Pdfcrowd Blog

You can get the latest version on the API client libraries page.

New:

• Added the setEnablePdfForms() method to the HTML to PDF converter. It allows to convert HTML forms to fillable PDF forms.

Minor:

• Improved error messages and fixed some typos.

We have relased a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

New:

• Added the "Enable PDF Forms" option to convert HTML forms to fillable PDF forms.

Minor:

• Improved error messages and fixed some typos.

We have relased a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

Improved:

• Automatic conversion retry on HTTP status codes 429 and 430.

A digital signature is a piece of information placed in a PDF document that makes it possible to verify the authenticity of the document. The Pdfcrowd API allows you to programmatically create PDFs containing a digital signature field. Such PDFs can be digitally signed in, for example, Adobe Reader or Preview.

This feature is available starting with Pdfcrowd API client libraries version 5.0.

Quick Start

To add a signature field to a document, set the pdfcrowd-signature class on a DIV element and specify its dimensions.

<div class="pdfcrowd-signature" 
     style="width: 2in; height: 1in; border: 1pt solid black;">
</div>

Our HTML to PDF API will transform this element to a signature field in the resulting PDF.

Let's first configure the API endpoint and the credentials. This configuration is common for all conversion types.

API endpoint - Select the HTTP POST method and enter the API endpoint: https://api.pdfcrowd.com/convert/

API credentials. The authorization method is Basic Auth. You can use either the demo credentials or your personal API credentials.

New:

• We have added new methods to the HTML to PDF and HTML to Image converters.
  • setAutoDetectElementToConvert() to detect the main contents automatically.
  • setReadabilityEnhancements() to improve the output readability.
• The "pdfcrowd-source-title" CSS class can be used in header and footer HTML.

We have relased a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

New:

• Added the "Auto Detect Element To Convert" option to detect the main contents automatically.
• Added the "Readability Enhancements" option to improve the ouput readability.
• Added the "pdfcrowd-source-title" CSS class that can be used in header and footer HTML.

We have introduced a new PDF to HTML converter to the Pdfcrowd API. The converter is available in the API client libraries version 5.4 and higher.

New:

We added a new method which sets a mobile user agent to use for conversion.

• setUseMobileUserAgent()

We have relased a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

New:

• Added the "Use Mobile User Agent" option to use a mobile user agent in the "URL" conversion mode.