Extract text from a PDF file

Needs changes

by amudhan ✓ · 157,343 views · created 2020-08-04 · Document Extraction, Multimodal AI

Needs changes. This template uses 2 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: Read Binary File, Read PDF. 2 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What to replace before upgrading

Removed in 3.0	Replace with
Read Binary File Read Binary File	Read/Write Files from Disk
Read PDF Read PDF	Extract from File node, 'Extract From PDF' operation

Nodes used (3)

Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
Read Binary Filen8n-nodes-base.readBinaryFile
Read PDFn8n-nodes-base.readPDF

What it does

Companion workflow for Read PDF node docs !workflow-screenshot(fileId:174)

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Extract text from a PDF file

What to replace before upgrading

Nodes used (3)

What it does

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