Free PDF API That Does It All.

Easily create, split, search, and manage PDFs with a developer-friendly, fast, and reliable API.

curl https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \
  -d html="<html><body>...</body></html>"

curl https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \
  -d html="<html><body>...</body></html>"

const data = new FormData();
data.append('html', '<html><body>...</body></html>');

fetch('https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create', {
    headers: {'Authorization': 'Bearer TOKEN'},
    method: 'POST',
    body: data
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => console.log(json));

use GuzzleHttp\Client;

$client = new Client();
$response = $client->post(
    'https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create', [
    'headers' => [
        'Authorization' => 'Bearer TOKEN'
    ],
    'form_params' => [
        'html' => '<html><body>...</body></html>'
    ]
]);

$body = $response->getBody();
echo json_encode($body->getContents());

require 'rest-client'

response = RestClient.post(
  'https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create',
  {
    'html' => '<html><body>...</body></html>'
  },
  {
    Authorization: "Bearer TOKEN"
  }
)

puts response.body

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'http://apdf.localhost/api/pdf/file/create',
    headers = {
        'Authorization': 'Bearer TOKEN'
    },
    data = {
        'html': '<html><body>...</body></html>'
    }
)

print(response.text)

import (
  "fmt"
  "github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
)

func main() {
  client := resty.New()
  data := map[string]string{
    "html": "<html><body>...</body></html>"
  }

  resp, _ := client.R().
    SetFormData(data).
    SetHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN").
    Post("https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create")

  fmt.Println(resp.String())
}

import okhttp3.*;

class Pdf {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
    FormBody formBody = new FormBody.Builder()
      .add("html", "<html><body>...</body></html>")
      .build();

    Request request = new Request.Builder()
      .url("https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/create")
      .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN")
      .post(formBody)
      .build();

    Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
    System.out.println(response.body().string());
  }
}

No Cost. All the Features.

Create PDF

Effortlessly turn any HTML content into professional PDFs in no time.

Create PDF

Effortlessly turn any HTML content into professional PDFs in no time.

Split PDF

Split your PDFs into separate, smaller and manageable files.

Search in PDF

Search PDFs with text or regex for quick, accurate results.

Encrypt PDF

Encrypt PDFs to protect your sensitive data and content.

Compress PDF

Shrink PDF file sizes for faster uploads and easier sharing.

and more

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