Convert HTML to PDF in Node.js

Quick Start

No SDK required. Use the native fetch API (Node.js 18+) or your preferred HTTP client:

// Using fetch (built-in Node.js 18+)
const response = await fetch('https://html2pdfapi.com/render', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    html: '<h1>Hello World</h1>',
    format: 'pdf'
  })
});

const pdfBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();

Convert URL to PDF

// Convert URL to PDF
const response = await fetch('https://html2pdfapi.com/render', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    url: 'https://example.com',
    format: 'pdf',
    options: {
      format: 'A4',
      printBackground: true
    }
  })
});

Take Screenshots

// Take a screenshot
const response = await fetch('https://html2pdfapi.com/render', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    url: 'https://example.com',
    format: 'png',
    options: {
      width: 1920,
      height: 1080,
      fullPage: false
    }
  })
});

Express.js Integration

// Express.js endpoint
import express from 'express';
const app = express();

app.post('/generate-pdf', async (req, res) => {
  const { html } = req.body;

  const response = await fetch('https://html2pdfapi.com/render', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.HTML2PDFAPI_KEY}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ html, format: 'pdf' })
  });

  const pdfBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();

  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/pdf');
  res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="document.pdf"');
  res.send(Buffer.from(pdfBuffer));
});

Available Options

Error Handling

try {
  const response = await fetch('https://html2pdfapi.com/render', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ html, format: 'pdf' })
  });

  if (!response.ok) {
    const error = await response.json();
    throw new Error(error.message);
  }

  const pdfBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
} catch (error) {
  console.error('PDF generation failed:', error.message);
}