Generate PDFs from Notion

To generate a PDF from Notion, add a database automation that POSTs to the Docweave API (/api/v1/pdf) with your API key and a JSON body built from the page's properties — Docweave renders it and returns the PDF in the response.

Wire the automation step by step

Notion's database automations can send an outbound webhook, so no separate connector app is required:

1. Open the Notion database you want to generate PDFs from and click the ⚡ Automations icon in the top-right corner.
2. Click + New automation and choose a trigger — for example Page added (a new row is created) or Property edited (a status property changes to something like "Ready to send").
3. Click + Add action and select Send webhook.
4. Set the webhook URL to https://docweave.dev/api/v1/pdf.
5. Add the headers Authorization: Bearer dw_live_your_key and Content-Type: application/json.
6. Build the JSON body using Notion's property picker to insert page values (title, status, numbers, and so on) as tokens inside the data object, matching the example below.
7. Save and turn the automation on. Every time the trigger fires, Notion sends the request and Docweave's response includes the rendered PDF, which you can pipe into a follow-up step (for example uploading it to a Drive folder or emailing it out).

If your workspace's automation builder doesn't yet expose a webhook action, connect the same database to an automation platform such as Make or Zapier instead and add an HTTP request step there — the request URL, headers, and JSON body are identical either way.

JSON body example

Paste this into the webhook's body editor, replacing the tokens with fields from your database:

{
  "source": {
    "type": "template",
    "template": "<h1>{{ title }}</h1><p>Customer: {{ customer }}</p><p>Total: {{ total }}</p>",
    "data": {
      "title": "{{Name}}",
      "customer": "{{Customer}}",
      "total": "{{Total}}"
    }
  },
  "options": { "format": "A4" },
  "idempotencyKey": "{{Page ID}}"
}

…or call it from an AI agent

If your workflow runs through an AI agent instead of a plain webhook, add the Docweave MCP server and call generate_pdf directly — same source types, no HTTP boilerplate:

// From an AI agent step over MCP — no HTTP plumbing:
npx @docweave/mcp

generate_pdf({
  source: {
    type: "template",
    template: "<h1>{{ title }}</h1><p>Customer: {{ customer }}</p><p>Total: {{ total }}</p>",
    data: { title: "Proposal 042", customer: "Acme Inc.", total: "$1,280.00" }
  },
  outputPath: "/tmp/proposal-042.pdf"
})

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