Generate PDF based on HTML (weweb page)

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I was looking at some PDF generation services, and some them can create PDF bases on HTML source. This can be an HTML code as or just an URL.

Does some9have tried this out already: creating PDF in a backend tool using the URL of a weweb page as HTML source?

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If the html source is already loaded on the frontend why not use html2pdf.js library and build a custom component that generates the pdf on the client side?

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Hi @FJP84 ,

I have a good experience with PDF.co (and automate/configure it with Make.com). The PDF.co module can pass parameters in the URL when accessing your Weweb site - obtaining the required dynamic data.

Make.com and PDF.co both require a subscription by the way.

Regards,
Thijs

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Hi @FJP84 ,

Recently PDF.co was unavailable for over 6-8 hours - during office hours. They themselves were unaware of the downtime, neither did they know when their services were back up and running.

So I tried PDFShift.io and that turned out to be a huge improvement in many ways:

  • They have a status page where you can see their (current and historic) uptime, so you won’t be guessing if things go wrong
  • They print twice as fast (my documents of about +10 pages print in about 4 seconds, with PDF.co this was +10 seconds)
  • PDFShift.io sends the PDF-file in its API-response (where PDF.co gives you download link that takes about another 2 seconds to be operational, so from an automation perspective the PDFShift.io approach is faster and more reliable)
  • And a nice gesture: PDFShift.io has a sandbox mode, so you can endlessly try the services without using your credits.

Good luck!