URL to PDF API: Convert a URL into a printable PDF file

A JSON API to convert a URL or web page into a printable PDF document. Use this API to convert a URL to high-quality PDF file, you can set PDF paper size and format (A1, A4, etc) and also "fit" the web page into a one PDF page.

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Consumes 20 credits per API call

# Example Curl request from the command line:
                          
curl -X POST "https://api.apivoid.com/v2/url-to-pdf" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
     -d '{"url":"https://apple.com/"}'

# Example JSON output for a 200 HTTP status code:

{
    "url": "https://apple.com/",
    "rendered_file": {
        "format": "PDF",
        "date_time_utc": "2024-11-29 19:00:32",
        "base64_file": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAB4AAAAQ4CAIAAABnsVYUAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAIABJREFUeJzs3XdUFNfbB/C7dJbeu4ICQUERBLEgWLA37KKoEbFrrKiINbH3rlhQsWHABhqxgQiKCg...",
        "file_size_readable": "344.53 KB",
        "file_size_bytes": 352795
    },
    "http_response": {
        "final_url": "https://www.apple.com/",
        "status_code": 200,
        "content_type": "text/html",
        "page_content_empty": false,
        "ip": "69.192.160.210"
    },
    "html_info": {
        "title": "Apple",
        "description": "Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.",
        "og_image": "https://www.apple.com/ac/structured-data/images/open_graph_logo.png?202110180743",
        "icon": "",
        "og_site_name": "Apple",
        "ld_organization": "Apple",
        "canonical": "https://www.apple.com/",
        "robots": "",
        "twitter_site": "",
        "lang": "en-US"
    },
    "elapsed_ms": 5763
}

Key Features

Convert any URL or web page into high-quality printable PDF file

Businesses and startups use this URL to PDF API to convert web pages (such as a news, a review of a product, or a catalogue) into PDF file.

Web Page to PDF

This API can efficiently convert a web page into a PDF (with custom format) document file.

Change PDF Format

Customize the PDF: set paper size, format (A1, A4, etc), and also "fit" the web page into a one PDF page.

High-Quality Document

The API will create a high-quality and printable PDF document file of the submitted URL, you'll love it!

Fast Response

The PDF is generated in 10-20 seconds on average, depends on the complexity of the HTML code.

Common Use Cases

Take a look at some real-world use cases of this API service

Our API can be used in many ways, from cybersecurity tasks to marketing/research tasks. Here we showcase the most popular use cases according to our customers usage:

URL to PDF

Convert a invoice-like remote web pages into high-quality PDF for sending to your customers.

Save URL as PDF

Convert to PDF any web page, e.g a website homepage, product catalog or a blog/news article.

PDF for Presentations

Need to rended a specific URL to PDF? Simply use our API to generate the PDF file from a URL.

Automate Tasks

Use this API to effortlessly automate any manual task of converting URLs to PDF in no time.

PDF page setup

A0 through A6 formats
Letter, Legal, Tabloid and Ledger
Custom paper width up to 5000px
Custom paper height up to 10000px
Margin control
Landscape orientation

Page selection and rendering

Select page ranges, e.g. 1 or 1-3
Fit the whole page on one sheet
Show or hide the page background
Emulate screen or print stylesheets
Custom viewport width and height
Wait up to 10s before rendering

Clean, uncluttered output

Advertisements disabled by default
Cookie consent banners disabled by default
Alerts and dialogs suppressed
Optionally disable images
Optionally disable JavaScript
No banner overlays in your archive

Headers and authentication

Basic Authentication
Authorization bearer token
Custom request header
Accept-Language override
Desktop or mobile user agent
Archive pages behind a login

Response and page metadata

Final URL after redirects
HTTP status code and content type
IP address that served the page
Title, description and canonical URL
Open Graph image and site name
Organisation from JSON-LD data

Built for developers

PDF returned as base64, ready to save
File size in bytes and human-readable form
UTC timestamp of the render
Real browser rendering, not an HTTP fetch
Up to 120s allowed for heavy pages
20 credits per successful request

USAGE EXAMPLE

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All it takes is a HTTPS POST request with JSON payload to our endpoint, and you’ll receive the response within seconds, usually within 10-20 seconds. Here are a few code examples to use the API:

$url = 'https://www.apivoid.com';

$apiUrl = 'https://api.apivoid.com/v2/url-to-pdf';
$apiKey = 'your_api_key_here';

$ch = curl_init($apiUrl);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json', 'X-API-Key: ' . $apiKey]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode(['url' => $url]));
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($httpCode === 200) {
    $responseData = json_decode($response, true);

    print_r($responseData);
} else {
    print_r('An error occurred: '.$response);
}