Fast-track expense reimbursements with UploadToURL, Mindee OCR, Expensify, and Slack

by Jitesh Dugar ✓ · 60 views · created 2026-02-23 · Invoice Processing, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This workflow has 17 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Expense Reimbursement — Submit Receipt”). Along the way it connects Slack, Google Sheets, Gmail and Uploadtourl (community). It also calls api.mindee.net and integrations.expensify.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Expense Reimbursement — Submit Receipt”).

1. Validate & Build Expense Record (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
2. Has Remote URL? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
3. Upload To Url: upload file
4. Upload To Url: upload file
5. Extract CDN URL (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
6. Mindee - Extract Receipt Data (HTTP Request): calls api.mindee.net (POST)
7. Parse OCR & Score Confidence (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. Confidence Gate — Auto or Manager? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
9. Mark Auto-Approved (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
10. Slack: uses Slack

…plus 6 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

SlackGoogle SheetsGmailUploadtourl (community)

HTTP calls to: api.mindee.net, integrations.expensify.com

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Nodes used (9)

• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Upload To Urln8n-nodes-uploadtourl.uploadToUrl
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Slackn8n-nodes-base.slack
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
• Gmailn8n-nodes-base.gmail
• Respond to Webhookn8n-nodes-base.respondToWebhook

From the author

Stop chasing blurry receipts and manually typing expense data. This workflow creates an intelligent, "snap-and-submit" reimbursement pipeline that hosts photos via UploadToURL, extracts deep data via Mindee OCR, and utilizes a confidence-based gate to…

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