PDF from Scratch with Airtable Data
- Select Airtable as the Trigger App
- Choose New Record as the Trigger Event
- Set up Trigger Fields
- Test Trigger
- Select PDF.co as the Action App
- Choose Anything to PDF Converter as the Trigger Event
- Set up Action Fields
- Test Action
- Created PDF
This step-by-step tutorial with screenshots will teach you how to create a PDF from scratch with Airtable Data using PDF.co and Zapier. Using this method, you can generate PDF reports with Airtable and PDF.co integration.
We will use this sample table I created in Airtable with sample data inside:

Let’s start by going to our Zapier dashboard and Make a Zap!
Step 1 – Select Airtable as the Trigger App
- Search for Airtable from the list of trigger apps
Step 2 – Choose New Record as the Trigger Event
- Select New Record from the list of trigger events
Step 3 – Set up Trigger Fields
- For Base Field, choose the base that you want to use
- For Table Field, choose the table that you want to use
Step 4 – Test Trigger
Step 5 – Select PDF.co as the Action App
- Search for PDF.co from the list of action apps
Step 6 – Choose Anything to PDF Converter as the Trigger Event
- Select Anything to PDF Converter from the list of APIs
Step 7 – Set up Action Fields
- For Input Type, select Raw HTML Code
- For Input, type in the HTML Code together with the data from Airtable
- Set the Name of your Output PDF
Step 8 – Test Action
Step 9 – Created PDF
- Here’s the PDF that we created from scratch

We were able to show you how to create a PDF from scratch with Airtable data using PDF.co and Zapier in this tutorial. Using this method, you generated PDF reports with Airtable, Zapier, and PDF.co integration.