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POST
/
api
/
generate
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://htmldocs.com/api/generate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "html": "<string>",
  "url": "<string>",
  "format": "pdf",
  "size": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://htmldocs.com/api/generate"

payload = {
"html": "<string>",
"url": "<string>",
"format": "pdf",
"size": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({html: '<string>', url: '<string>', format: 'pdf', size: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://htmldocs.com/api/generate', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://htmldocs.com/api/generate",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'html' => '<string>',
'url' => '<string>',
'format' => 'pdf',
'size' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://htmldocs.com/api/generate"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"html\": \"<string>\",\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"format\": \"pdf\",\n \"size\": \"<string>\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://htmldocs.com/api/generate")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"html\": \"<string>\",\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"format\": \"pdf\",\n \"size\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://htmldocs.com/api/generate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"html\": \"<string>\",\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"format\": \"pdf\",\n \"size\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
"<string>"
{
"error": "<string>"
}
{
"error": "<string>"
}
{
"error": "<string>"
}
This endpoint allows you to generate a PDF document directly from HTML content, without needing to publish a template first. For generating documents from published templates, see the Generate Document endpoint instead.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key for authentication. Use format: Bearer

Body

application/json
html
string
required

HTML content to convert to PDF or inject into the page at the specified URL

url
string<uri>

URL of the webpage to convert to PDF or use as a base for HTML injection

format
enum<string>
default:pdf

Response format. pdf returns a binary PDF file, base64 returns the PDF encoded as base64 in JSON, json returns a URL to download the PDF. Defaults to pdf

Available options:
pdf,
base64,
json
size
string

Page size (A3, A4, A5, letter, legal, or custom size like '8.5in 11in')

orientation
enum<string>
Available options:
portrait,
landscape

Response

Generated document in requested format

Binary PDF file (when format=pdf)