PDF Monkey

PDF Monkey is a PDF generation REST API that uses Handlebars templates to produce high-quality PDFs from JSON data. Developers build templates in a visual dashboard, call the API with dynamic JSON payloads, and retrieve generated documents via signed download URLs or webhooks. The service supports document management, asynchronous and synchronous generation, webhook notifications powered by Svix, fillable PDF forms, password protection, and integrations with Zapier, Make, and n8n.

PDF Monkey publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Authentication API, Documents API, and Templates API. Tagged areas include PDF, Document Generation, Templates, Handlebars, and REST API.

The PDF Monkey catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

PDF Monkey’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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49.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

3 APIs

PDFDocument GenerationTemplatesHandlebarsREST APIWebhooks

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 49.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Pdf Monkey Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

DocumentTemplate

20 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Document

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: pdf-monkey
name: PDF Monkey
description: PDF Monkey is a PDF generation REST API that uses Handlebars templates to produce high-quality PDFs from JSON
  data. Developers build templates in a visual dashboard, call the API with dynamic JSON payloads, and retrieve generated
  documents via signed download URLs or webhooks. The service supports document management, asynchronous and synchronous generation,
  webhook notifications powered by Svix, fillable PDF forms, password protection, and integrations with Zapier, Make, and
  n8n.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pdf-monkey.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pdf-monkey/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- PDF
- Document Generation
- Templates
- Handlebars
- REST API
- Webhooks
apis:
- aid: pdf-monkey:pdf-monkey-authentication-api
  name: PDF Monkey Authentication API
  description: Endpoints for verifying API credentials and retrieving account information
  humanURL: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfmonkey.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdf-monkey-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/api/authentication/
- aid: pdf-monkey:pdf-monkey-documents-api
  name: PDF Monkey Documents API
  description: Create, retrieve, update, delete, and list PDF documents
  humanURL: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfmonkey.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdf-monkey-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/api/authentication/
- aid: pdf-monkey:pdf-monkey-templates-api
  name: PDF Monkey Templates API
  description: Manage document templates for PDF generation
  humanURL: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfmonkey.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdf-monkey-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/api/authentication/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pdf-monkey-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pdf-monkey-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pdf-monkey-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.pdfmonkey.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pdfmonkey.io/docs/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/pdfmonkey
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pdfmonkey/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.pdfmonkey.io/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.pdfmonkey.io/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.pdfmonkey.io/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/pdfmonkey
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pdf-monkey-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pdf-monkey-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/pdf-monkey-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

PDF Monkey

Kin Score

APIs 3

PDF Monkey Authentication API

PDF Monkey Documents API

PDF Monkey Templates API

Pricing Plans 1

Pdf Monkey Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Pdf Monkey Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Pdf Monkey Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Pdf Monkey Context

Spectral Rules 1

PDF Monkey API Rules

JSON Schema 2

DocumentTemplate

Document

Examples 3

Create Document Sync

Create Document

List Documents

Security Posture 2

Pdf Monkey Authentication

Pdf Monkey Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Pdf Monkey Agentic Access

Resources