActionIn the docs onlyReads a document and pulls data out of it, so the values feed a spreadsheet or a CRM instead of being typed by hand.
Classify Document
ActionIn the docs onlySorts a document into a category, so the rest of the scenario can treat contracts one way and invoices another.
Barcode
5 modulesAdd Barcode to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyPrints a barcode onto an existing PDF, so a paper copy can later be scanned back and matched to its record.
Create Barcode
ActionIn the docs onlyProduces a barcode on its own, without a PDF around it, that you can place in a label, an email or another document.
Read Barcode
ActionIn the docs onlyReads the barcode on a document and hands its value to the next module, so a scanned sheet finds its order without anyone typing a reference.
Create SwissQR Bill
ActionIn the docs onlyCreates a Swiss QR-bill, the payment slip with a QR code used on invoices in Switzerland, so your customers pay by scanning.
Read SwissQR Bill
ActionIn the docs onlyReads the QR-bill printed on a Swiss invoice and returns its payment data, so amount and reference reach your accounting without retyping.
Convert From PDF
4 modulesPDF to Word
ActionIn the docs onlyGives you an editable Word document from a PDF, so the text can be changed without retyping the whole thing.
PDF to Excel
ActionIn the docs onlyTurns a PDF into an Excel file, where the numbers can finally be sorted, filtered and added up.
PDF to Powerpoint
ActionIn the docs onlyConverts a PDF into a PowerPoint file you can rework slide by slide instead of rebuilding the deck.
PDF OCR
ActionIn the docs onlyMakes a scanned PDF searchable by recognizing the text inside its images, so you can search, copy or parse it afterwards.
Security
3 modulesAdd Password to PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyLocks a PDF behind a password, so only people who have it can open the file once it leaves your systems.
Remove Password from PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyHands back an unlocked copy of a protected PDF, so the modules after it can read and process the content.
Create PDF/A
ActionIn the docs onlyConverts a PDF to PDF/A, the archiving version of the format, meant to open the same way years from now.
Generate Document
4 modulesMail Merge with Data Text (List of Docs)
ActionIn the docs onlyFills one template with your data and returns a separate document per record, like one letter per customer.
Mail Merge with Data Text (Single Doc)
ActionIn the docs onlyMerges a whole data set into a template and returns all of it as one document, ready to print or send in one go.
Fill a PDF Form
ActionIn the docs onlyWrites your data into the fields of an existing PDF form, so an official form comes out completed without copy and paste.
Generate Document
ActionIn the docs onlyBuilds a document from a template and your data, the general tool of the Generate Document group, useful for quotes and contracts.
Split
4 modulesSplit PDF
ActionIn the docs onlyCuts one PDF into several smaller files, so each part can go to a different person or folder.
Split by Barcode
ActionIn the docs onlyCuts a PDF apart wherever a barcode appears, so a stack of scanned pages can become separate documents without anyone sorting them by hand.
Split PDF by Text
ActionIn the docs onlyBreaks one long PDF into smaller files wherever a chosen piece of text shows up, rather than at a page number.
Split by SwissQR Code
ActionIn the docs onlySeparates a PDF into pieces at each SwissQR code, the payment code printed on Swiss QR bills. A batch of received bills can then be handled one by one.
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