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 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Convert API, Credits API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include PDF, HTML to PDF, Document Conversion, Screenshots, 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.

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35.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

PDF HTML to PDF Document Conversion Screenshots Chromium REST API

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 35.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 15

Access Clarity 2.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 10

Contract Governance 0.9 / 9

Discoverability 5.1 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
PDF and Document Standards (PDF tooling, document signing trust, invoice documents)	undeclared	-	-	-

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Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

PDF

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (platform)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 8

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

PDFShift Account API

The account API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for account.

PDFShift Convert API

The Convert API from PDFShift — 4 operation(s) for convert.

PDFShift Credits API

The credits API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for credits.

PDFShift Details API

The details API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for details.

PDFShift Invoices API

The Invoices API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for invoices.

PDFShift Logs API

The Logs API from PDFShift — 2 operation(s) for logs.

PDFShift Templates API

The templates API from PDFShift — 4 operation(s) for templates.

PDFShift Usage API

The usage API from PDFShift — 1 operation(s) for usage.

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PDFShift API Documentation account usage API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

PDFShift MCP Server

Remote MCP server at docs.pdfshift.io over HTTP; 3 tools listed.

MCP SERVER

PDFShift API pricing

Not yet checked against PDFShift's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free	Free
Startup	$9
Boost	$24
Growth	$39
Enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

PDFShift Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

PDFShift Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

PDFShift

SLA

FinOps 1

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

PDFShift Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 2

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Pdfshift Api Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Pdfshift Context

26 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

PDFShift — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

PDFShift Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

PDFShift Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

PDFShift Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

PDFShift Agentic Access

15 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  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: '0.23'
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
x-docs-hosting: vercel
tags:
- PDF
- HTML to PDF
- Document Conversion
- Screenshots
- Chromium
- REST API
tags_raw:
- 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Credit
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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

PDFShift API — frequently asked questions

Does PDFShift have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from PDFShift, including PDFShift Account API, PDFShift Convert API and PDFShift Credits API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the PDFShift API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for PDFShift, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the PDFShift API?

PDFShift uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as PDFShift Authentication.

How much does the PDFShift API cost?

APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for PDFShift, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does PDFShift have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for PDFShift: Remote MCP server at docs.pdfshift.io over HTTP; 3 tools listed.

Is the PDFShift API ready for AI agents?

PDFShift has a Kin Score of 35.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 39.4 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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