This page contains various examples of using the HTML to PDF API in Java. The examples are complete and fully functional. Read more about how to convert HTML to PDF in Java.
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Specify the mapping of HTML content width to the PDF page width. // To fine-tune the layout, you can specify an exact viewport width, such as '960px'. client.setContentViewportWidth("balanced"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "example.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Run the conversion and store the result in the `pdf` variable. byte[] pdf = client.convertUrl("http://www.example.com"); // at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Create an output stream for the conversion result FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("example.pdf"); // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertUrlToStream("http://www.example.com", outputStream); // Close the output stream. outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Specify the mapping of HTML content width to the PDF page width. // To fine-tune the layout, you can specify an exact viewport width, such as '960px'. client.setContentViewportWidth("balanced"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html", "MyLayout.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Run the conversion and store the result in the `pdf` variable. byte[] pdf = client.convertFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html"); // at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Create an output stream for the conversion result FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("MyLayout.pdf"); // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertFileToStream("/path/to/MyLayout.html", outputStream); // Close the output stream. outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Specify the mapping of HTML content width to the PDF page width. // To fine-tune the layout, you can specify an exact viewport width, such as '960px'. client.setContentViewportWidth("balanced"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertStringToFile("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", "HelloWorld.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Run the conversion and store the result in the `pdf` variable. byte[] pdf = client.convertString("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>"); // at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Create an output stream for the conversion result FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("HelloWorld.pdf"); // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertStringToStream("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", outputStream); // Close the output stream. outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Specify the mapping of HTML content width to the PDF page width. // To fine-tune the layout, you can specify an exact viewport width, such as '960px'. client.setDebugLog(true); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html", "MyLayout.pdf"); // print URL pointing to the debug log for this request. System.out.println("Debug log url: " + client.getDebugLogUrl()); // print Number of conversion credits remaining in your account. System.out.println("Remaining credit count: " + client.getRemainingCreditCount()); // print Number of credits consumed for this conversion. System.out.println("Consumed credit count: " + client.getConsumedCreditCount()); // print Unique identifier assigned to this conversion job. System.out.println("Job id: " + client.getJobId()); // print Total number of pages in the output document. System.out.println("Page count: " + client.getPageCount()); // print Size of the output data in bytes. System.out.println("Output size: " + client.getOutputSize()); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setPageSize("Letter"); client.setOrientation("landscape"); client.setNoMargins(true); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "letter_landscape.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setHeaderHeight("15mm"); client.setFooterHeight("10mm"); client.setHeaderHtml("<a class='pdfcrowd-source-url' data-pdfcrowd-placement='href-and-content'></a>"); client.setFooterHtml("<center><span class='pdfcrowd-page-number'></span></center>"); client.setMarginTop("0"); client.setMarginBottom("0"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "header_footer.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setEnablePdfForms(true); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertStringToFile("<html><body>Enter name:<input type=text></body></html>", "form.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setScaleFactor(300); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "zoom_300.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setAuthor("Pdfcrowd"); client.setTitle("Hello World"); client.setSubject("Demo"); client.setKeywords("Pdfcrowd,demo"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "with_metadata.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setPageLayout("single-page"); client.setPageMode("full-screen"); client.setInitialZoomType("fit-page"); client.setOrientation("landscape"); client.setNoMargins(true); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/api/", "slide_show.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setElementToConvert("#main"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/api/", "html_part.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setCustomJavascript("el=document.createElement('h2'); el.textContent='Hello from Pdfcrowd API'; el.style.color='red'; el_before=document.getElementsByTagName('h1')[0]; el_before.parentNode.insertBefore(el, el_before.nextSibling)"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "html_inject.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setContentViewportWidth("large"); client.setNoMargins(true); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("https://getbootstrap.com/", "bootstrap.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.util.zip.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // prepare map of local assets HashMap<String, File> srcFiles = new HashMap<String, File>(); srcFiles.put("fonts/OpenSans.ttf", new File("/your-path-to/fonts/OpenSans.ttf")); srcFiles.put("images/logo.png", new File("/your-path-to/images/logo.png")); // Create a ZIP archive. Pdfcrowd.ByteArrayIOStream inStream = new Pdfcrowd.ByteArrayIOStream(); ZipOutputStream zipOut = new ZipOutputStream(inStream.getOutputStream()); // Add HTML content to the archive. ZipEntry htmlEntry = new ZipEntry("index.html"); zipOut.putNextEntry(htmlEntry); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); sb.append("<html>"); sb.append(" <head>"); sb.append(" <style>"); sb.append(" @font-face"); sb.append(" {"); sb.append(" font-family: 'OpenSans';"); sb.append(" src: url(fonts/OpenSans.ttf) format('truetype');"); sb.append(" }"); sb.append(""); sb.append(" h1"); sb.append(" {"); sb.append(" font-family: OpenSans;"); sb.append(" }"); sb.append(" </style>"); sb.append(" </head>"); sb.append(" <body>"); sb.append(" <h1>Hello World</h1>"); sb.append(" <img src='images/logo.png'>"); sb.append(" </body>"); sb.append("</html>"); byte[] htmlBytes = sb.toString().getBytes(); zipOut.write(htmlBytes, 0, htmlBytes.length); // Add required local files to the archive. for(Map.Entry<String, File> entry : srcFiles.entrySet()) { FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(entry.getValue()); ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(entry.getKey()); zipOut.putNextEntry(zipEntry); byte[] bytes = new byte[1024]; int length; while((length = fis.read(bytes)) != -1) { zipOut.write(bytes, 0, length); } fis.close(); } zipOut.close(); // Create an output stream for the conversion result FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("HelloFromZip.pdf"); // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertStreamToStream(inStream, outputStream); // Close the output stream. outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setCustomJavascript("libPdfcrowd.highlightHtmlElements({backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 191, 0, 0.1)', borderColor:null})"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "highlight_background.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setCustomJavascript("libPdfcrowd.highlightHtmlElements({borderColor: 'orange', backgroundColor: null, padding: '4px', margin: '4px'})"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "highlight_borders.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setDataString("{\n" + " \"name\": \"World\",\n" + " \"product\": \"Pdfcrowd API\"\n" + "}"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setDataString("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" + "<data>\n" + " <name>World</name>\n" + " <product>Pdfcrowd API</product>\n" + "</data>"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ data.name }} from {{ data.product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setDataString("name: World\n" + "product: Pdfcrowd API"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // Create an API client instance. Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // Configure the conversion. client.setDataString("name,product\n" + "World,Pdfcrowd API"); // Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why); throw why; } catch(IOException why) { System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); throw why; } } }