Getting Started

Get up and running with PDFGen Studio in just a few minutes.

Prerequisites

• A PDFGen Studio account
• An API key (obtained from your dashboard)

Step 1: Get Your API Key

1. Log in to your PDFGen Studio Dashboard
2. Navigate to Settings → API Keys
3. Click Create New API Key
4. Copy and securely store your API key

caution

Keep your API key secure! Never expose it in client-side code or public repositories.

Step 2: Make Your First API Call

Test your setup with a simple HTML to PDF conversion:

curl -X POST "https://api.pdfgenstudio.com/api/v1/renderer/html" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "html": "<h1>Hello, PDFGen Studio!</h1><p>This is my first PDF.</p>"
  }' \
  --output hello.pdf

Step 3: Choose Your Renderer

PDFGen Studio offers four powerful rendering endpoints:

Renderer	Use Case	Endpoint
Template	Render pre-designed templates with dynamic data	POST /api/v1/renderer/templates/:id
JSON	Generate documents from JSON definitions	POST /api/v1/renderer/json
HTML	Convert HTML/CSS to PDF or images	POST /api/v1/renderer/html
URL	Capture any webpage as PDF or screenshot	POST /api/v1/renderer/url

Code Examples

Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://api.pdfgenstudio.com/api/v1/renderer/html', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    html: '<h1>Hello World</h1>',
    options: {
      format: 'A4',
      orientation: 'portrait',
    },
  }),
});

const pdfBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.pdfgenstudio.com/api/v1/renderer/html',
    headers={
        'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    json={
        'html': '<h1>Hello World</h1>',
        'options': {
            'format': 'A4',
            'orientation': 'portrait',
        },
    },
)

with open('output.pdf', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(response.content)

Next Steps

• Explore the API Reference for detailed endpoint documentation
• Learn about Authentication options
• Check out the Options Reference for customization