Render
To Pdf

1. Grab an API key

You can get or generate an API key in your printerz dashboard (opens in a new tab).

2. Get your template id

You can find your template id in your printerz dashboard (opens in a new tab).

3. Render your template

In order to render your template as a PDF you will simply need to hit our API endpoint at

POST - https://api.printerz.dev/templates/{templateId}/render

Each call must be authenticated with an API key in the x-api-key header.

You can also send variables and options to your template.

Body keyTypeDescription
variablesObjectAn object containing the variables to pass to your template
optionsObjectAn object containing the options that will be passed to chromium for rendering the pdf options can be found here (opens in a new tab)
import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises"
 
const options = {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'x-api-key': 'sk_your_api_key', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        variables: {
            "some": "variables"
        },
        options: {
            "printBackground": true
        }
    })
};
 
const templateId = 'your-template-id';
 
const response = await fetch(`https://api.printerz.dev/templates/${templateId}/render`, options);
if(!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(response.statusText);
}
 
const pdfBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
 
await writeFile('output.pdf', Buffer.from(pdfBuffer));