Convert HTML to PDF from a URL in Java with Retrofit
In this guide, we'll show you how to convert HTML from a URL to PDF using Java and the Retrofit library.
Converting HTML from a URL to PDF is a common requirement when you want to generate PDFs from existing web content.
import retrofit2.*;
import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory;
import com.google.gson.*;
import java.io.IOException;
// You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
public interface PdfShiftApi {
@POST("v3/convert/pdf")
Call<ResponseBody> convertToPdf(
@Header("X-API-Key") String apiKey,
@Body JsonObject body
);
}
// Usage
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
.baseUrl("https://api.pdfshift.io/")
.addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(gson))
.build();
PdfShiftApi api = retrofit.create(PdfShiftApi.class);
JsonObject payload = new JsonObject();
payload.addProperty("source", "https://www.example.com");
Call<ResponseBody> call = api.convertToPdf("sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx", payload);
Response<ResponseBody> response = call.execute();
// Handle errors:
if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
throw new IOException("Request failed with status code " + response.code());
}
ResponseBody responseBody = response.body();
if (responseBody != null) {
java.nio.file.Files.write(
java.nio.file.Paths.get("result.pdf"),
responseBody.bytes()
);
}
System.out.println("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf");
This allows you to easily convert any webpage to a PDF document.
For further details on the source property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.
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