Generate a PDF using data from Cognito Forms
- Select Cognito Forms as the Trigger App
- Choose New Entry as the Trigger Event
- Select a Form to be used
- Test Cognito Forms Trigger
- Select PDF.co as the Action App
- Choose Anything to PDF Converter as the Action Event
- Setup PDF.co Action
- Test PDF.co Action
- Get the generated URL
- Generated PDF
We will show you how to generate a PDF using data from Cognito Forms with PDF.co and Zapier in this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots.
We will use this entry submitted from Cognito Forms below:
Let’s start! Go to your Zapier dashboard and Make a Zap!
Step 1 – Select Cognito Forms as the Trigger App
- Search for and select Cognito Forms from the list of trigger apps available
Step 2 – Choose New Entry as the Trigger Event
- We will set New Entry as our Trigger Event
- This will trigger the zap every time someone submits an entry using your form
Step 3 – Select a Form to be used
- Choose a Form where you will get the data from your customer’s submission
Step 4 – Test Cognito Forms Trigger
Step 5 – Select PDF.co as the Action App
- Search for and select PDF.co from the list of action apps available
Step 6 – Choose Anything to PDF Converter as the Action Event
- Select Anything to PDF Converter from the list of available APIs
Step 7 – Setup PDF.co Action
- For Input Type, choose Raw HTML Code
- For Input, type in your HTML Code together with the data from your Cognito Forms
- Then, Name your Output PDF
Step 8 – Test PDF.co Action
Step 9 – Get the generated URL
- Use the Generated URL to get your Generated PDF
Step 10 – Generated PDF
- Here’s our Generated PDF with data from Cognito Forms
You’ve just learned how to generate a PDF using data from Cognito Forms with PDF.co and Zapier. This is just one example of how the integration of the two apps easily creates PDFs using data from various digital forms.
PDF.co and Zapier can also quickly generate PDFs using:
- Formsite data;
- Airtable data;
- DocuSign Envelope data;
- and data from several other digital forms.
