pdfoven-com Render API
Render PDFs, images, screenshots and social cards.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: PDFOven Render API
version: 0.1.0
description: PDF and image generation API. Send HTML, Markdown, a public URL, or JSON into a Handlebars template and get a Chromium-rendered PDF, PNG or JPEG back.
contact:
name: PDFOven support
email: support@pdfoven.com
termsOfService: https://pdfoven.com/terms
x-logo:
url: https://pdfoven.com/logo.png
servers:
- url: https://pdfoven.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- apiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Render
description: Render PDFs, images, screenshots and social cards.
paths:
/v1/pdf:
post:
operationId: renderPdf
summary: Render a PDF
description: Renders a PDF from html, markdown, url, an inline Handlebars template, or a saved or built-in template.
tags:
- Render
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RenderRequest'
responses:
'200':
description: The rendered file, or a JSON envelope when response is "base64".
headers:
X-Render-Ms:
description: Render time in milliseconds.
schema:
type: integer
X-Usage-Remaining:
description: Renders left within your plan's monthly limit this calendar month (0 once you pass it).
schema:
type: integer
X-Usage-Grace-Remaining:
description: Renders left before HTTP 429, counting the 10% grace buffer every plan gets past its monthly limit.
schema:
type: integer
X-Usage-Notice:
description: Present only when the account is past its plan limit and in the 10% grace buffer; says how many renders are left and suggests upgrading.
schema:
type: string
Content-Disposition:
description: Inline disposition with the requested filename.
schema:
type: string
content:
application/pdf:
schema:
type: string
format: binary
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Base64Response'
'400':
description: 'invalid_request: the body is not valid JSON or failed validation.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: 'unauthorized: missing or invalid API key.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: 'template_not_found: template_id does not match a saved or built-in template.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'422':
description: template_error or render_failed (blocked URL, timeout, HTTP error).
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'429':
description: 'quota_exceeded: the monthly render limit plus the 10% grace buffer is used up. Failed renders do not count.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'500':
description: 'internal_error: the render failed unexpectedly.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
/v1/image:
post:
operationId: renderImage
summary: Render an image
description: Takes the same sources as /v1/pdf and returns a PNG, or a JPEG with type=jpeg.
tags:
- Render
parameters:
- name: type
in: query
required: false
description: Set to jpeg for a JPEG. Any other value returns a PNG.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- png
- jpeg
default: png
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RenderRequest'
responses:
'200':
description: The rendered file, or a JSON envelope when response is "base64".
headers:
X-Render-Ms:
description: Render time in milliseconds.
schema:
type: integer
X-Usage-Remaining:
description: Renders left within your plan's monthly limit this calendar month (0 once you pass it).
schema:
type: integer
X-Usage-Grace-Remaining:
description: Renders left before HTTP 429, counting the 10% grace buffer every plan gets past its monthly limit.
schema:
type: integer
X-Usage-Notice:
description: Present only when the account is past its plan limit and in the 10% grace buffer; says how many renders are left and suggests upgrading.
schema:
type: string
Content-Disposition:
description: Inline disposition with the requested filename.
schema:
type: string
content:
image/png:
schema:
type: string
format: binary
image/jpeg:
schema:
type: string
format: binary
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Base64Response'
'400':
description: 'invalid_request: the body is not valid JSON or failed validation.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: 'unauthorized: missing or invalid API key.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: 'template_not_found: template_id does not match a saved or built-in template.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'422':
description: template_error or render_failed (blocked URL, timeout, HTTP error).
content:
application/json:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'429':
description: 'quota_exceeded: the monthly render limit plus the 10% grace buffer is used up.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'500':
description: 'internal_error: ...'
components:
schemas:
RenderRequest:
type: object
description: Referenced by this document but never defined in it. API Evangelist added this empty placeholder so the document resolves; the shape is unknown and is NOT a claim about the API.
x-ae-placeholder: true
Error:
type: object
description: Referenced by this document but never defined in it. API Evangelist added this empty placeholder so the document resolves; the shape is unknown and is NOT a claim about the API.
x-ae-placeholder: true
Base64Response:
type: object
description: Referenced by this document but never defined in it. API Evangelist added this empty placeholder so the document resolves; the shape is unknown and is NOT a claim about the API.
x-ae-placeholder: true
externalDocs:
description: PDFOven API documentation
url: https://pdfoven.com/docs