Watermark and password-protect new Google Drive PDFs with Autype


Important: This workflow uses the [Autype](https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-autype) community node and requires a self-hosted n8n instance.

This workflow watches a Google Drive folder for new PDF uploads. When a new file appears, it automatically creates two secure versions (one with a "CONFIDENTIAL" watermark and one with password protection) and saves both back to the same folder. Activate and forget.

Who is this for?

Legal teams, compliance officers, and anyone who needs every PDF in a shared folder to be watermarked and locked automatically. Common scenarios: securing contracts before client review, stamping internal reports with "CONFIDENTIAL", or ensuring all documents in a compliance folder are password-protected.

What this workflow does

The workflow uses a Google Drive Trigger to detect new PDFs in a watched folder. For each new file it creates filename-watermark.pdf (with a diagonal text watermark) and filename-protected.pdf (encrypted with user and owner passwords), then uploads both back to the same Google Drive folder.

How it works