Webpage to PDF in JavaScript using PDF.co Web API

In this tutorial, we will show you how to convert a webpage to PDF in JavaScript using PDF.co Web API. Below is the image of Wikipedia’s main page and its PDF version after conversion.

Webpage Input
Webpage Input
PDF Output
PDF Output

Contents

01
Source Code
    02
    Add API Key
      03
      Source and Destination File
        04
        Run Program
          05
          Output File

            Step 1: Source Code

            First, open the source code in your preferred editor and save it as app.js in a folder. You can get a copy of the source code here.

            Step 2: Add API Key

            In line 21, use your PDF.co API Key as the API_Key variable’s value. You can get it here.

            Add PDF.co API Key

            Step 3: Source and Destination File

            In line 25, enter the Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page as the source link and its destination file in line 27.

            Step 4: Run Program

            Now, type in node app.js in the Terminal. Be sure to set the path where the file is stored.

            Run Program

            Step 5: Output File

            After the program confirms that the PDF file has been generated, open the folder to see the result.

            PDF Output Generated

            In this tutorial, you learned how to convert a webpage to PDF in JavaScript using PDF.co Web API. You also learned how to set up the PDF.co URL to PDF parameters to get the result right away.