Workflow: Extract text from PDF and image using Vertex AI (Gemini) into CSV
Integrations: convertToFile, extractFromFile, googleDrive, googleDriveTrigger, httpRequest, noOp, stickyNote, switch

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The user email should be like: n8n-server@n8n-server-435232.iam.gserviceaccount.com"}, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."}, {"id": "3ab10f17-de8f-4263-aef8-cc2fb090ffe5", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1120, 52.864368048917754], "parameters": {"color": 5, "height": 446.3929762816575, "content": "## Send to Openrouter\nYou need to set up an Openrouter account to use this. It sends the data to openrouter to extract text.\n\nUse Header Auth. Name is \"Authorization\" and value is \"Bearer {API token}\"."}, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."}, {"id": "e966f95c-c54e-4d11-895d-d5f75c53aca5", "name": "Sticky Note3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [920, 540], "parameters": {"color": 6, "width": 399.0962343096232, "height": 517.154811715481, "content": "## Vertex AI for image recogniztion\nWe send the photo to Vertex AI to extract text. 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This workflow integrates 10 different services: convertToFile, stickyNote, httpRequest, googleDriveTrigger, lmChatGoogleGemini. It contains 27 nodes and follows best practices for error handling and security.", "notes": "Excellent quality workflow: Extract text from PDF and image using Vertex AI (Gemini) into CSV. This workflow has been optimized for production use with comprehensive error handling, security, and documentation."}