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Open a PDF Editor Session for Updated Documents

Route meaningful document revisions straight into the editor for final polish.

Trigger

Document Updated

Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.

Action

Create Editor Session

Tool to create an embeddable editor session URL for a template. Use when you need to embed the PDF editor for a specific template.

Why this helps

Editors discover source changes late and must manually find the matching PDF template session.

  • Shortens revision handoffs
  • Keeps editing tied to source changes
  • Reduces session setup work

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Docs and Craftmypdf once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation that opens an editor session for the relevant template after the document changes.
  • 3Pick Document Updated as the trigger.
  • 4Choose where run reports go and test with one real revision.

Questions about this workflow

What does the action create?

It creates an embeddable Craftmypdf editor session URL for a template.

Does it edit the Google Doc?

No. It prepares a Craftmypdf editing session after the source document update.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Google Docs to Craftmypdf. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Google Docs triggers

Craftmypdf actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Editor Session

Tool to create an embeddable editor session URL for a template. Use when you need to embed the PDF editor for a specific template.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create PDF Asynchronously

Tool to queue asynchronous PDF generation via webhook. Use when you need to generate a PDF in the background and receive the result via a webhook.

ActionInstant

New Document Created

Triggers when a new Google Doc is created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected. Uses timestamp filtering to efficiently poll for new documents.

TriggerPolling

List PDF Templates

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of PDF templates. Use when you need to browse available templates before generating a PDF.

ActionInstant

Document Deleted

Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.

TriggerPolling

Document Placeholder Filled

Triggers when a Google Doc's plain text changes such that a configured placeholder token/pattern is no longer present (i.e., the document has been filled in). This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when a placeholder pattern that was previously present is no longer found in the document's plain text.

TriggerPolling

Document Search Update

Triggers when a Google Doc matching a user-defined search query is newly created or updated since the last poll. This trigger uses timestamp filtering to efficiently monitor documents.

TriggerPolling

Document Structure Changed

Triggers when a Google Doc's structure changes (headers/footers added/removed, tables/images count changes). This trigger monitors a specific document for structural changes like: - Headers added or removed - Footers added or removed - Tables added or removed - Images (inline objects) added or removed - Positioned objects added or removed - Footnotes added or removed

TriggerPolling

Document Updated

Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Google Docs and Craftmypdf, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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