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 own 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 Google Drive folder defined for this task.
Useful Resources
- How to use the Push by Zapier Chrome Extension: https://zapier.com/help/create/other-functions/use-the-push-by-zapier-chrome-extension
Instructions
Step 1 – Start by clicking on “Make a Zap” at the top-right corner of your Zapier dashboard and name your zap before by clicking [Name your zap] at the upper left corner of the page. (For this tutorial, let’s call it “Anything to PDF”)
Step 2 – Choose or search for “Push by Zapier” from the list of apps.
Step 3 – Select the Trigger Event “New Push” and click continue. (If you haven’t installed the extension yet, follow the link above to install the extension and then click continue).
Step 4 – Once you’re at the Find Data page, click Test trigger, go to a different page to a different page (let’s use the Wikipedia page for cats in this tutorial), click the Zapier extension icon, click [TESTING Anything to PDF], and wait for the green check to shows up to the left of the work [TESTING].
Step 5 – Go back to your zap and click [Test trigger].
Step 6 – Once you receive the success message, go and click After running a successful test, click [CONTINUE].
Step 7 – For the second app, choose PDF.co and “Anything to PDF Converter” for the action event; then, click [CONTINUE].
Step 8 – Link your PDF.co account (using Your API Key) and click [CONTINUE].
Step 9 – Make sure that the source type says “Link to website” and then for the input, click the input box and select [1. URL].
Step 10 – Do the same for the Name field but choose [1. Title] and click Continue.
Step 11 – Click [TEST & REVIEW] and wait for the results.
Step 12 – Once you get the results, you can check the output PDF by following the Output URL.
Step 13 – If everything’s all good, just click Done Editing and turn on your Zap!
Step-by-step guide:
Step 1 – Start by clicking on “Make a Zap” at the top-right corner of your Zapier dashboard and name your zap before by clicking [Name your zap] at the upper left corner of the page. (For this tutorial, let’s call it “Anything to PDF”)
Step 2 – Choose or search for “Push by Zapier” from the list of apps.
Step 3 – Select the Trigger Event “New Push” and click continue. (If you haven’t installed the extension yet, follow the link above to install the extension and then click continue).
Step 4 – Once you’re at the Find Data page, click Test trigger, go to a different page to a different page (let’s use the Wikipedia page for cats in this tutorial), click the Zapier extension icon, click [TESTING Anything to PDF], and wait for the green check to shows up to the left of the work [TESTING].
Step 5 –Go back to your zap and click [Test trigger].
Step 6 – Once you receive the success message, go and click After running a successful test, click [CONTINUE].
Step 7 – For the second app, choose PDF.co and “Anything to PDF Converter” for the action event; then, click [CONTINUE].
Step 8 – Link your PDF.co account (using Your API Key) and click [CONTINUE].
Step 9 – Make sure that the source type says “Link to website” and then for the input, click the input box and select [1. URL].
Step 10 – Do the same for the Name field but choose [1. Title] and click Continue.
Step 11 – Click [TEST & REVIEW] and wait for the results.
Step 12 – Once you get the results, you can check the output PDF by following the Output URL.
Step 13 – 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:
