# pdflayer

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/pdflayer/  
**Website:** https://pdflayer.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

pdflayer is a PDF generation REST API by APILayer for converting HTML to PDF and capturing web pages as PDFs. It supports rendering from standard HTTP URLs or raw HTML code, with extensive customization options including custom page sizes, margins, headers, footers, watermarks, and 256-bit encryption. The lightweight RESTful API supports both GET and POST methods and is powered by high-throughput infrastructure capable of processing thousands of requests simultaneously.

## Kin Score — 32.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 26.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 52.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 10.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 15.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **pdflayer API** — REST API for converting HTML content and web page URLs to PDF documents with support for custom page sizes, margins, headers, footers, watermarks, page numbering, and 256-bit HT...

## Security (1)

- **Pdflayer Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Pdflayer Plans Pricing**

## Tags

PDF, HTML to PDF, Document Generation, Web Capture, APILayer, PDF Conversion

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/pdflayer/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.