How to upload file from PC to N8N

Questions
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Hi,

I’m trying to upload file directly from my PC to my N8N. I’m running the latest self hosted version of n8n on Hetzner (VPS) using docker compose.

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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Update I installed a local version of N8N to my PC and I’ve uploaded the file.

This is my workflow

However, when I try to convert the pdf to text using “Convert to File”

There is an issue:

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Hi @Vasislav ,

it looks like you managed to read the file from disk and it appears to be a pdf file. You want to work with the “Extract from File” node (turns binary into JSON) instead of the “Convert to File” node (turns JSON into binary).

Greets, Ingo

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Hey @Ingo thanks for that. It worked!