This page describes how to use our cloud-based API to convert images to PDF in Ruby. The API is user-friendly and can be integrated into your application with just a few lines of code.
The Ruby API client library provides easy access to the Pdfcrowd API. No third-party libraries are required.
Install the client library from rubygems.orggem install pdfcrowd
We also offer other installation options.
The credentials to access the API are your Pdfcrowd username and the API key.
Refer to the Image to PDF Ruby Reference for a description of all API methods.
Here are a few Ruby examples to get you started quickly with the API. See more examples.
require "pdfcrowd" begin # create the API client instance client = Pdfcrowd::ImageToPdfClient.new("your_username", "your_apikey") # run the conversion and write the result to a file client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/logo.png", "logo.pdf") rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why # report the error STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}" # rethrow or handle the exception raise end
require "pdfcrowd" begin # create the API client instance client = Pdfcrowd::ImageToPdfClient.new("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") rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why # report the error STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}" # rethrow or handle the exception raise end
require "pdfcrowd" begin # create the API client instance client = Pdfcrowd::ImageToPdfClient.new("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") rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why # report the error STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}" # rethrow or handle the exception raise end