How to Convert HTML to PDF with a Simple API Call
Need to generate PDFs from HTML? Invoices, reports, certificates — whatever it is, you probably don't want to set up a headless browser just to render some HTML to a file. Here's how to do it with a single API call. The Hard Way The typical approach involves: Installing Puppeteer or Playwright Launching a headless Chromium instance Loading your HTML into a browser page Calling page.pdf() Managing browser lifecycle, memory, timeouts, and crashes That's a lot of moving parts for "turn this HTML into a PDF." The Easy Way ScreenshotAPIs handles all of that behind a REST endpoint. Python import requests html = """ <html> <head> <style> body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 40px; } h1 { color: #2563eb; } table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 20px; } th, td { border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px; text-align: left; } th { background: #f9fafb; } .total { font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.2em; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Invoice #1042</h1> <p>Date: April 2, 20
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