HTML to PDF Conversion with Zapier

What is Zapier?

Zapier is an online automation tool that connects your favorite apps, such as Gmail, Slack, Mailchimp, and over 1,500 more. You can connect two or more apps to automate repetitive tasks without coding or relying on developers to build the integration. It’s easy enough that anyone can build their app workflows with just a few clicks.

We prepared this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots on how to make a Zap using PDF.co and Google Drive, to convert HTML to PDF in the Google Drive folder defined for this task:

1. Make a Zap
2. Google Drive App
3. Setup Trigger
4. Test Trigger
5. Test Trigger Result
6. Add PDF.co App
7. PDF.co Account
8. Setup Action
9. Test Action
10. Test Action Result
11. Turn on Zap

Instructions

Step 1 – Start by clicking on “Make a Zap” at the top-right corner of your Zapier dashboard and name your zap before clicking [Name your zap] at the upper left corner of the page. (For this tutorial, let’s call it “Anything to PDF”)

Step 2 – Select the Google Drive app for the lists of the apps and choose the “New File in Folder” as a trigger; then, click [CONTINUE].

Step 3– Next, select the My Google Drive for the Drive to use and add your folder where the file resides; then, click [CONTINUE].

Step 4 – Click the Test Trigger button to fetch the file from the Google Drive folder.

Step 5 – Once the test trigger was successful and fetches the file from Google Drive, add another app.

Step 6 – Proceed to the action step and choose PDF.co and “Anything to PDF Converter” for the action event; then, click [CONTINUE].

Step 7 – Link your PDF.co account (using Your API Key) and click [CONTINUE].

Step 8 – Make sure that the source type says “Link to a webpage“ will be added to the Input type field. Do the same for the Name field, enter the name of your output PDF file name, and click Continue.

Step 9 – Click [TEST & REVIEW] and wait for the results.

Step 10 – Once you get the results, you can check the output PDF by following the Output URL.

Step 11 – If everything’s all good, just click Done Editing and turn on your Zap!

Step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Make a Zap

• Start by clicking on “Make a Zap” at the top-right corner of your Zapier dashboard and name your zap before clicking [Name your zap] at the upper left corner of the page. (For this tutorial, let’s call it “Anything to PDF”)

Step 2:Google Drive App

• Select the Google Drive app for the lists of the apps and choose the “New File in Folder” as a trigger; then, click [CONTINUE].

Step 3: Setup Trigger

• First, select the My Google Drive for the Drive to use.
• Next, add your folder where the file resides; then, click [CONTINUE].

Step 4: Test Trigger

• Click the Test Trigger button to fetch the file from the Google Drive folder.

Step 5: Test Trigger Result

• Once the test trigger was successful and fetches the file from Google Drive, add another app.

Step 6:Add PDF.co App

• Proceed to the action step and choose PDF.co and “Anything to PDF Converter” for the action event; then, click [CONTINUE].

Step 7: PDF.co Account

• Link your PDF.co account (using Your API Key) and click [CONTINUE].

Step 8: Setup Action

• Make sure that the source type says “Link to a web page“ will be added to the Input type field.
• Do the same for the Input field, select the Web Content Link from Google Drive.
• For the Name field, enter the name of your output PDF file name and click Continue.

Step 9: Test Action

• Click [TEST Action] and wait for the results.

Step 10: Test Result

• Once you get the results, you can check the output PDF by following the Output URL.

Step 11:Turn on Zap

• If everything’s all good, just click Done Editing and turn on your Zap!

Now, you know how to turn HTML to PDF quickly and with no coding. This is just one of the many other tutorials we have on converting various file formats into PDFs in a fast and easy way with PDF.co and its integration with Zapier and other apps. To cite a few examples of our other tutorials, you can learn how to:

• Set custom paper size and margin for HTML to PDF or generate PDF from URL;
• Convert Google Docs into password-protected PDFs;
• Convert email to PDF in Python;
• And many others.

If you want to learn more about the topic we just discussed, watch the video tutorial we prepared for you:

Convert HTML to PDF using Zapier – Video