URL to HTML API Guide: Reliable Rendered HTML Extraction

1. Pick the right wait strategy

• networkidle for SPA pages with API calls.
• domcontentloaded for faster lightweight pages.
• wait_for_selector when a specific component must exist.

2. Set timeouts by page type

Use moderate defaults (30–60 seconds), then increase only where needed to avoid hanging jobs.

curl -X POST https://pdfmunk.com/api/v1/url-to-html \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "wait_till": "networkidle",
    "wait_for_selector": "#content",
    "timeout": 60000,
    "viewport_width": 1440,
    "viewport_height": 900
  }'

3. Handle anti-bot and auth pages

Detect challenge pages early and add graceful fallback logic instead of retry loops.

Conclusion

Combine wait strategy + selector targeting + sensible timeout to make URL→HTML extraction robust. Try it on the URL to HTML API page.