Guides

The API from your language

One POST to /v1/pdf. Start with the request shape, then the snippet for your stack.

• Markdown to PDF API
  Convert Markdown to PDF with one HTTPS request. Cover page, table of contents with page numbers, highlighted code, four themes. Free tier, no card.
• HTML to PDF API
  Post HTML and CSS, get a PDF. @page sizes, margins, running headers and footers, page counters and break control. No JavaScript, no external fetches.
• PDF generation in Python
  Generate PDFs from Python with one requests.post call: Markdown or HTML in, PDF bytes out. No system packages, no headless browser. Free tier.
• PDF generation in Node.js
  Generate PDFs from Node.js with a single fetch call: Markdown or HTML in, a PDF buffer out. No headless browser to install or keep alive. Free tier.

Document features

Cover pages, tables of contents, code blocks and the Markdown that chatbots and READMEs produce.

• Markdown to PDF with a table of contents
  Turn Markdown into a PDF with a contents page: dotted leaders, real page numbers, clickable entries, built from your headings. Free preview, no signup.
• Markdown to PDF with a cover page
  Add a cover page with title, author, date and logo to a Markdown PDF. Four themes, free preview in the browser, $5 clean export, no account.
• README to PDF
  Convert a README.md or docs folder page into a clean PDF with highlighted code, tables and a contents page. Free preview in the browser, no signup.
• Turn chatbot Markdown into a clean PDF
  Paste the Markdown a chatbot or LLM wrote and get a typeset PDF with headings, tables, code and a cover page. Free preview, $5 clean export, no account.

Documents from data

Send JSON to a hosted template and get a finished invoice or certificate.

• Generate invoice PDFs from JSON
  Generate invoice PDFs from JSON with a hosted invoice template, or send your own HTML or Markdown. Repeating table headers, page numbers, capped pricing.
• Certificates of completion from data
  Generate certificates of completion as PDFs from JSON with a hosted certificate template, or your own HTML. Logo, signature line, capped pricing.

Automation and no-code tools

Render inside the workflow tool you already run; every request in these guides was executed against the live API.

• Generate a PDF in GitHub Actions
  Render CHANGELOG.md, docs or a JSON invoice to PDF inside a GitHub Actions workflow with one curl step and attach it to the release. No browser install.
• Generate a PDF in n8n
  Turn Markdown, HTML or invoice JSON into a PDF in an n8n workflow with the built-in HTTP Request node. Two importable workflows, no community node needed.
• Generate a PDF in Zapier or Make
  Turn Markdown, HTML or invoice JSON into a PDF from a Zap or a Make scenario with the built-in webhook and HTTP steps. Bodies verified on the live API.
• Generate a PDF from a Google Sheets row with Apps Script
  Turn a Google Sheets row into a report or invoice PDF with one Apps Script file: PDF menu, save to Drive, email on form submit. Verified on the live API.

Not covered?

If the tool or document you need is missing, say which one. Guides are added in the order people ask for them, and every example is verified against the live API first.