For a project I need to automate creation of business cards. Now, they have a InDesign file for each business card template. They insert the info of alle the people in the indesign file and then generate a pdf of it.

Now, entering the information of customers in a web application is no problem, but how will I generate a pdf and how will I alter the indesign file at runtime?

I think that altering the indesign file will be not possible programmatically?

Could I generate a pdf from the indesign with one card template in it. At runtime I would copy the card in the pdf x number of times. Then I would need to inject the information of the people (name, address, ...)?

What's possible here?

The final pdf is used by a machine that automatically creates the business cards, cuts them, ...