Changelog
New features, improvements and fixes to the html2pdf.app API, dashboard and tools. Follow the RSS feed to hear about new ones.
2026
Generate API code in the playground
The playground can now turn the options you have set into a ready-to-run request in cURL, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, C# or Go.
Code examples in eight languages
New guides show how to call the API from cURL, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, C# and Go, from a first request to an asynchronous conversion with a callback.
Read moreThe online converter needs no API key
The online converter turns a URL or pasted HTML into a PDF in your browser, with a preview and a download, and no account needed.
Read moreWordPress plugin 1.1.0: automatic PDF buttons
Version 1.1.0 of the WordPress plugin can add a Save as PDF button to the post types you choose, with no shortcode, and adds a connection test for your API key.
Read moreNine ready-made PDF templates
The template gallery has nine HTML templates, from invoices to shipping labels, each with a live preview and a Handlebars file to download.
Read moreSend your API key in the X-API-Key header
The documented way to authenticate is now an X-API-Key request header, which keeps your key out of URLs and request bodies. The apiKey parameter still works.
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2025
Your latest requests on the dashboard home
The dashboard home now lists your 10 most recent API requests, with a link to the Logs page for the latest 100.
A playground for trying the API in your browser
At playground.html2pdf.app you can convert a URL or raw HTML with your API key, set the same options the API takes, from page format to password protection, and preview the PDF on the page.
Rotate your API key
The API Keys page in the dashboard has a Rotate Key button that replaces your API key with a new one.
2024
A reminder before a yearly plan renews
Customers on a yearly plan now get an email two days before the renewal is charged.
Higher-volume plans in the dashboard
The Plans page has a Show higher plans toggle that reveals plans for larger monthly volumes.
2023
Password-protect and encrypt PDFs
Set userPassword to encrypt a PDF with 128-bit AES and require a password to open it, and use permissions to decide what a reader may do with the document.
Read moreThe WordPress plugin is on WordPress.org
The HTML to PDF Converter plugin can now be installed from the plugins screen of your WordPress admin, without downloading a zip file.
A WordPress plugin for saving pages as PDF
The HTML to PDF Converter plugin adds a Save as PDF button to WordPress pages with a shortcode, with settings for page format, orientation, margins and a custom page size.
Yearly billing
Paid plans can now be billed yearly, at a lower price than paying month by month.
2021
Usage is counted in credits
Plans are now measured in credits instead of conversions. Each 5 MB of a generated PDF uses one credit, so a PDF under 5 MB costs one credit.
2020
Custom page sizes and a wait before rendering
The new width and height parameters set a custom page size, and waitFor delays rendering by up to 10 seconds so that late content can load.
The html2pdf.app API is live
One request turns a URL or raw HTML into a PDF, with options for page format, orientation, margins, scale, headers and footers, and background generation that posts the result to a callback URL.
Missing something?
Tell us what you would like the API to do, and what you would use it for, at ppa.fdp2lmth@ofni.