Fastest Way to Convert HTML to PDF in Python

  1. Install request module
  2. Add API Key
  3. Path to Source and Output File
  4. Setup Params
  5. Run Program
  6. Convert HTML to PDF Demo

In this tutorial, you learn the fastest way to convert HTML content to PDF in Python.

We prepared this sample HTML file to be used for this tutorial.

Screenshot of Sample HTML File
Screenshot of Sample HTML File

Here’s what the output would look like.

Screenshot of Output PDF
Screenshot of Output PDF

Step 1 – Install request module

  • If you haven’t installed it 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 Python code. You may get your API key here.

Add API Key

Step 3 – Path to Source and Output File

  • Add the path to your source and output file

Add the path to your source and output file

Step 4 – Setup Params

  • Set up the parameters for your conversion

Setup params

Step 5 – Run Program

  • Once you’re done with your code, you may now run your program. You can see the output file in your folder

Run program

Step 6 – Convert HTML to PDF Demo

  • Here’s the program in action
Output for HTML to PDF using Python
Output for HTML to PDF using Python

You’ve learned the fastest way to convert HTML content to PDF using Python.