This page describes how to convert images to PDF in Python using the Pdfcrowd API. The API is easy to use and the integration takes only a few of lines of code.
pip install pdfcrowd
We also offer other installation options.
Authentication is needed in order to use the Pdfcrowd API. The credentials used for accessing the API are your Pdfcrowd username and the API key.
To get your personal API credentials, you can start a free API trial or buy the API license.
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertFileToFile('/path/to/logo.png', 'logo.pdf') except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable pdf = client.convertFile('/path/to/logo.png') # at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # create an output stream for the conversion result output_stream = open('logo.pdf', 'wb') # run the conversion and write the result into the output stream client.convertFileToStream('/path/to/logo.png', output_stream) # close the output stream output_stream.close() except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertUrlToFile('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/images/logo.png', 'logo.pdf') except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable pdf = client.convertUrl('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/images/logo.png') # at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # create an output stream for the conversion result output_stream = open('logo.pdf', 'wb') # run the conversion and write the result into the output stream client.convertUrlToStream('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/images/logo.png', output_stream) # close the output stream output_stream.close() except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertRawDataToFile(open('/path/to/logo.png', 'rb').read(), 'logo.pdf') except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable pdf = client.convertRawData(open('/path/to/logo.png', 'rb').read()) # at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # create an output stream for the conversion result output_stream = open('logo.pdf', 'wb') # run the conversion and write the result into the output stream client.convertRawDataToStream(open('/path/to/logo.png', 'rb').read(), output_stream) # close the output stream output_stream.close() except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # create the API client instance client = pdfcrowd.ImageToPdfClient('your_username', 'your_apikey') # configure the conversion client.setDebugLog(True) # run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertFileToFile('/path/to/logo.png', 'logo.pdf') # print URL to the debug log print('Debug log url: {}'.format(client.getDebugLogUrl())) # print the number of available conversion credits in your account print('Remaining credit count: {}'.format(client.getRemainingCreditCount())) # print the number of credits consumed by the conversion print('Consumed credit count: {}'.format(client.getConsumedCreditCount())) # print the unique ID of the conversion print('Job id: {}'.format(client.getJobId())) # print the size of the output in bytes print('Output size: {}'.format(client.getOutputSize())) except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # report the error sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) # rethrow or handle the exception raise
Refer for details to the API Method Reference.