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 the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "example.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into 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) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 into the output stream client.convertUrlToStream("http://www.example.com", outputStream); // close the output stream outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html", "MyLayout.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into 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) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 into the output stream client.convertFileToStream("/path/to/MyLayout.html", outputStream); // close the output stream outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertStringToFile("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", "HelloWorld.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into 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) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 into the output stream client.convertStringToStream("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", outputStream); // close the output stream outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion client.setDebugLog(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/MyLayout.html", "MyLayout.pdf"); // print URL to the debug log System.out.println("Debug log url: " + client.getDebugLogUrl()); // print the number of available conversion credits in your account System.out.println("Remaining credit count: " + client.getRemainingCreditCount()); // print the number of credits consumed by the conversion System.out.println("Consumed credit count: " + client.getConsumedCreditCount()); // print the unique ID of the conversion System.out.println("Job id: " + client.getJobId()); // print the total number of pages in the output document System.out.println("Page count: " + client.getPageCount()); // print the size of the output in bytes System.out.println("Output size: " + client.getOutputSize()); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "letter_landscape.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "header_footer.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion client.setEnablePdfForms(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertStringToFile("<html><body>Enter name:<input type=text></body></html>", "form.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion client.setScaleFactor(300); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "zoom_300.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "with_metadata.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/api/", "slide_show.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion client.setElementToConvert("#main"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/api/", "html_part.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "html_inject.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the API client instance Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient client = new Pdfcrowd.HtmlToPdfClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion client.setViewportWidth(992); client.setRenderingMode("viewport"); client.setSmartScalingMode("viewport-fit"); client.setNoMargins(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("https://getbootstrap.com/", "bootstrap.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception 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 the 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 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 into the output stream client.convertStreamToStream(inStream, outputStream); // close the output stream outputStream.close(); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "highlight_background.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile("http://www.example.com", "highlight_borders.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ data.name }} from {{ data.product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }
import com.pdfcrowd.*; import java.io.*; public class ApiTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error { try { // create the 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 write the result to a file client.convertStringToFile("Hello {{ name }} from {{ product }}", "output.pdf"); } catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) { // report the error System.err.println("Pdfcrowd Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } catch(IOException why) { // report the error System.err.println("IO Error: " + why); // rethrow or handle the exception throw why; } } }