How to Create PDF from Scratch using PDF.co and Zapier

Step 1: Make a Zap

• Start by clicking on Make a Zap! at the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.

Step 2: Select PDF.co as an App Event

• Next, let’s proceed to the action step and select the PDF.co app.

Step 3: Choose PDF Filler as an Action Event

• Then, choose the PDF Filler option to add text and images to the document.

Step 4: Setup action parameters

Let’s set up the action.

• For Source PDF leave it blank to create a new PDF
• For Text objects, the basic format would be X;Y;Page;Text;FontSize;FontName
• For Images, the basic format would be X;Y;Page;URLtoImage
• You can easily get the x and y coordinates using the PDF.co PDF Edit Add Helper tool.

Step 5: Test action

Step 6: Created PDF from scratch

Make a Zap

• Start by clicking on Make a Zap! at the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.

Select PDF.co as an App Event

• Next, search and select PDF.co from the list of available apps.

Choose HTML to PDF Converter as an Action Event

• Then, choose the HTML to PDF Converter option to create a PDF document with HTML content.

Setup action parameters

Let’s set up the PDF.co action configuration.

• For Input HTML or URL, you can put your HTML code or URL of a website that you want to convert into a PDF
• For Page Orientation, you may choose either Portrait or Landscape
• For Page Size, you may choose from different page sizes
• For Override Page Size, you can set your custom page size
• For Override Margins, you can set your custom margins
• For HTML Template Data, will be the template for your macros

Test action

• After setting up the action, click the test and review button to see the result.

Created PDF from scratch

• Here is the PDF document that we created from scratch with HTML to PDF API.