How to Generate PDFs from HTML in Node.js (No Puppeteer)

How to Generate PDFs from HTML in Node.js (No Puppeteer) If you've ever tried generating PDFs from HTML in Node.js, you know the pain: Puppeteer requires installing Chrome, managing processes, handling memory leaks, and dealing with infrastructure overhead. There's a simpler way. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to generate production-ready PDFs in just 3 lines of code using the PageBolt API — no browser installation, no DevOps headaches. The Problem: Puppeteer Complexity Here's what a basic Puppeteer PDF generation looks like: const puppeteer = require ( ' puppeteer ' ); async function generatePDF ( htmlContent , filename ) { const browser = await puppeteer . launch ({ args : [ ' --no-sandbox ' , ' --disable-setuid-sandbox ' ] }); const page = await browser . newPage (); await page . setContent ( htmlContent ); // Set PDF options await page . pdf ({ path : filename , format : ' A4 ' , margin : { top : ' 10mm ' , right : ' 10mm ' , bottom : ' 10mm ' , left : ' 10mm ' } }); await bro