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Generate Barcodes and QR codes with Javascript and jQuery (ZXING)

Generate QR codes and barcodes from client-side JavaScript or jQuery by calling the ZXING endpoint. Formats, sample code and an...

jsPDF Alternative for PDF Generation

jsPDF builds PDFs by hand in the browser and struggles with real HTML. Convert HTML to PDF with a browser engine through a REST...

Render Google Map to PDF with Headless Chrome

Google Maps prints blank because Chrome prints before the map loads. Use the delay option (or a waitFor) so the map tiles rende...

IronPDF Alternative for PDF Generation in C# and .NET

IronPDF is a per-developer licence. Api2Pdf converts HTML, URLs and Office files to PDF from .NET through a pay-as-you-go REST ...

Generate PDF with Python Flask or Django

Add PDF generation to a Flask or Django app with the api2pdf Python package: render your template to HTML, convert it with Head...

[Solved] Error – Couldn’t connect to server localhost

Api2Pdf runs in the cloud and cannot reach localhost. Send the HTML directly, or make the page reachable on a public URL, when ...

[Solved] Headless Chrome options ignoring landscape mode when printing to pdf

A page's own @page CSS size rule overrides the landscape option in Headless Chrome. How we found it and the preferCSSPageSize fix.

Generate PDFs from Salesforce Apex

Convert HTML and URLs to PDF from Salesforce Apex with the Api2Pdf REST API. Sample Apex code and documentation on GitHub.

[Solved] Accessing a secure page with a URL endpoint

The URL-to-PDF endpoint cannot sign in to your app. Options: render the HTML server side and send it, or expose the page with a...

API2PDF and HIPAA Compliance for PDF Generation

What Api2Pdf stores, for how long, and how the delete-on-command and no-logging design fit into a HIPAA-compliant PDF generatio...

Api2Pdf Feature Announcement: Delete PDFs on Command!

Generated files self-delete after 24 hours; now you can delete a PDF immediately with a single API call, for workflows with str...

[Solved] Access denied | v2018.api2pdf.com used Cloudflare to restrict access

Getting 'Access denied | v2018.api2pdf.com used Cloudflare to restrict access'? Your HTTP client is missing a User-Agent header...

Aspose Alternative to PDF Generation

Aspose.PDF is powerful but expensive. For generating PDFs from HTML, URLs and Office files, a pay-as-you-go REST API is a cheap...

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