PDF Generation API

Try it

curl -X POST "https://api.rasterly.dev/v1/pdf" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: sk_live_..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "html": "<h1>Invoice #1042</h1><p>Amount due: <b>$249.00</b></p>",
    "format": "A4",
    "margin": "0.5in",
    "footer_html": "<div style=font-size:9px;width:100%;text-align:center>Page <span class=pageNumber></span> of <span class=totalPages></span></div>"
  }' \
  -o invoice.pdf

# the raw PDF bytes — A4, print backgrounds on, footer page numbers
%PDF-1.4 …  → invoice.pdf

Body options

• html — the document markup (required unless you pass url).
• url — render a live public page instead of raw HTML.
• format — A4 (default), Letter, Legal, A3, A5, Tabloid.
• landscape — true for landscape orientation.
• margin — "0.5in" for all sides, or a {top,right,bottom,left} object.
• print_background — CSS backgrounds, on by default.
• scale — 0.1–2, to shrink or enlarge the rendered content.
• header_html / footer_html — Chromium print templates (title, date, pageNumber, totalPages).

What it's for

• Invoices & receipts — merge order data into an HTML template, POST it, attach the PDF to an email.
• Certificates — completion certificates, signed documents, tickets rendered from your own layout.
• Reports & statements — monthly statements or dashboards to a paginated A4/Letter document with page numbers.
• Contracts & quotes — generate a branded, print-ready PDF the moment a deal is created.

Why rasterly

PDF generation is the same one-render engine as the screenshot and extract endpoints — one browser process reused across requests, so a warm render is about a second of CPU. That's why it's priced from $0.90 per 1,000 documents with 100/mo free, instead of a per-seat "document platform" subscription.

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