Convert Email to PDF in Python using PDF Extractor API

  1. Install request module
  2. Add API Key
  3. URL to Source File
  4. Run Program
  5. Convert Email to PDF Demo
  6. Video Guide for Email to PDF Conversion
  7. Email to PDF Use Cases

We prepared this step-by-step tutorial to teach you how to convert email to PDF in Python using PDF Extractor API.

Here’s the sample email with attachments that we’re going to use for this tutorial.

Screenshot of Sample Email with attachments
Screenshot of Sample Email with attachments

Here’s the output for this tutorial.

Output PDF
Output PDF

Step 1 – Install request module

  • If you haven’t yet, kindly install the requests module. You can do it by running this python -m pip install requests in your command line.

Step 2 – Add API Key

  • Add your API key to your sample Python code. You may get your API key here.

Add your API key

Step 3 – URL to Source File

  • Add the URL to your source file and set the parameters for your output PDF.

Add the URL and the parameters

Step 4 – Run Program

  • After setting up your code you may now run the program.

Run the program

Step 5 – Convert Email to PDF Demo

  • Here’s the program in action
Output for Email to PDF
Output for Email to PDF

You’ve learned how to convert email to PDF in Python using PDF Extractor API with this tutorial. This is just one of the examples of how PDF.co Web API can make things easier for Python developers.

We can also teach you how to generate PDFs with barcodes in Python using PDF.co Web API, among other things.

Video Guide for Email to PDF Conversion

Check out the video below for more cool information on the topic we just discussed.


Email to PDF Use Cases

Converting emails to PDF format can be useful for a variety of reasons, including:

Archiving important emails: If you need to keep a record of important emails for legal or compliance reasons, converting them to PDF format can help ensure that the contents of the emails are preserved and can be easily accessed in the future.

Sharing emails with others: If you need to share an email or a thread of emails with others, converting them to PDF format can make it easier to do so, as PDF files are widely supported across different devices and platforms.

Preserving formatting: Converting emails to PDF format can help preserve the formatting of the original email, including images, links, and text formatting.

Reducing file size: Some email clients, such as Gmail, allow you to download emails as PDF files, which can be smaller in size compared to other formats like HTML or text.

Creating an e-book or document: If you have a collection of emails that you want to turn into an e-book or a document, converting them to PDF format can be a good starting point. You can then edit and organize the PDF file as needed.

Overall, converting emails to PDF format can be a useful way to preserve and share important information contained in emails. In this tutorial, we’ve shown you how to convert email to PDF using PDF.co. It can help you create PDFs in Python based on emails, and use these data for your next workflows.