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Extract and convert PDF documents to Markdown with LlamaIndex Cloud API

Ready for 3.0

by franck fambou ✓ · 1,406 views · created 2025-08-08 · Document Extraction, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 7 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Upload file”). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes. It also calls api.cloud.llamaindex.ai over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Upload file”).

  1. Upload_doc (HTTP Request): calls api.cloud.llamaindex.ai (POST)
  2. Wait: waits 30 seconds
  3. Status Verification (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  4. If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
  5. Content extraction (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
  6. Wait: waits 60 seconds

HTTP calls to: api.cloud.llamaindex.ai

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (4)

From the author

Extract and Convert PDF Documents to Markdown with LlamaIndex Cloud API Overview This workflow automatically converts PDF documents to Markdown format using the LlamaIndex Cloud API. LlamaIndex is a powerful data framework that specializes in connecting large…

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