HTML to PDF in Python
Python has good local options like WeasyPrint and wkhtmltopdf, but both mean installing and maintaining native dependencies — and wkhtmltopdf is no longer maintained. pdfkitt skips all of that: one requests call renders your HTML with Chromium and returns a PDF.
One requests call
import os
import requests
resp = requests.post(
"https://api.pdfkitt.dev/v1/convert",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["PDFKITT_API_KEY"]},
json={"html": "<h1>Invoice</h1>", "options": {"page_size": "A4"}},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
with open("invoice.pdf", "wb") as f:
f.write(resp.content)Generating PDF invoices
A common use case is invoices: render an HTML template with Jinja2, then post the result to pdfkitt instead of running a local renderer. Because pdfkitt uses Chromium, your invoice looks the same in the PDF as it does in the browser — including modern CSS and web fonts. For the full request and response shape, see the API docs, and compare plans on pricing.
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