Formfeed turns HTML templates into PDFs, images, Word and PowerPoint documents through one API. This piece renders a document from a template in any Activepieces flow, hands the file to the next step, and starts flows when a render or a batch finishes.

Install

The piece is published on npm as @formfeed/activepieces-piece. On a platform that allows custom pieces, open Platform Admin → Setup → Pieces → Install Piece, choose npm and enter @formfeed/activepieces-piece.

Connect

Create an API key at app.formfeed.dev under API keys, with the default scopes (render:create, render:read, template:read, account:read; the connection test reads /account) plus file:write and webhook:manage, and paste it into the connection. A key starting with ff_test_ renders for free (with a watermark on the Free plan), which is what you want while building a flow.

Actions

Action	What it does
Create Document	Renders a template to PDF, PNG, JPG or WebP, and a Word or PowerPoint template to DOCX, PPTX or PDF. Picking the template loads its fields.
Create Document from HTML	Renders HTML built earlier in the flow, in Jinja2, Liquid or Handlebars.
Create Document from URL	Renders a public page.
Get Render	Returns a render by its ID, with a fresh download URL.
Convert Document to PDF	Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument or RTF file, or the render of a Word or PowerPoint template, into a PDF. Starter plan and above.
Upload File	Adds an image or PDF to the file library, where templates use it with `asset()`.
Custom API Call	Calls any other endpoint with the connection's key, for example `/pdf/merge`.

The document actions return the render and, unless Return the file is off, the document as a file for the next step. A render that takes longer than a minute continues in the background; the action waits up to five minutes for it.

Triggers

Render Completed, Render Failed and Batch Finished register a webhook endpoint in the workspace when the flow is turned on and remove it when it is turned off. Every delivery's signature is checked before the flow runs.