Quickstart
Get started with html4pdf in 2 minutes.
1. Get Your API Key
⚠️ Keep your API key secure! Never commit it to version control.
2. Generate Your First PDF
const response = await fetch('https://api.html4pdf.com/generate-pdf', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
html: '<h1>Hello World</h1><p>My first PDF!</p>'
})
});
const data = await response.json();import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.html4pdf.com/generate-pdf',
headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'},
json={'html': '<h1>Hello World</h1><p>My first PDF!</p>'}
)
data = response.json()<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.html4pdf.com/generate-pdf');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type: application/json'
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode([
'html' => '<h1>Hello World</h1><p>My first PDF!</p>'
]));
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
?>curl -X POST https://api.html4pdf.com/generate-pdf \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"html": "<h1>Hello World</h1><p>My first PDF!</p>"}'200OK
{
"success": true,
"pdf": "JVBERi0xLjQKJeLjz9MKMyAwIG9...",
"creditsRemaining": 9,
"metadata": {
"size": 12345,
"processingTime": 3421
}
}3. Save the PDF
const fs = require('fs');
const pdfBuffer = Buffer.from(data.pdf, 'base64');
fs.writeFileSync('output.pdf', pdfBuffer);import base64
pdf_bytes = base64.b64decode(data['pdf'])
with open('output.pdf', 'wb') as f:
f.write(pdf_bytes)<?php
file_put_contents('output.pdf', base64_decode($data['pdf']));
?>Common Errors
401Unauthorized
{
"error": "Invalid API key"
}Solution: Check your API key is correct.
402Payment Required
{
"error": "Insufficient credits"
}Solution: Buy more credits
400Bad Request
{
"error": "Must provide one of: html, url, or template"
}Solution: Include html, url, or template in your request.
Next Steps
- API Reference - Full documentation
- Templates - Generate invoices & receipts
- Examples - More code examples