PDF Generation API

BASE URLhttps://api-server.compdf.com/server/

❖ Feature Description

Generate PDF files from templates or input parameters.

❖ Request Mode

Synchronous Request (Sync) ✓

The API returns the result file directly after processing. Recommended for small files and real-time interactive scenarios that need immediate feedback.

Asynchronous Request (Async)

The API first returns task acceptance information, then you query progress and results with taskId. Suitable for large files and batch workloads.

Secure Request Mode

Upload and process files through secure mechanisms such as pre-signed URLs. Suitable for high-security and privacy compliance scenarios.

▎Call Flow

1Upload file

2Call API (sync)

3Get result URL

4Download file

▎Usage Limits

Download validity

24 hours

synchronous执行

POSThttps://api-server.compdf.com/server/v2/process/pdf/generate

❖ Request Parameters

x-api-key*

Authentication credential sent in the header: x-api-key

Body Parameters multipart/form-data

passwordstring

File password (if the PDF is password-protected)

languageinteger

API error message language (1 = English, 2 = Chinese)

generationTypestring

Generation type: html or template. Auto-detected from template/data/templateFile/dataFile if omitted; defaults to html.

htmlstring

HTML string. Mutually exclusive with htmlFile and htmlUrl.

htmlUrlstring

HTTP/HTTPS HTML URL.

htmlFileFile

Choose FileNo file selected

HTML file.

templatestring

HTML template string. Mutually exclusive with templateFile.

templateFileFile

Choose FileNo file selected

HTML template file.

datastring

Template data JSON string. Mutually exclusive with dataFile.

dataFileFile

Choose FileNo file selected

Template data JSON file.

baseUristring

Relative resource base path or URL.

pageWidthnumber

Page width in pt. Mapped to request.pageSize.width.

pageHeightnumber

Page height in pt. Mapped to request.pageSize.height.

outputFileNamestring

Output file name.

❖ Response Properties

Field	Type	Description
code	String	Business status code
msg	String	Message
data	Object	Response data
data.fileKey	String	Unique key of the file in the storage system.
data.taskId	String	Task ID
data.fileName	String	Source file name. Required in presigned mode to generate the object storage upload URL.
data.downFileName	String	Output file name after conversion.
data.fileUrl	String	Source file storage URL or object storage key.
data.downloadUrl	String	File download URL
data.sourceType	String	Source file type
data.targetType	String	Target file type
data.fileSize	Integer	Source file size in bytes.
data.convertSize	Integer	Converted file size in bytes.
data.convertTime	Integer	Conversion time for a single file, typically in milliseconds.
data.status	String	File processing status. Common values: success, failed, processing, etc.
data.failureCode	String	Error code when file conversion fails.
data.failureReason	String	Error reason when file conversion fails.
data.fileParameter	String	Conversion parameter JSON string submitted when creating the task.

🔗Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-server.compdf.com/server/v2/process/pdf/generate \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR API-KEY' \
  --form [email protected] \
  --form [email protected] \
  --form [email protected]

✓Response Example

200 OK

{
  "code": "200",
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "fileKey": "<string>",
    "taskId": "<string>",
    "fileName": "<string>",
    "downFileName": "<string>",
    "fileUrl": "<string>",
    "downloadUrl": "<string>",
    "sourceType": "<string>",
    "targetType": "<string>",
    "fileSize": 0,
    "convertSize": 0,
    "convertTime": 0,
    "status": "<string>",
    "failureCode": "<string>",
    "failureReason": "<string>",
    "fileParameter": "<string>"
  }
}