Documentation

curl -X POST https://api.docforge.io/render \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"html": "<h1>Hello, PDF.</h1>"}' \
  | jq -r .pdf | base64 -d > hello.pdf

{
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}

POST  https://api.docforge.io/render

{
  "options": {
    "margin": {
      "top": "1in",
      "bottom": "1in",
      "left": "0.75in",
      "right": "0.75in"
    }
  }
}

{
  "pdf": "JVBERi0xLjQK...",    // base64-encoded PDF binary
  "pages": 2,                // total page count
  "sizeBytes": 24512,        // PDF file size in bytes
  "renderTimeMs": 1230       // server-side render time
}

const html = `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>
    body { font-family: 'Helvetica', sans-serif; padding: 40px; }
    h1 { color: #1e293b; }
    .page-break { break-before: page; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Invoice #1042</h1>
  <p>Amount due: $2,400.00</p>
  <div class="page-break">
    <h1>Terms & Conditions</h1>
    <p>Payment due within 30 days.</p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>`

const response = await fetch('https://api.docforge.io/render', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': process.env.DOCFORGE_API_KEY
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    html,
    options: {
      format: 'Letter',
      margin: { top: '1in', bottom: '1in', left: '0.75in', right: '0.75in' }
    }
  })
})

const { pdf, pages, sizeBytes, renderTimeMs } = await response.json()

// Save the PDF
const buffer = Buffer.from(pdf, 'base64')
fs.writeFileSync('invoice.pdf', buffer)

console.log(`Generated ${pages} page PDF (${sizeBytes} bytes) in ${renderTimeMs}ms`)

import requests, base64, os

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.docforge.io/render",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "x-api-key": os.environ["DOCFORGE_API_KEY"]
    },
    json={
        "html": "<h1>Hello from Python</h1>",
        "options": {
            "format": "A4",
            "margin": {"top": "20mm", "bottom": "20mm"}
        }
    }
)
response.raise_for_status()

data = response.json()
with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f:
    f.write(base64.b64decode(data["pdf"]))

print(f"Generated {data['pages']} page PDF in {data['renderTimeMs']}ms")

# Minimal — send HTML, save PDF
curl -X POST https://api.docforge.io/render \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DOCFORGE_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"html": "<h1>Hello, PDF.</h1>"}' \
  | jq -r .pdf | base64 -d > output.pdf

# With options — A4, landscape, 1-inch margins
curl -X POST https://api.docforge.io/render \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DOCFORGE_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "html": "<h1>Landscape Report</h1><p>Wide content goes here.</p>",
    "options": {
      "format": "A4",
      "landscape": true,
      "margin": {"top": "1in", "bottom": "1in", "left": "1in", "right": "1in"}
    }
  }' \
  | jq -r .pdf | base64 -d > report.pdf

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?
    family=Inter:wght@400;600;700&display=swap"
    rel="stylesheet">
  <style>
    body {
      font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
      padding: 0;
      color: #1e293b;
    }
    .header {
      display: flex;
      justify-content: space-between;
      margin-bottom: 40px;
    }
    .company { font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; }
    table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; }
    th { text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e2e8f0; padding: 8px 0; }
    td { padding: 8px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f5f9; }
    .total { font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; text-align: right; margin-top: 20px; }
    .terms { break-before: page; }
    .terms h2 { margin-bottom: 12px; }
    .terms p { color: #64748b; line-height: 1.6; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="header">
    <div class="company">Acme Corp</div>
    <div>Invoice #1042<br>August 31, 2026</div>
  </div>
  <table>
    <tr><th>Description</th><th>Qty</th><th>Price</th></tr>
    <tr><td>API Integration</td><td>1</td><td>$1,200</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Monthly Hosting</td><td>1</td><td>$200</td></tr>
  </table>
  <div class="total">Total: $1,400.00</div>
  <div class="terms">
    <h2>Terms & Conditions</h2>
    <p>Payment due within 30 days of invoice date.</p>
  </div>
</body></html>

/* Force a page break before an element */
.new-page { break-before: page; }

/* Prevent an element from being split across pages */
.keep-together { break-inside: avoid; }

/* Always break after an element */
.section-end { break-after: page; }

/* Set page margins via @page rule */
@page {
  margin: 1in;
}
@page :first {
  margin-top: 2in;  /* extra space on first page */
}

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?
  family=Inter:wght@400;700&display=swap"
  rel="stylesheet">

<style>
  body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; }
</style>

{
  "options": {
    "displayHeaderFooter": true,
    "margin": {
      "top": "1in",
      "bottom": "1in"
    }
  }
}

POST  https://api.docforge.io/extract

{
  "text": "Zoë Ångström-Nuñez\nSenior Recruiter..."
}

import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'

const file = await readFile('resume.docx')

const response = await fetch('https://api.docforge.io/extract', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': process.env.DOCFORGE_API_KEY
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    fileName: 'resume.docx',
    fileBase64: file.toString('base64')
  })
})

const data = await response.json()

if (response.ok) {
  console.log(data.text)
} else {
  // branch on the stable reason code, e.g. 'unsupported_format'
  console.error(response.status, data.reason, data.error)
}

import requests, base64

with open("resume.pdf", "rb") as f:
    file_b64 = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode()

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.docforge.io/extract",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"fileName": "resume.pdf", "fileBase64": file_b64}
)

data = response.json()
if response.ok:
    print(data["text"])
else:
    print(response.status_code, data["reason"])

curl -X POST https://api.docforge.io/extract \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d "{\"fileName\": \"resume.docx\", \"fileBase64\": \"$(base64 -i resume.docx)\"}" \
  | jq -r .text