Save your PDF online and get back a URL in Java with HttpClient
In this guide, we'll show you how to save your PDF online and get back a URL using Java and the HttpClient library.
When generating PDFs, you might want to store them in cloud storage and get a URL to access them later.
import java.net.http.*;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
import java.time.Duration;
// You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
String apiKey = "sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx";
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder()
.connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
.build();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
.header("X-API-Key", apiKey)
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.POST(BodyPublishers.ofString("{\n" +
" \"source\": \"https://www.example.com\",\n" +
" \"output\": {\n" +
" \"type\": \"url\",\n" +
" \"url\": \"https://your-storage.com/\"\n" +
" }\n" +
"}"))
.build();
HttpResponse<byte[]> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofByteArray());
// Handle errors:
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException("Request failed with status code " + response.statusCode());
}
java.nio.file.Files.write(java.nio.file.Paths.get("result.pdf"), response.body());
System.out.println("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf");
This allows you to store PDFs in cloud storage and access them via URLs.
For further details on the output 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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