HTML to PDF API built for teams that need reliable document automation at scale. Convert and process files with simple REST requests, predictable output quality, and production-grade uptime. Use it for invoices, reports, and contracts. Includes clear docs, SDK-ready endpoints, and quick testing in your browser.
What it does
Turn templates into PDFs reliably
Send your HTML and optional CSS, and receive either a downloadable PDF file or a hosted URL (depending on output format).
Common use cases
Invoices / receipts
Monthly statements
Reports & summaries
Certificates
Why devs like it
Fast iteration with HTML
Consistent layout across runs
Easy branding via CSS
Simple REST integration
Parameters
What you can send in the request body
html_content
required
The HTML markup to render.
css_content
optional
Extra CSS to apply to your HTML.
viewPortWidth / viewPortHeight
optional
Viewport size for layout calculations (default: 1080×720).
Generate pixel-perfect PDFs from raw HTML and CSS using a fast, production-ready API. This page is part of the PDF Munk API platform used for document generation and processing workflows such as HTML to PDF, URL capture, image conversion, OCR, merging, splitting, compression, watermarking, and secure file lifecycle controls.
Developers typically start with interactive tests, then move the same payloads into backend services, scheduled jobs, and workflow automation tools. You can use this route to validate request structure, evaluate response behavior, and confirm output quality before production rollout.
Canonical URL: https://pdfmunk.com/html-to-pdf. For implementation guidance, review API Docs, run examples in Try Now, and check integration references for n8n and Zapier on the tutorials and blog pages.
Common production patterns include generating invoices from HTML templates, capturing webpages for legal records, extracting searchable text from scanned files, transforming PDF pages into preview images, and combining or splitting files in approval workflows. Teams often pair these endpoints with queue workers, idempotent retry logic, and structured logging so conversion jobs remain reliable during traffic spikes and downstream API delays.
When implementing this route, validate input payloads early, keep output mode consistent per workflow, and add monitoring for latency, error rates, and response integrity. For sensitive documents, enforce least-privilege API key handling, rotate credentials periodically, and delete temporary files using lifecycle endpoints once processing is complete. These operational practices improve reliability, security, and cost control as document volume grows.
Implementation checklist for teams
Before going live, define request validation rules, decide whether responses should return files or URLs, and set clear retry behavior for network failures. Use consistent timeout values across services, track request IDs end-to-end, and record conversion outcomes for auditing. In batch workflows, split large jobs into smaller units so retries are cheaper and easier to reason about. If you process user-uploaded files, normalize inputs, enforce file-size limits, and surface actionable error messages when payloads are invalid or inaccessible.
For SEO and rendering quality, keep templates deterministic, pin fonts where possible, and test with representative documents instead of only minimal samples. Add smoke tests for key paths such as create, transform, OCR, and delete operations. If your business depends on predictable output formatting, run visual regression checks on generated documents and store known-good fixtures. These practices reduce operational surprises and help teams maintain stable document automation as APIs, templates, and customer data evolve.
Need a practical starting point? Begin with a single route, ship observability first, then expand endpoint coverage incrementally. Most teams achieve faster rollout by standardizing request wrappers, centralizing credential handling, and documenting common payload patterns for engineers and no-code operators alike.