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Generate a document with full height in C# with HttpClient

In this guide, we'll show you how to generate a document with full height using C# and the HttpClient library.

When converting documents to PDF, you might want to ensure the entire document height is preserved.

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

// You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
var apiKey = "sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx";

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-API-Key", apiKey);

var payload = new
{
    source = "https://www.example.com",
    // Generate document with full height
    full_height = true
};

var json = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload);
var content = new StringContent(json, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf", content);

// Handle errors:
if (response.StatusCode >= System.Net.HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
{
    throw new Exception($"Request failed with status code {response.StatusCode}");
}

var result = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("result.pdf", result);

Console.WriteLine("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf");

This ensures the entire document content is included in the PDF.

For further details on the full_height property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.

We hope this guide was helpful. If you have any questions or noticed any issues on the code above,
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