Pdfcrowd Blog

New:

We added new methods that enable conversion of data coming from an input stream. This allows, among others, conversion of in-memory zip archives which may come in handy if you do not have write access to the local file system.

• convertStream()
• convertStreamToStream()
• convertStreamtoFile()

Fixed:

• The main window scrollbar is not rendered in HTML to Image outputs.

New:

• Added the "User-Created Drawings" option in the "Content" conversion mode. It enables to capture user-created canvas drawings.
• Added the "Output Name" option. It enables to specify the output filename directly in the plugin settings. It can still be overwritten with a shortcode or a PHP function.

Fixes:

• Fixed UTF-8 output filenames in MS Edge.
• Fixed an error in "Send PDF via e-mail".

The new version brings new features, bug fixes and support for latest web standards.

We also released a new version of Pdfcrowd API client libraries (version 5.0.0) that use the new 20.10 converter. You can learn more about Pdfcrowd versioning.

New options available in version 20.10:

• setConverterVersion
• setLoadIframes
• setLocale
• setNoHeaderFooterHorizontalMargins
• setCssPageRuleMode
• setLayoutDpi
• setContentsMatrix
• setHeaderMatrix
• setFooterMatrix
• setDisablePageHeightOptimization
• setHeaderFooterCssAnnotation
• setMainDocumentCssAnnotation
• setBackgroundColor [html_to_image]
• libPdfcrowd.js
  • insertStyle accepts new argument "destination"

New:

• "Button Text Translation" option - allows using a translation for the button text.

Version 1.10.0

• New "Change on Mouse Over" option - highlights the button when the mouse pointer is hovering over it.
• Fixed the issue with an external link pointing to the plugin settings tab.

Version 1.9.1

• Fixed the issue with missing assets.

Version 1.9.0

• New "Conversion in Progress Indicator" option - a customizable visual indicator is shown when the conversion is in progress.
• Fixed the issue with the button appearence in MS Edge.

Version 1.8.1

• Improved the converted page URL detection.

Version 1.8.0

• Improved handling of lazy loaded images.
• Fixed the issue with the converted page URL when certain third party WP plugins are used.

Version 1.7.0

• Added a new value "Open PDF in a new browser tab" to the "Button Click Action" option.

Version 1.6.0

• Added support for parameters in the page URL.
• Added support for a missing protocol in links.
• Added function pdfcrowd_save_as_pdf($options) for direct Pdfcrowd API access.

Version 1.5.0

• Added HTML template rendering with custom JSON, XML, YAML and CSV data.

Version 1.4.1

• Added a button to reset plugin settings to default values.
• Fixed demo license usage.

The API Playground is an online interactive tool for exploring the Pdfcrowd API. It is an ideal place where to start if you are getting started with the API or if you need to fine tune or troubleshoot your existing API integration.

The Playground enables you to perform the change-run-preview cycle entirely in the browser without the need to update, deploy and run your actual code. The Playground autogenerates the integration code that you can simply copy paste it to your application.

Learn more in our screencast:

The API enables rendering of HTML templates now. The template syntax is based on the Jinja template rendering engine.

You can interactively fiddle with the new functionality in this API Playground example.

New methods:

• setDataString()
• setDataFile()
• setDataFormat()
• setDataEncoding()
• setDataIgnoreUndefined()
• setDataAutoEscape()
• setDataTrimBlocks()
• setDataOptions()

You can find more information in our API documentation.

We added support for more web frameworks to the Pdfcrowd API playground:

• Symfony
• Flask

New:

• Added the "Content" conversion mode that converts the current HTML contents shown in the browser.
• Added an option to convert a local file with a shortcode or a function call.
• Minified JavaScript files for a faster page load.
• Fixed multi-line shortcode parameters.

The Pdfcrowd API playground can now generate source code for WordPress shortcodes and function calls.

The Pdfcrowd API playground can now generate source code for these popular web frameworks:

• Laravel
• Spring
• ASP.NET Web Forms
• Django
• Express.js
• Ruby on Rails
• PHP web site

You can use the API playground to interactively explore our HTML to PDF and HTML to Image APIs and automatically generate customized API integration code for your favorite platform.