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Save any page as a lightweight PDF snapshot.

Downloads the requested URL (or consumes inline HTML), extracts the readable text, and renders a clean PDF using the same text-to-PDF engine that powers our document helpers. Great for archiving product pages or sharing research notes without external dependencies.

GETPOST/web/page-to-pdf

Where this helper shines

Save any page as a lightweight PDF snapshot. keeps web helpers on autopilot. Use it whenever you need to save any page as a lightweight PDF snapshot without pausing a sprint or asking design/dev to jump in.

  • Trigger this helper whenever you need to save any page as a lightweight PDF snapshot without waiting on a full deploy.
  • Drop it into automations (Zapier, Make, workers) to save any page as a lightweight PDF snapshot as part of your workflow.
  • Share the GET URL so support and success can save any page as a lightweight PDF snapshot safely using their Dataczar API key.

Copy & ship snippets

GET

Instant link

GET https://api.dataczar.app/web/page-to-pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&timeout=20&dryrun=true&ak=demo

Open directly in any browser, webhook, or low-code workflow.

curl

curl GET

curl "https://api.dataczar.app/web/page-to-pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&timeout=20&dryrun=true&ak=demo"

Swap ak=demo with your Dataczar API key.

curl

curl POST

curl -X POST "https://api.dataczar.app/web/page-to-pdf?ak=demo" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://example.com/sample.png",
  "html": "<p>Example</p>",
  "timeout": 30,
  "dryrun": true
}'

Send JSON payloads from back-end jobs, queues, or workers.

Parameters

Query Parameters

NameTypeDescription
urlstringPage to render.
timeoutnumberFetch timeout in seconds (default 5s).
dryrunbooleanReturn a preview summary instead of a PDF.

All helper calls accept your Dataczar key via the ak query parameter. Need one? Create or copy a key on Dataczar Connect and drop it into each request.

Responses

Status 200

PDF attachment containing the snapshot.

Examples

Test Contracts

[
  {
    "name": "inline_pdf",
    "method": "POST",
    "body": {
      "url": "https://example.com/snapshot",
      "html": "<html><h1>Snapshot</h1><p>This becomes a PDF.</p></html>"
    },
    "expect": {
      "status_code": 200
    }
  }
]

Query parameters

Body parameters

We'll send these as JSON for POST/PUT/PATCH requests and as query params for GET.

Equivalent curl
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