PDFShift

PDFShift is an HTML to PDF conversion REST API that generates pixel-perfect PDFs from HTML and CSS using Chromium rendering. It supports custom headers, footers, watermarks, password protection, JavaScript execution, screenshot capture, webhook notifications, and direct export to Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage.

PDFShift publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including account API, Convert API, credits API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include PDF, HTML to PDF, Document Conversion, Screenshot, and Chromium.

The PDFShift catalog on APIs.io includes 2 JSON-LD contexts and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

PDFShift’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

48.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 47/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumOpen⚡ Free to try

8 APIs

PDFHTML to PDFDocument ConversionScreenshotChromiumREST API

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 48.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.0 / 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 — 47/100 · 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 8 / 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 8

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Pdfshift Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 21

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

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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 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

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: pdfshift
name: PDFShift
description: PDFShift is an HTML to PDF conversion REST API that generates pixel-perfect PDFs from HTML and CSS using Chromium
  rendering. It supports custom headers, footers, watermarks, password protection, JavaScript execution, screenshot capture,
  webhook notifications, and direct export to Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pdfshift.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pdfshift/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- PDF
- HTML to PDF
- Document Conversion
- Screenshot
- Chromium
- REST API
apis:
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-account-api
  name: PDFShift account API
  description: The account API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for account.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-convert-api
  name: PDFShift Convert API
  description: The Convert API from PDFShift — 4 operation(s) for convert.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - Convert
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-convert-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-credits-api
  name: PDFShift credits API
  description: The credits API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for credits.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - credits
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-credits-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-details-api
  name: PDFShift details API
  description: The details API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for details.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - details
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-details-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-invoices-api
  name: PDFShift Invoices API
  description: The Invoices API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for invoices.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - Invoices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-invoices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-logs-api
  name: PDFShift Logs API
  description: The Logs API from PDFShift — 2 operation(s) for logs.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - Logs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-logs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-templates-api
  name: PDFShift templates API
  description: The templates API from PDFShift — 4 operation(s) for templates.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- aid: pdfshift:pdfshift-usage-api
  name: PDFShift usage API
  description: The usage API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for usage.
  humanURL: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
  baseURL: https://api.pdfshift.io/v3
  tags:
  - usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pdfshift-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pdfshift-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/pdfshift-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pdfshift-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pdfshift-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://pdfshift.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.pdfshift.io/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/pdfshift
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pdfshift-io
- type: Blog
  url: https://pdfshift.io/guides/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://pdfshift.io/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.pdfshift.io/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/pdfshift
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pdfshift-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pdfshift-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/pdfshift-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com