HTML String to PDF - A4 Document Converter

HTML String to PDF - A4 Document Converter

What does HTML String to PDF do?

HTML String to PDF renders supplied HTML in Chromium and saves a downloadable A4 PDF with numbered page footers. Use it to turn templated reports, invoices, and other documents into PDFs from a workflow or API.

What HTML can you convert?

• Submit one HTML string per run in the required htmlString field.
• Use inline CSS to style a self-contained document. Chromium applies print styles when rendering the PDF.
• Use HTML and CSS page breaks for longer documents. The footer shows the current page and total page count.

How to use HTML String to PDF

1. Open the Actor's Input tab.
2. Paste your document markup into HTML string and start the run.
3. Open the run's key-value store and download the OUTPUT record as a PDF.

{
  "htmlString": "<!doctype html><html lang=\"en\"><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><style>body { font-family: sans-serif; }</style></head><body><h1>Sample report</h1><p>Rendered from HTML.</p></body></html>"
}

Output and export

• Record key: OUTPUT
• File format: PDF. ByteWells serves the bytes as application/octet-stream.
• Example contents: an A4 page with the heading Sample report, the line Rendered from HTML., and the footer Page 1 of 1.
• For an API download, read defaultKeyValueStoreId from the completed run. Send an authenticated GET request to https://bytewells.com/api/v2/key-value-stores/{storeId}/records/OUTPUT and save the response bytes as a .pdf file.

Limits

• Each run accepts one HTML string. Send separate runs for separate documents.
• A URL alone is treated as text. To render a page, supply its HTML.
• Remote images, fonts, and styles depend on whether Chromium can reach their URLs. Inline styles and embedded assets make documents more portable.
• The Actor saves a binary PDF record. The run's dataset has zero rows.