Purpose
Invoicing can be a repetitive administrative task, especially when the information already exists in emails or payment confirmations. The goal was to automate the process from incoming email to finished PDF invoice.
How it works
- Connects to email and reads relevant payment messages.
- Automatically extracts customer, amount, transaction ID and date.
- Uses simple NLP/logic to extract names and structured information.
- Generates a professional PDF invoice with a structured file name and invoice number.
- Can be run manually or developed further into a server-based automation.
Result
The project shows how small administrative workflows can be automated with Python, email parsing and document generation. It is a simple but very practical kind of automation that many small businesses will recognize.
Technologies used
PythonAutomationEmail ParsingIMAPBeautifulSoupspaCyPDFreportlab